Before You Do Your First Wash; The Unique Aquasmart™ Wash - Fisher & Paykel AquaSmart Installation Instructions And User Manual

Before you do your first wash

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You owe it to yourself and your AquaSmart™ to have it installed correctly by an authorised
service agent.
Before you start, it is a good idea to go through the following checklist:
1 Has the basepacker been removed?
Is the hot hose connected to the hot valve marked 'H'?
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Is the cold hose connected to the cold valve marked 'C'?
Is the drain hose threaded through the 'U bend' hose guide (with no
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more than 20 mm extended) and onto your standpipe?
Are the rubber inserts secured into the feet on the base of
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your machine and is the machine levelled? Refer to Installation
instructions, pages 3-5.
AquaSmart™ water consumption
8kg capacity LCD &LED
Regular High
Load Size Efficiency*
8 kg capacity 82 L
7 kg capacity –
5 kg 69 L
3 kg 60 L
1 kg 54 L
*Regular High Efficiency is the default wash cycle for AquaSmart™.
AquaSmart™ capacity
AquaSmart™ offers a generous 7 kg or 8 kg capacity. The list below outlines what is included in a
7 kg or 8kg wash load (in accordance with AS/NZS 2040.1:2005).
8kg Load
3 Sheets (double) 5 Pillowcases
4 Bath towels 5 Shorts
3 Tablecloths 8 Wash cloths
5 Shirts 6 Handkerchiefs
5 T-shirts
Note: The above load compositions are indicative only, we recommend for everyday use that you
separate out your sheets and wash them on the specially designed SHEETS cycle.
Models Models
7kg capacity LCD & LED
Regular Regular High
Conventional Efficiency*
165 L –
– 72 L
147 L 66 L
123 L 60 L
88 L 52 L
7kg Load
2 Sheets (double) 4 Pillowcases
6 Bath towels 7 Shorts
2 Tablecloths 6 Wash cloths
3 Shirts 4 Handkerchiefs
4 T-shirts
The AquaSmart™ washer has two modes of washing, High Efficiency and Conventional. Both
modes start the same way, with a Detergent Activating wash.
Detergent Activating wash
AquaSmart™ fills the bowl at the selected water temperature, with
just enough water so the clothes are saturated. This small amount
of sudsy water flows through the clothes, up a specially designed
portal and back onto the clothes in a waterfall effect. This thoroughly
dissolves and activates the detergent.
High Efficiency mode
In the High Efficiency mode the AquaSmart™ then fills with just
enough cool water to lift the clothes off the low profile agitator so
when it rotates, the clothes gently roll over each other. This wash
gives you the benefit of water savings, using similar quantities of
water to most front loaders.
Conventional mode
The Conventional mode is the immersion wash all Top Loader users
Regular
are familiar with. However, this mode still uses less water than that of
Conventional
other top loaders which utilise the immersion wash. After the Detergent
– Activating wash the AquaSmart™ fills with cold water until the clothes
are submerged, and gently turns the clothes over. We recommend this
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mode when the dilution effect of water can solve or prevent common
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wash problems. For example, when dye or colour run can be a problem
(ie. new, dark-coloured garments), or when washing sandy towels. The
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SHEETS cycle uses the Conventional mode.
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Some cycles can be used in both modes, whilst others work in only one.
Regular
Heavy Duty
Sheets
Delicate
Easy Iron
Colours
Whites (LCD models only)
Bulky
These two wash modes mean that your AquaSmart™ washer gives you the best of both worlds,
to suit any laundry situation.
The unique AquaSmart™ wash
Fig.7 Detergent Activating wash
Fig.8 High Efficiency wash
Fig.9 Conventional wash
High Efficiency Conventional
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