Step 1 Turn off the oven.
Step 2 Place a deep pan below the steam inlet.
Step 3 Pour water into the water drawer: 850 ml. Add citric acid: 5 teaspoons. Wait
for 60 min.
Step 4 Turn on the oven and set the function: True Fan + Steam. Set the temperature
to 230 °C. Turn off the oven after 25 min and wait until it is cold.
Step 5 Turn on the oven and set the function: True Fan + Steam. Set the temperature
between 130 and 230 °C. Turn off the oven after 10 minutes and wait until it is
cold.
To prevent limestone residue empty the water tank after each steam cooking.
When the cleaning ends:
Turn off the oven. Empty the water
tank. Refer to Daily
use, "Emptying the
water tank" chap-
ter.
Rinse the water tank and
clean the remaining lime-
stone residue with a soft
cloth.
Clean the drain
pipe with warm wa-
ter and a mild de-
tergent.
The table below shows water hardness range (dH) with the corresponding level of
calcium deposit and the quality of water. When water hardness exceeds level 4, fill the
water drawer with bottled water.
Water hardness Test strip Calcium depos-
it (mg/l)
Water classi-
fication
Clean the
water tank
every
Level dH
1 0 - 7 0 - 50 soft 75 cycles - 2.5
months
2 8 - 14 51 - 100 moderately
hard
50 cycles - 2
months
3 15 - 21 101 - 150 hard 40 cycles - 1.5
months
4 22 - 28 over 151 very hard 30 cycles - 1
month
12.6 Removing and installing
door
The oven door has three glass panels.
You can remove the oven door and the
internal glass panels to clean them. Read
the whole "Removing and installing
door" instruction before you remove the
glass panels.
The oven door may close if
you try to remove the glass
panels before you remove
the oven door.
CAUTION!
Do not use the oven without
the glass panels.
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