Draining Remaining Water And Cleaning The Pump Filter - Smeg LBS108F1 Manual

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Draining remaining water and
cleaning the pump filter
The filter system in your machine prevents solid
items such as buttons, coins and fabric fibers
clogging the pump impeller during discharge of
washing water. Thus, the water will be discharged
without any problem and the service life of the pump
will extend.
If the machine fails to drain water, the pump filter
is clogged. Filter must be cleaned whenever it
is clogged or in every 3 months. Water must be
drained off first to clean the pump filter.
In addition, prior to transporting the machine (eg.,
when moving to another house) and in case of
freezing of the water, water may have to be drained
completely.
Foreign substances left in the pump filter may
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damage your machine or may cause noise
problem.
In order to clean the dirty filter and discharge the
water:
Unplug the machine to cut off the supply power.
Temperature of the water inside the machine
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may rise up to 90 ºC. To avoid burning risk, filter
must be cleaned after the water in the machine
cools down.
Open the filter cap.
If the filter cap is composed of two pieces, press
the tab on the filter cap downwards and pull
the piece out towards yourself.
If the filter cap is one piece, pull the cap from both
sides at the top to open.
You can remove the filter cover by slightly
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pushing downwards with a thin plastic tipped
tool, through the gap above the filter cover. Do
not use metal tipped tools to remove the cover.
Some of our products have emergency draining
hose and some does not have. Follow the steps
below to discharge the water.
Discharging the water when the product has an
emergency draining hose:
Pull the emergency draining hose out from its seat
Place a large container at the end of the hose. Drain
the water into the container by pulling out the plug at
the end of the hose. When the container is full, block
the inlet of the hose by replacing the plug. After the
container is emptied, repeat the above procedure
to drain the water in the machine completely. When
draining of water is finished, close the end by the
plug again and fix the hose in its place. Turn the
pump filter to take it out.
Discharging the water when the product does not
have an emergency draining hose:
Place a large container in front of the filter to
catch water from the filter. Loosen pump filter
(anticlockwise) until water starts to flow. Fill the
flowing water into the container you have placed in
front of the filter. Always keep a piece of cloth handy
to absorb any spilled water. When the water inside
the machine is finished, take out the filter completely
by turning it. Clean any residues inside the filter
as well as fibers, if any, around the pump impeller
region. Install the filter.
If your product has a water jet feature, be sure
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to fit the filter into its housing in the pump.
Never force the filter while installing it into its
housing. Seat the filter into its place completely.
Otherwise, water may leak from the filter cap.
If the filter cap is composed of two pieces, close the
filter cap by pressing on the tab. If it is one piece,
seat the tabs in the lower part into their places first,
and then press the upper part to close.
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