Adjusting the water softener
Water hardness
Water softener
adjustment
German
degrees
(°dH)
French
degrees
(°fH)
mmol/l Clarke
degrees
Level
47 - 50 84 - 90 8.4. - 9.0 58 - 63 10
43 - 46 76 - 83 7.6 - 8.3 53 - 57 9
37 - 42 65 - 75 6.5 - 7.5 46 - 52 8
29 - 36 51 - 64 5.1 - 6.4 36 - 45 7
23 - 28 40 - 50 4.0 - 5.0 28 - 35 6
19 - 22 33 - 39 3.3 - 3.9 23 - 27
5
1)
15 - 18 26 - 32 2.6 - 3.2 18 - 22 4
11 - 14 19 - 25 1.9 - 2.5 13 - 17 3
4 - 10 7 - 18 0.7 - 1.8 5 - 12 2
< 4 < 7 < 0.7 < 5
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2)
1) Factory position.
2) Do not use salt at this level.
How to adjust the level of the water softener
1. Press the on/off button to activate the appliance.
Make sure that the appliance is in setting mode,
refer to “Setting and starting a programme”.
2.
Press and hold, at the same time, button
and
button
until the indicators of buttons ,
and start to flash.
3.
Press button
.
•
The indicators of buttons
and go off.
•
The indicator of button
continues to
flash.
• The current setting of the water softener is indi-
cated by intermittent acoustic signals and the
number of flashes of the indicator
.
– E.g. 5 acoustic signals and 5 flashes + pause
+ 5 acoustic signals and 5 flashes = level 5.
4.
Press button
again and again to change
the setting. Each time you press the button you se-
lect the next level.
5. Deactivate the appliance to confirm the setting.
Filling the salt container
Caution! Water and salt can come out from the
salt container when you fill it. Risk of corrosion.
To prevent it, after you fill the salt container, start a
programme.
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