Adjusting The Water Softener - AEG FAVORIT 80860 i User Instructions

Operating Instructions

Adjusting the Water Softener

To prevent the build up of scale on dishes and in the dishwasher, the
dishes must be washed with soft, i.e. low lime content water. For this
reason the dishwasher is fitted with a water softener in which tap
water from a hardness of 4 °d (German degree) is softened with the aid
of special salt.
Your water supplier will be able to inform you on the hardness and
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hardness range of the water in your area.
0 Adjust the water softener to the setting given in the table that corre-
sponds to the hardness of the water in the area where you live. The
water softener can be adjusted in 10 steps.
1
in °d )
41-50
35-40
31-34
27-30
23-26
19-22
15-18
11-14
4-10
under 4
1)(°d) German degree, measure of water hardness
2)(mmol/1) millimol per litre, international unit for the hardness of water
*Factory setting
0 1. The dishwasher must be switched off.
2. Press the signal tone and water softener buttons simultaneously and
keep them pressed
3. Press the ON/OFF switch. The LED indicators for the signal tone and
water softener buttons flash.
4. Press the softener button again.
The multi-display indicates the hardness setting.
5. Pressing the hardness button increases the hardness setting by 1.
(Exception: Hardness setting 0 follows hardness setting 9).
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Water Hardness
2
in mmol/l ) Range
7.3-9.0
6.3-7.2
5.5-6.2 IV
4.8-5.4
4.1-4.7
3.3-4.0
III
2.6-3.2
1.9-2.5
0.7-1.8 I/II
under 0.7
Adjust
to Hardness Setting
9
8
7
6
5
4
3*
II 2
1
0
I
no salt necessary
Indication on the
Multi-Display
H 9
H 8
H 7
H 6
H 5
H 4
H 3
H 2
H 1
H 0