General Maintenance - Krups Evidence EA8948 Manual

Carrying out proper maintenance will prolong the life of your machine and preserve the authentic taste of your coffee.
Maintenance of the coffee grounds collector and drip tray
The drip tray receives the waste water
The coffee grounds collector receives grindings extracted.
When do I empty the drip tray?
When the float is in the upper position indicating that it is too full.
When the machine shows "empty the 2 trays".
When do I empty the coffee grounds collector? Fig. 19 - 20
When the machine shows "empty the 2 trays".
You can periodically empty it before the machine asks you to.
Not performing these operations correctly can damage your machine.
Rinsing of circuits
You can perform rinsing at any time.
- Press .
- Select Maintenance.
- Choose 'Milk rinsing" or "Coffee rinsing".
Depending on the preparation, the machine can perform automatic rinsing during its powering off.
It is also possible to set automatic rinsing at start-up (see Settings section).
Automatic coffee circuit cleaning programs
Cleaning of the coffee circuit allows you to combat residue, fatty deposits of coffee and preserve the aromas of your
drinks.
To perform this cleaning you will need:
- 1 KRUPS cleaning tablet
- 1 container of a minimum of 600 ml
The cycle will link two phases:
- 1 cleaning phase
- 1 rinsing phase
When do I run this program?
- When it is necessary to run a cleaning program, the appliance notifies you. Allow yourself to be guided by the
instructions displayed on the screen.
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Important: You do not have to run the cleaning program as soon as the appliance requests it, but you must do it
reasonably soon after. If the cleaning is postponed the alert message will remain displayed as long as
the operation has not been performed.
You can also launch cleaning at any time:
- Press .
- Select Maintenance.
- Choose "Coffee cleaning".
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Important: if you unplug your machine during cleaning or in the event of electrical failure, the cleaning program will
resume the current step at the time of the incident. It will not be possible to postpone this operation:
it is mandatory for reasons of rinsing the water circuit. In this case a new cleaning tablet may be
necessary.
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GENERAL MAINTENANCE

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