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adjusting salt consumption
Salt consumption must be adjusted to correspond to the water hardness level in your area. If you
don’t know how hard the water in your home is, please ask the company that supplies water in your
area.
It is recommended that adjustments should be made in accordance with the following chart.
water hardness
salt consumption
(gram/cycle)
german ˚dh
french ˚fh
british ˚clarke
mmol/l
0-5
0-9
0-6
0-0.94
0
6-11
10-20
7-14
1.0-2.0
9
12-17
21-30
15-21
2.1-3.0
12
18-22
31-40
22-28
3.1-4.0
20
23-34
41-60
29-42
4.1-6.0
30
35-55
61-98
43-69
6.1-9.8
60
To optimise your dishwasher for the local water hardness, please follow the steps below and refer to
the table above.
1. Press the button to switch on the dishwasher.
2. Press and hold the button for 5 seconds until the salt refill warning indicator
illuminates.
3. Press the button repeatedly to adjust the water hardness level: H1 / H2 / H3 / H4 / H5 / H6.
4. After adjusting the water hardness level, press the button to save the setting.
1 ˚dh (German degree) = 0.178mmol/l
1 ˚fh (French degree) = 0.1mmol/l
1 ˚Clark (British degree) = 0.142mmol/l
• Do not use everyday table salt or cooking salt as they contain insoluble
substances which could damage the dishwasher.
• Do not pour detergent into the salt container. This will damage the dishwasher.
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