Overview Of Water Hardness Settings; Setting Water Softening System; Special Salt - Bosch SMS46MI05E User Manual

Overview of water hardness settings

You can find an overview of the water hardness values that can be selected
here.
You can find out how hard your water is from your local water company or by
using a water hardness tester.
Water hardness °E
0 - 8
9 - 10
11 - 12
13 - 15
16 - 20
21 - 26
27 - 38
39 - 62
Note: Set the water hardness determ-
ined on your appliance.
→ "Setting water softening system",
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With a water hardness of 0 - 8 °E
you can dispense with special salt
and switch off the water softening
system.
→ "Switching off water softening sys-
tem", Page 30
Setting water softening sys-
tem
Set the water hardness on your appli-
ance.
Determine the water hardness and
1.
the appropriate setting value.
→ "Overview of water hardness set-
tings", Page 29
Press ⁠ .
2.
Hold programme button A and
3.
press repeatedly until the dis-
play shows H:xx.
Release programme button A and
4.
⁠ .
a Programme button A flashes and
the display shows H:04.
Hardness range
Soft
Soft
Medium
Medium
Medium
Hard
Hard
Hard
Water softening system en
mmol/l
0 - 1.1
1.2 - 1.4
1.5 - 1.8
1.9 - 2.1
2.2 - 2.9
3.0 - 3.7
3.8 - 5.4
5.5 - 8.9
Press programme button C re-
5.
peatedly until the right water hard-
ness has been set.
Press to save the setting.
6.

Special salt

You can use special salt to soften
water.
Adding special salt
If the special salt refill indicator lights
up, add special salt to the dispenser
for special salt just before the pro-
gramme starts. The amount of spe-
cial salt required depends on the wa-
ter hardness: the higher the water
hardness, the greater the amount of
special salt required.
ATTENTION!
¡ Detergent may damage the water
softening system.
Only fill the dispenser of the wa-
▶
ter softening system with special
dishwasher salt.
Setting value
H:00
H:01
H:02
H:03
H:04
H:05
H:06
H:07
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