Electrolux LAUNDRY - Washing Machine Programme Cycles

SOI/DT 2006-01 dmm 18/71 599 37 47-13
3.9 Washing machine programmes
Pre-wash
(not for wool and, in some
cases, delicate fabrics)
1. Water fill with detergent introduced from the pre-wash compartment
2. Brief heating phase and hot wash (30 - 40°C)
3. Drain
4. (Brief spin)
Wash
1. Water fill with detergent introduced from the wash compartment
2. Heating and hot wash
- 30÷90°C for cotton and linen
- 30÷60°C for synthetic fibres
- 30÷40°C for wool, silk and delicate fabrics
3. Maintenance phase (mechanical action after the heating phase)
4. Cooling water fill (in cotton cycles, reduces the temperature of the drain
water, in synthetic cycles as an anti-crease cycle)
5. Drain
6. Brief spin (cotton/linen only)
1st rinse
1. Water fill (and, if selected, introduction of bleach for cotton/linen only)
2. Cold wash
3. Drain
4. Brief intermediate spin (if selected - cotton/linen only)
2nd - 3rd rinse
1. Water fill
2. Cold wash
3. Drain
5. Brief intermediate spin (if selected - cotton/linen only)
Final rinse (softener)
1. Water fill to softener compartment
2. Cold wash
(Rinse-hold)
1. In cotton/linen cycles, the programme generally passes to the subsequent
phase; it stops with water in the tub (rinse-hold) only if this function has
been selected
Final spin
1. Drain
2. Final spin
- at maximum speed for cotton/linen
- brief and at reduced speed for synthetics, delicates and wool
STOP