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Maintenance and Cleaning
You must disconnect the appliance from the
electricity supply, before you can carry out any
cleaning or maintenance work.
External cleaning
Use only soap and water and then dry thoroughly.
From time to time, apply a little wax furniture cream
with a soft cloth.
Important: do not use methylated spirit, diluents or
similar products.
Cleaning the filter
The tumble dryer cannot operate efficiently with a
clogged filter. The filter collects all the fluff which
forms during drying and it is therefore essential to
remove and clean this filter after each drying
programme using a damp cloth.
Pull the filter upwards in order to remove it.
Important: Remove the fluff around the filter too.
Do not use the appliance without filter.
You should not be alarmed by the amount of fluff
which collects on the filter; this is due to normal
wearing of the fabrics dried and not to incorrect
operation of your machine. Rubbing of the fibres
during normal wear and washing forms fluff. If
laundry is dried on a line, this fluff simply flies away,
whereas inside the tumble dryer it collects together
and swells considerably as a result of the drying
action.
Cleaning the condenser unit
Clean the air condenser periodically, 3 or 4 times a
year depending on how frequently the dryer is used.
Pull out the condenser, holding it at the top, and
remove all fluff. Clean it with a brush and rinse it
under the shower if necessary.
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Also clean the outside, removing all fluff.
Clean the rubber seal round the porthole door and
the seal of the condenser in the inner door with a
damp cloth.
Important! Do not use pointed objects or utensils to
clean the spaces between the plates, as this could
damage the condenser and make it permeable.
Do not use this appliance if the condenser
has not been fitted.
Emptying the water reservoir
Water extracted from the laundry condenses inside
the machine and is collected in a reservoir.
The reservoir must be emptied after each drying
cycle to ensure efficient operation when the machine
is next used.
Important: should the reservoir be filled during a
drying programme, the light
will light up on the
panel to indicate that the reservoir has to be emptied.
The time selector dial rotates to position “O”, but the
drying cycle is not completed. In this case, after
emptying out the reservoir, the remaining drying time
has to be selected again.
Insert reservoir correctly.
Attention: After this procedure, before the dryer
resumes the operation, for a few seconds it could
remain still and the “water reservoir full” light could
remain on.
Handy tip: The condensed water may be used in a
steam iron or to top up a battery, etc. In this case it
must be filtered (e.g. through a coffee filter).
Water
reservoir
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