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5.8
BUILT-IN SOFTENER
The machine has a softener for the washing water.
Hardness in the water supply can be responsible for white deposits on the dried glassware, which
may tend to become opaque after a period of time. The GW3060/4090 is equipped with an
automatic water softener which softens the water by means of specific regenerating salt.
Before the GW3060/4090 is used for the first time, pour some granular salt into the softener
reservoir along with enough water to fill it. (This is usually done at Camlab before delivery)
Make sure that the cap is firmly closed each time the reservoir is filled.
Do not fill to the
brim! Leave a 2cm space for the float device on the underside of the cap.
(The
application of a smear of silicon grease on the black seal will aid closure). The wash water
and detergent mixture must not get into the salt reservoir as this would prevent the
regeneration system from operating correctly. Moreover, the wash chamber and the
glassware inside it would be contaminated if salt solution were to leak out.
Only granular salt should be used, not normal kitchen salt.
Kitchen salt may contain insoluble substances that could damage the resin over a period
of time.
NB: Two scoops of a 500ml beaker is an ideal amount of salt to use.
The ionic exchange resins of the water softener are regenerated by sodium chloride, i.e. common
salt (NaCl). The only routine maintenance required is to add granular salt to the reservoir when the
appliance is first used and after this, whenever the “Salt” alarm message appears on the display:
!!!ALARM: W075
No salt
Ignore??
<N>
When this message appears on the display, it can be ignored by pressing the
key
and then the
key
However, it is inadvisable to ignore this message since a softener that fails to function correctly
can impair the quality of the washing.
5.8.1 How to add salt
If the water used is of medium hardness, salt will need to be added about every 10 washing cycles.
The reservoir of the softener contains about 1 kg of granular salt. The reservoir is under the white
cap situated in the wash chamber (see fig. 3.2.2.1). Remove the lower basket, unscrew the
reservoir’s cap by turning it anti-clockwise, and then pour salt inside using the funnel supplied.
