Electrolux LAVATHERM 57760 - Manual (Page 21)

Drying
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Cleaning the heat exchanger
1 Important! When the HEAT EXCHANGER display illuminates, it is essen-
tial to clean the heat exchanger. Otherwise your dryer might suffer
damage. In addition energy consumption will be increased if the heat
exchanger unit is covered with fluff.
0 Open the door.
0 Press on the two tabs to unlatch and
take off the removable plinth.
0 Turn the two securing disks through a
quarter turn each outwards.
0 Pull the heat exchanger out of the base
by the handle.
0 Clean the heat exchanger, best with a
brush or by rinsing with a hand-held
shower head. The water removal slits on
the rear of the heat exchanger must be
free too.
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Important! Do not use any sharply pointed objects to clean the heat
exchanger. They could make it leak.
0 Reinsert and push in and turn each one of the two securing disks
through a quarter turn inwards. The words "top – oben – en haut" must
be at the top.
0 Re-mount the plinth.
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Important! The dryer must not be operated without heat exchanger.
Switch off the dryer
0 Turn the programme selector to the OFF position.