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5- IS
THERE
A PR
OBLEM ?
Pr
ob
lems
P
o
ssib
le causes
Solutions
•
T
he ir
on does not heat up
.
•
W
ater drips fr
om the holes in the sole plate
.
•
B
ro
wn str
eaks come thr
ough the holes in the sole plate
and stain the linen.
•
T
he sole plate is dir
ty or br
o
w
n and can stain the linen.
•
Ther
e
is little or no steam.
•
T
he sole plate is scratched or dama
g
ed.
•
The auto-stop saf
ety s
witch has operated
•
Thermostat contr
ol not cor
rectl
y positioned
•
The chosen temperatur
e is too lo
w and does not allo
w
for the
formation of steam.
•
You ar
e using steam while the ir
on is not hot enough.
•
You ar
e using the shot of steam button too often.
•
The steam flo
w is too high.
•
You ha
ve
stor
ed the ir
on horizontall
y,
without emptying it and
without setting it to DR
Y.
•
You ar
e using chemical descaling agents.
•
You ar
e using pur
e distilled water
.
•
Fabric fibr
es ha
ve
accum
ulated in the holes of the sole plate and
ar
e burning.
•
Your linen is not rinsed sufficientl
y or y
ou ha
ve
ir
oned a ne
w
garment bef
or
e washing it.
•
You ar
e using too high a temperatur
e.
•
You ar
e using star
ch.
•
T
he water tank is empty
.
•
The anti-calc valv
e is dir
ty
.
•
Your ir
on has a build-up of scale
.
•
You ir
on has been used dr
y f
or too long.
•
You ha
ve
placed y
our ir
on flat on a metallic r
est-plate
.
•
You ha
ve
ir
oned o
ver a zip
.
•
Restar
t the ir
on b
y lightl
y mo
ving it.
•
Set the thermostat contr
ol to the r
equir
ed fabric to be ir
oned.
•
Set the thermostat in the colour
ed zone (fr
om
●●
to MAX).
•
W
ait until the thermostat light g
oes out.
•
W
ait a f
ew seconds betw
een each use of the button.
•
Reduce the steam flo
w
.
•
See the section "Storing y
our ir
on".
•
Do not ad
d an
y descaling agents to the water in the water tank.
•
Do a self-cleaning and use ta
p water or 50 % ta
p water and 50 %
demineralized water
.
•
Do a self-cleaning.
•
Clean the sole plate with a non-metallic sponge
.
Vacuum the holes of the sole plate fr
om time to time
.
•
Ensur
e linen is rinsed thor
oughl
y to r
emo
ve
an
y soa
p deposits or
chemicals on ne
w garments which ha
ve
been suck
ed up b
y the ir
on.
•
Clean the sole plate as indicated abo
ve
.
See the temperatur
e
table to
cor
rectl
y set the thermostat.
•
Clean the sole plate as indicated abo
ve
.
A
lw
ays spra
y star
ch onto the
re
verse side of the fabric to be ir
oned.
•
Fill it with ta
p water
.
•
Clean the anti-calc valv
e.
•
Clean the anti-calc valv
e and do a self-cleaning.
•
Do a self-cleaning.
•
A
lw
ays set y
our ir
on on its heel.
•
Tr
y to a
void ir
oning o
ver zips which ma
y ha
ve
r
ough edges.
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