countertop, as if you'd pour coffee into a container so that the coffee sits. The air located in
the cartridge can thus escape into the water.
b) Put the microsponge back into the crown of the cartridge and fill the upper tank half full
with water and press with a very clean spoon the sponge, so that the air can escape from the
sponge.
c) By gently tapping the side of the cartridge crown on a wooden board, the graft dissolves.
The cartridge is taken out to do so. The material is spread and loosened by tapping the side.
Insert the cartridge again. The water will immediately flow at normal speed.
If the above described measures have not helped, please remove the cartridge or the upper
tank including the cartridge and immerse it completely under water so that the remaining air
can escape. Afterwards put the cartridge back into the filter and insert the sponge into the
crown of the cartridge. Please press the air out of the sponge. Now the water will flow, so that
1 litre is filtered in approx. 2-12 minutes.
The AcalaQuell works solely with the weight of the water. The height above the sea level, air
pressure, temperature, position of the moon and sun, as well as the water surface tension can
because of this have an influence on the speed of the water flow. The treatment of the water,
for instance with chlorine, which is adjusted every day, can also change the surface tension
and thus the flow velocity of the water.
Problem:
The water in the filling container runs past the filters into the filtered water container.
Cause:
The sealing ring does not fit evenly into the cartridge.
The cartridge is not put correctly into the case and the water can flow unfiltered past the
sealing ring.
Solution:
Remove the filling filter from the filter for the filtered water, remove the cartridge, loosen the
sealing ring, and put it back again, so that the seal is even and does not have a twist in the
cartridge.
Hold the cartridge on the narrow side from below, and insert the cartridge with a screwing
downward movement so deeply until the seal on the cartridge sits on the base in the upper
tank.
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