Before Use; Setting The Water Softener - Zanussi DES 959 Instruction Booklet

Before use

Before using your dishwasher for the first time:
1. Ensure that the electrical and water connections
comply with the installation instructions
2. Remove all packaging from inside the appliance
3. Set the water softener
4. Pour 1 litre of water inside the salt container and
then fill with salt
5. Fill the rinse aid dispenser.

Setting the water softener

The dishwasher is equipped with a water softener
designed to remove minerals and salts from the water
supply, which would have a detrimental or adverse
effect on the operation of the appliance.
The higher the content of these salts, the harder your
water is.
Water hardness is measured in equivalent scales,
Clarke degrees, French degrees and PPM (parts per
Million).
The softener should be adjusted according to the
hardness of the water in your area. Your local Water
Authority can advise you on the hardness of the water
in your area.
The dishwasher is factory set at level 4.
If this level is not suitable for your area the softener
should be adjusted.
The adjustment of the water softener is
possible only with the machine in setting
mode.
To select a different level proceed as
follows:
1. Press "LIGHT" and "DELAY" push buttons
simultaneously for about 5 seconds. In the display
appears a "L" followed by a number which
corresponds to the current level.
2. Press within 5 seconds the "DELAY" push button
as many times as necessary until the required level
appears in the display. The level increases by 1
each time the button is pressed.
3. 5 seconds after this button has last been pressed,
the dishwasher memorises the level selected and
returns to the programme setting mode.
Water hardness
Clarke
Level
degrees
0 - 6
0
7 - 10
1
11 - 14
2
15 - 21
3
22 - 28
4
29 - 35
5
36 - 42
6
43 - 49
7
50 - 56
8
57 - 84
9
If your water is level 0 it is already soft
and therefore there is no need to use salt.
With the setting of the water softener at
level 0 the salt indicator light on the
control panel will always remain off.
Use salt from level 1 upwards.
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French PPM
(Parts per
degrees
(°TH) Million)
0 - 8 0 - 80
9 - 14 81 - 140
141 - 200
15 - 20
201 - 300
21 - 30
301 - 400
31 - 40
401 - 500
41 - 50
501 - 600
51 - 60
601 - 700
61 - 70
701 - 800
71 - 80
801 - 1200
81 - 120
Use of
salt
NO
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
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