… Care and maintenance
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Descale
Whenever steam is produced, irrespective of the hardness of the local water supply
(i.e. the limescale content of the water), limescale is deposited in the boiler.
The appliance automatically recognises when descaling is necessary.
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flashes in the display.
The time interval between descaling depends on the hardness of the water and fre-
quency of use. If steaming 4× 30 minutes per week, the appliance must be descaled
– depending on water hardness – roughly as follows:
We recommend you descale the appliance whenever the warning appears in the dis-
play. Failure to descale the appliance will likely impair the functioning of or cause
damage to the appliance.
Water hardness
Descale after about
Soft
Medium
Hard
18 months
9 months
6 months
Descaling takes about 45 minutes.
