Loading The Salt Into The Softener; Adjusting Salt Consumption - Kenwood KDW243A Instruction Manual

There are two ways to reduce the
detergent.
The hardness of the water varies from place to place. If hard water is used in the dishwasher, deposits will form on the dishes
and utensils.
The appliance is equipped with a special softener that uses a salt specifically designed to eliminate lime and minerals from the
water.
Always use salt intended for use with dishwashers.
The salt container is located beneath the lower rack and should be filled as follows:
1.
The salt container must be refilled when the salt warning li ght comes on. Though the salt container is filled
enough, the indicator light may not black out before the salt fully dissolves.
2.
If there are
The dishwasher is designed to allow for adjusting the amount of salt consum ed based on the hardness of the water used.
This is intended to optimize and customize the level of salt consumption . The salt consumption can be set as
follows:
dH
fH
0~8 0~14
8~22 14~39
22~45 39~80
>45 >80
Note:1 ° dH=1.25 ° Clark=1.78
° dH : German degree
° fH : French degree
° Clark: British degree
Contact your local water board for information on the hardness of your water supply.
water hardness: one way is using water softener, the other is using
1
Remove the lower basket and then unscrew and remove the cap from the salt
container.
2
If you are filling the container for the first time ,fill 2/3 of its volume with water
(around 1000ml).
3
Place the end of the funnel(supplied) into the hole and introduce about 1.2kg of
salt .It is normal for a small amount of water to come out of the salt container
4
Carefully screw the cap back on.
5
Usually, the salt warning light will be off from 2-3 operations after the salt container
is filled with salt.
salt spills , a soak program can be run to remove them .
1
Unscrew the cap from the salt container.
2
There is a ring on the container with an arrow on it (see Figure to the side), if
necessary, rotate the ring in the anticlockwise directi on from the "-" Setting
toward the "+" sign, based on the hardness of the water being used.It is
recommended that adjustments should be made in accordance with the following
schema:
WATER HARDNESS
Clark
0~10
10~28
28~56
>56
° fH=0.178mmol/l
Selector Position
mmol/l
0~1.4
/
-
1.4~3.9
3.9~8 Mid
+
>8
4
Salt consumption Auto nomy
(gram/cycle) (cycles/1.2kgs)
0 /
20 60
40 30
60 20