This document provides operating instructions for the ATAG VA981IRT dishwasher, covering its functions, technical specifications, usage, and maintenance.
Function Description:
The ATAG VA981IRT is a dishwasher designed for household and similar use, such as staff kitchens, farms, hotels, motels, and bed & breakfast establishments. It features various wash programs and options to cater to different levels of dirtiness and types of dishes. Key programs include:
- Auto Wash: Automatically adjusts water consumption and temperature based on dish dirtiness. Requires five initial runs to adapt fully.
- Time Program: Allows setting a desired running time (30 minutes to 3 hours) for slightly to very dirty dishes.
- Heavy Wash: For very dirty items like pans, casserole dishes, and oven dishes.
- Normal Wash: A powerful program for daily use, removing dried leftovers, but not burnt food. Offers maximum rinse effect and longer duration than Daily wash.
- Daily Wash: Effective for daily use with slightly dried leftovers, but not burnt food.
- Delicate Wash: For lightly soiled glasses and porcelain, suitable for fragile items. Short dry option is recommended for extra caution.
- Eco Wash: The most effective program for normally dirty dishes in terms of combined energy and water consumption. This program is used for energy labelling information.
- Upper Half/Lower Half: Programs for washing dishes specifically in the upper or lower basket, respectively.
- Mixed Wash: For lightly soiled dishes in the upper basket and heavily soiled dishes in the lower basket, includes a prewash.
- Quick Wash: For slightly dirty glasses and porcelain, such as coffee cups.
- Super Quick Wash: A short 15-minute program for very slightly dirty dishes.
- Rinse & Dry: A program comprising rinse with heating and drying, suitable for rinsing and heating clean glass jars.
- Rinse & Hold: Used to rinse dishes while waiting for the dishwasher to be fully loaded.
The dishwasher includes an overflow guard function that pumps out water and turns off the supply if the water level exceeds normal. It also has a child lock (button lock) to prevent unintended starts.
Important Technical Specifications:
- Model Designation: VA981IRT
- Number of Standard Place Settings: 13
- Energy Efficiency Class: A++
- Annual Energy Consumption (AEC): 261 kWh per year (based on 280 standard cleaning cycles with cold water connection and energy-saving mode).
- Energy Consumption of Standard Cleaning Cycle (Et): 0.92 kWh
- Power Consumption (Off-mode/Left-on mode): 0.49 W
- Annual Water Consumption (AWC): 2860 litres per year (based on 280 standard cleaning cycles).
- Drying Efficiency Class: A
- Standard Programme: Eco wash, High temperature (205 minutes duration).
- Duration of Left-on Mode (T₁): Infinite
- Noise Emissions: 44 dB(A) re 1 pW
- Construction: Integrated product
- Dimensions: Height 857-912 mm, Width 596 mm, Depth 550 mm
- Weight: 53 kg (can vary)
- Water Pressure: 0.03-1.0 MPa (0.3-10 kp/cm², 3-100 N/cm²)
- Electrical Connection/Rated Power: See type plate.
- Water Softener: Built-in, adjustable to water hardness.
- Rinse Aid Dispensing: Adjustable from Off to High dose.
- Temperature Options: High temperature (improves results), with varying temperatures for different programs (e.g., Heavy wash 55°C/70°C, Eco wash 50°C/60°C).
- Drying Options: Long dry (higher final rinse temperature, longer drying phase for improved results), Short dry.
- Delayed Start: 1-24 hours.
Usage Features:
- Front Panel: Touch buttons with audible feedback. Backlight enters energy-saving mode after two minutes of inactivity.
- Loading: Dishes should face inwards and downwards.
- Upper Basket: For glasses, cups, bowls, side plates, saucers, and wine glasses (on shelf). Includes a knife basket. Can be lowered by pulling out locking handles.
- Middle Basket: Wire basket with spray pipes for low objects, utensils basket for ladles, whisks, etc. Baskets can be removed for larger items.
- Lower Basket: For plates, side plates, serving dishes, pots, and cutlery. Rear placement of pots/pans utilizes two rear spray nozzles. Fold-down plate supports for pots.
- Cutlery Basket: Place cutlery with handles down (except knives), spread out. Best placed in the middle front of the lower basket. Has a fold-down section for small items.
- Detergent: Add to prewash and main wash compartments. Use dishwasher detergent only. Tablets not recommended for short programs (<75 minutes). 3-in-1/all-in-one detergents can be activated via settings, disabling rinse aid dispensing and reducing salt added to the water softener.
- Rinse Aid: Top up to 'max' level. Adjust dosage based on water marks, sticky film, or streaks.
- Starting a Program: Press and hold Start/Stop until the display shows the door open symbol, then close the door.
- Adding Dishes: Open the door during a program, add dishes, close the door.
- Stopping/Changing a Program: Open door, press and hold Start/Stop for three seconds, add detergent if needed, choose new program, press Start/Stop, close door.
- Status Light: Located at the bottom of the dishwasher, indicates status with different colors (Blue: load more; Red: do not load; Flashing red: fault; Green: unload/finished).
- Buzzer: Sounds at the end of a program or for faults.
- Operation Volume: Adjustable.
- LCD Contrast: Adjustable.
Maintenance Features:
- Filters:
- Coarse Filter: Traps large food particles, empty as necessary.
- Fine Filter: Automatically rinsed during washes, but should be cleaned a couple of times a year along with its pipe section.
- Important: Dishwasher must not be used without filters.
- Drainage Pump: Accessible from inside the dishwasher. Requires power cut, removal of coarse filter, pipe section, and a small yellow fitted piece to clean.
- Spray Arms:
- Lower Spray Arm: Pull straight up to release. Clean holes and bearings.
- Upper Spray Arm: Pull out basket, unscrew bearings to remove. Clean holes and bearings.
- Middle Basket Spray Pipes: Pull out basket, clean holes.
- Door: Clean edge with a slightly damp cloth. Avoid spraying water near the door lock.
- Limescale Deposits: Run Normal wash with high temperature and two tablespoons of citric acid (no dishes) to remove limescale in hard water areas.
- Front Panel: Keep touch buttons clean and free from grease. Wipe with a dry or slightly damp cloth. Turn off dishwasher before cleaning buttons.
- Water Softener: Adjust according to local water hardness. Fill salt compartment with large grain or special dishwasher salt. Top up salt before running a program to avoid rust stains. Never pour detergent into the salt compartment.
- Troubleshooting: The manual provides a comprehensive troubleshooting guide for common issues like dishes not clean, spots/films, rattling, dishwasher not starting, water remaining, bad odor, and dishes not dry.
- Disposal: At end of service life, make unusable (cut power cable). Dishwasher is manufactured for recycling; contact local authority for recycling information.
- Packing Material: Sort waste materials according to local guidelines.
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