Miele B 2847 - Before using for the first time; Water Hardness Setting

BeforeusingyourMielesteamironing
system,youshouldfirstfamiliarise
yourselfwithallfunctionsinordertobe
abletousethemcorrectly.
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Removeallpackagingfromthe
steamironingsystem(e.g.filmon
tower,etc.).
Whenusingforthefirsttime,aslight
smellmaybegivenoffduringthe
heating-upphase.Thiswilldissipate
withfurtheruse.
Pumping,boilingandknockingnoises
maybeheardduringtheheating-up
phase.
Thesearenormalnoisesthatoccur
duringoperation.
Waterhardness
Fortrouble-freeoperationofthesteam
ironingsystem,andtoensurethatthe
descalingreminderappearsatthe
appropriatetime,itisimportanttoset
thewaterhardnesslevelforyourarea.
Thewaterhardnesslevelindicateshow
muchcalciumisdissolvedinthewater.
Thehigherthecalciumcontent,the
harderthewater,andtheharderthe
water,themoreoftentheappliancewill
needtobedescaled.
Yourlocalwaterauthoritywillbeableto
tellyouthehardnessofwaterinyour
area.
Thisinformationcanoftenbeobtained
fromtheinternethomepageofyour
localwaterauthority.
Setthewaterhardnessaccordingto
thevaluesgiveninthechartbelow.The
programmedwaterhardnesslevelcan
berecognisedbytheflashfrequencyof
theindicatorlight k.
°dH mmol/l °f Flash
frequency
1-4 0.2-0.7 2-7 1short
5-7 0.9-1.3 9-13 2short
8-11 1.4-2.0 14-20 3short
12-15 2.2-2.7 22-27 4short
16-20 2.9-3.6 29-36 5short
21-25 3.8-4.5 38-45 6short
26-30 4.7-5.4 47-54 7short
31-36 5.6-6.5 56-65 8short
37-45 6.7-8.1 67-81 9short
46-70 8.3-12.6 83-126 10short
Beforeusingforthefirsttime
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