Electrolux ESF 6221 - Adjusting the Water Softener

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Adjust the water softener
To prevent limescale deposits on dishes and in the
dishwasher, the dishes must be washed with soft
water, i.e. water with low lime content. For this reason
the dishwasher is fitted with a water softener in which
tap water from a hardness of 4 °d (German degree) is
softened with the aid of special salt.
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Your local water authority can advise you on
the hardness of the water in your area.
The water softener can be set manually using the
water hardness switch; it can also be set electroni-
cally using the buttons on the control panel.
Adjust the water softener to the water hardness set-
tings for your area as shown in the table:
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It is only possible to adjust the water hard-
ness setting when no program is running. If
you have inadvertently started a program (a
LED stays on permanently), then the pro-
gram must be cancelled by pressing the
appropriate button.
1. The dishwasher must be switched off.
2. Manual setting:
Open the door of the dishwasher.
3. Remove the lower rack from the dishwasher.
4. Turn the water hardness switch to 0 or 1.
5. Re-position the lower rack.
6. Electronic setting:
Press the water softener button and the function
button simultaneously and hold them down.
7. In addition press the ON/OFF button.
8. The LED indicators for the water softener and
function buttons flash.
9. Press the softener button again.
– At first the LED indicator for the water softener
button will light up continuously for 5 seconds
and then begin to flash.
– The number of flashes corresponds to the
hardness setting.
– The sequence of flashes is repeated several
times after a 5 second pause.
10.Each time you press the water-softener button the
hardness setting will go up by 1.
(Exception: Hardness setting 1 follows hardness
setting 5).
Water hardness Hardness setting
Number of
flashes
in °d
1
) in mmol/l
2
) Range
manual electronic
41 - 50 7.3 – 9.0 IV
1
55
30 - 40 5.3 – 7.2 IV 4 4
19 - 29 3.3 – 5.2 III/IV
0*
3* 3
4 - 18 0.7 – 3.2 I/II/III 2 2
under 4 under 0.7 I
1
no salt necessary
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1)(°d) German degrees, a measure of water hardness
2)(ppm), parts per million
*factory setting