Use Of The Water Softener - Smeg GW0160 Series User Manual

6.1

USE OF THE WATER SOFTENER

The quantity of limescale in the water (which depends on its hardness) may leave a white veil on the instruments after
being washed. These instruments may become dull over few washing cycles. To avoid this from happening, the
appliance is equipped with an automatic water softener which removes the substances that cause hardness from the
water with the aid of regenerating salt.
fig. 26 – The salt tank is accessible with the door open; filling the softener tank with regenerating salt.
If water of average hardness is used, fresh salt will have to be added about every 20 washes. The softener tank
contains about 1 kg of coarse salt.
The salt tank is in the bottom of the glassware washer's chamber.
Remove the bottom basket, unscrew the cap of the tank by turning it anticlockwise and pour in the salt using the
funnel supplied with the glassware washer; take care not to spill salt in the chamber. Remove any residual of salt
around the hole and in the tank before screwing the lid back on.
ATTENTION
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The first time the glassware washer is used, a litre of water must be poured into the tank with
the salt. Whenever the tank is filled, always take care to ensure that the cap is firmly closed. The
mixture of water and detergent must not get into the salt tank, as this would impair operation of
the regeneration system. In this case the warranty cover will cease.
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Only use coarse salt for domestic dishwashers.
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Do not use edible salt, since it contains insoluble substances which might damage the water
softening system over time.
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Fill up with salt when necessary before starting a washing program, so that any excess salt
solution will immediately be removed by the water; if salty water is left inside the chamber, it may
cause corrosion. Carry out a prewash to prevent this if necessary.
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