Special Dishwasher Salt; Switching Off The Water Softening System - Bosch SGE53B55UC User Manual

The value H00 is set at the fac-
tory.
To save the settings, press
5.
for 3 seconds.
9.3 Special Dishwasher
Salt
You can use special dishwasher
salt to soften the water.
Adding dishwasher salt
If the salt refill indicator lights up,
add special dishwasher salt to the
dispenser for salt just before the
cycle starts. The amount of spe-
cial dishwasher salt required de-
pends on the water hardness. The
higher the water hardness, the
greater the amount of salt re-
quired.
NOTICE:
Detergent may damage the water
softening system.
Only fill the dispenser of the
▶
water softening system with

special dishwasher salt.

Special salt for dishwashers can
damage the tub due to corrosion.
To make sure that any special
▶
salt that escapes is washed out
of the tub, add the special salt
to the dispenser for special salt
immediately before the pro-
gram starts.
Unscrew the lid of the salt dis-
1.
penser and remove.
Before the first use: Fill the dis-
2.
penser full with water.
Water softening system en-us
Note: Only use special salt
3.
specified for dishwashers.
Do not use salt tablets.
Do not use table salt.
Add the special dishwasher salt
to the dispenser.
Funnel
Fill the dispenser completely
with the salt. The water in the
dispenser is displaced and
forced out.
Place the lid back on the dis-
4.
penser and turn to close.
9.4 Switching off the
water softening
system
If you do not need to use the wa-
ter softening system, e.g. you al-
ready have a whole house water
softening system, you can turn the
system off.
Note
To avoid damage to the
appliance, only switch off the
water softening system in the
following cases:
¡ The water hardness is max.
26 °E and you are using com-
bined detergents with salt re-
placement substances. Accord-
ing to manufacturers, combined
detergents with salt replace-
ment substances can generally
only be used up to a water
hardness of 26 °E without
adding special salt.
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