Hotpoint FDW85 - Manual (Page 9)

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Before Using your Dishwasher
Adjusting the water softener.
Water hardness varies according
to where you live. If the water in your
home is hard, without water soften-
ing, incrustations would form on your
dishes. Your dishwasher is fitted
with a water softener which uses
special salt to get rid of limescale in
the water.
Your dishwasher can adjust its salt
consumption according to the hard-
ness of the water in your home. This
way, you can optimise and custom-
ise your dishwasher's salt con-
sumption.
To adjust salt consumption, do as
follows:
1. Unscrew the salt container cap
2. There is an arrow on the neck of
the container (see figure): if
necessary, turn the arrow anti-
clockwise from the "-" setting
to the "+" setting.
Select the arrow position
depending on the water
hardness, referring to the table.
To prevent rust
from forming, load
the salt just before
beginning a wash
cycle.
Water Hardness
Clarke
degrees
°fH mmol/l
Selector
position
Salt
consu-
mption
(grams/-
cycle)
Autono-
my
(cycles\2-
kg)
0 - 14 0 - 17 0 -1,7 / 0 /
14 - 36 18 - 44 1,8 - 4,4 "-" 20 60
36 - 71 45 - 89 4,5 - 8,9 MED 40 40
>71 > 89 > 8,9 "+" 60 25
You don't know how hard the water in your
home is? Ask the company that supplies
water in your area.
Filling the salt container.
Always use salt which is intended for dishwasher use.
The salt container is situated underneath the lower basket, fill it up as
follows:
1.Pull out the lower basket completely, unscrew and remove the container
cap
2. If it is the first time you add the salt, first fill the container up with water
(you won't have to do this again next time)
3. Put the dishwasher funnel on the hole and pour in approximately two
kilos of salt. It is normal that some water comes out of the container.
4. Screw the cap back in place carefully.
When to add salt:
The salt container should be filled up when the low salt indicator light “T”
flashes on the control panel.
When you have loaded salt for the first time, it is normal for the low salt
indicator light to stay on for at least 5 consecutive cycles.
Salt
IMPORTANT:
Only use recommended dish-
washer salt. DO NOT use
everyday table salt, cooking salt,
as they containe insoluable
substances which could harm the
dishwasher.
WARNING:
DO NOT pour detergent into the special salt container.
This will destroy the water softener.
Salt Tap