Setting The Water Softener - Electrolux ESL 66010 User Manual

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Setting the water softener

The water softener removes minerals and
salts from the water supply. Minerals and
salts can have bad effect on the operation of
the appliance.
Water hardness is measured in equivalent
scales:
• German degrees (dH°).
Water hardness
°dH °TH
51 - 70 91 - 125
43 - 50 76 - 90
37 - 42 65 - 75
29 - 36 51 - 64
23 - 28 40 - 50
19 - 22 33 - 39
15 - 18 26 - 32
11 - 14 19 - 25
4 - 10 7 - 18
< 4 < 7
1) No use of salt required.
You must set the water softener man-
ually and electronically.
Manual adjustment
The appliance is set at the factory at po-
sition 2.
1. Open the door.
2. Remove the lower basket.
3. Turn the water hardness dial to position
1 or 2 (refer to the chart).
4. Install the lower basket.
5. Close the door.
mmol/l Clarke
9,1 - 12,5 64 - 88
7,6 - 9,0 53 - 63
6,5 - 7,5 46 - 52
5,1 - 6,4 36 - 45
4,0 - 5,0 28 - 35
3,3 - 3,9 23 - 27
2,6 - 3,2 18 - 22
1,9 - 2,5 13 - 17
0,7 - 1,8 5 - 12
< 0,7 < 5
• French degrees (°TH).
• mmol/l (millimol per litre - international unit
for the hardness of water).
• Clarke.
Adjust the water softener to the water hard-
ness in your area. If necessary, contact your
local water authority.
Water hardness setting
manually
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1)
1
Electronic adjustment
The dishwasher is factory set at lev-
el 5.
1. Switch on the appliance.
2. Make sure that the appliance is in setting
mode.
3. Press and hold function buttons B and C
until the indicator lights of function but-
tons A, B and C start to flash.
4. Release function buttons B and C.
5. Press function button A.
– The indicator lights for function buttons
B and C go off.
– The indicator light for function button A
continues to flash.
– The digital display shows the current
level.
– You can hear an audible signal.
Example: digital display shows
termittent audible signals = level 5.
6. Press the function button A one time to
increase the water softener level by one
step.
7. Press the on/off button to save the oper-
ation.
electronically
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1)
1
/ 5 in-