Setting The Water Softener Level - Baumatic BDW45.1 User Manual

o IMPORTANT: You do not need to pour 1 litre of water into
the container when you subsequently fill the water
softener with salt.

Setting the water softener level

It is possible to regulate the amount of salt that the water softener will
release during a wash cycle. The water softener should be set to a
level that is appropriate for the hardness of your water (please refer to
the table below).
WATER HARDNESS
Clarke °TH
degrees French
degrees
0-14 0-18
14-36 18-44
36-71 44-89
71 89
To alter the amount of salt that is released by the water softener, you
should:-
o Remove the lower basket and unscrew the cap from the water
softener.
o The "middle" selector position is halfway between the minus and
plus symbols.
o IMPORTANT: If you are using 3 in 1 dishwasher tablets and live
in a medium or hard water area, then you should still fill the
water softener with salt. The water softener arrow should be
turned to the minus setting.
13
Selector
position
N/A
Minus
symbol
Middle
Plus
symbol
o Locate the ring with an arrow on it that is located
on the water softener. (See figure opposite).
o When you first receive your appliance, the arrow
will be pointing to the minus symbol. Using the
water hardness chart, you should turn the arrow
to the setting that is appropriate for your water
hardness.
Grams of Approximate
salt used number of cycles
per cycle per 1.2kg of salt
0
20
40
60
N/A
60
30
20