AEG-Electrolux ESF2450S User Manual

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Dishwasher

Посудомоечная машина

ESF2450

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Contents

Safety information 2
Product description 3
Control panel 4
Use of the appliance 5
Setting the water softener 5
Use of dishwasher salt 6
Use of rinse aid 7
Loading cutlery and dishes 7
Use of detergent 8
Washing programmes 9

Subject to change without notice

Setting and starting a washing programme

Care and cleaning 11
Technical data 12
What to do if… 12
Installation 14
Water connection 14
Electrical connection 16
Environment concerns 16

Safety information

For your safety and correct operation of
the appliance, read this manual carefully
before installation and use. Always keep
these instructions with the appliance
even if you move or sell it. Users must
fully know the operation and safety fea­tures of the appliance.

Correct use

• The appliance is designed exclusively for
domestic use.

• Only use the appliance to clean household
utensils that are applicable for dishwash­ers.

• Do not put solvents in the appliance. Risk
of explosion.

• Put the knives and all items with sharp
points in the cutlery basket with their
points down. If not, put in a horizontal po­sition in the main basket.

• Use only branded products for dishwash­ers (detergent, salt, rinse aid).

• If you open the door while the appliance is
in operation, hot steam can escape. Risk
of skin burns.

•Do not remove dishes from the dishwasher
before the end of the washing programme.

• When the washing programme is comple­ted, disconnect the mains plug from the
mains socket and close the water tap.

• Only an authorised service engineer can
repair this appliance. Use only original
spare parts.

• Do not do repairs yourself to prevent injury
and damage to the appliance. Always con­tact your local Service Force Centre.

General safety

• Persons (including children) with reduced
physical sensory, mental capabilities or
lack of experience and knowledge must
not use the appliance. They must have su­pervision or instruction for the operation of
the appliance by a person responsible for
their safety.

• Obey the safety instructions from the man­ufacturer of the dishwasher detergent to
prevent burns to eyes, mouth and throat.

• Do not drink the water from the dishwash­er. Detergent residues can stay in your ap­pliance.

• Always close the door when you do not
use the appliance to prevent injury and not
to stumble over the open door.

• Do not sit or stand on the open door.

Child safety

• Only adults can use this appliance. Chil­dren must get supervision to make sure
that they do not play with the appliance.

• Keep all the packaging away from children.
There is a risk of suffocation.

• Keep all detergents in a safe area. Do not
let children touch the detergents.

• Keep children away from the appliance
when the door is open.

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Installation

• Make sure that the appliance is not dam­aged because of transport. Do not con­nect a damaged appliance. If necessary,
contact the supplier.

• Remove all packaging before first use.

• A qualified and competent person must do
the electrical installation.

• A qualified and competent person must do
the plumbing installation.

• Do not change the specifications or modify
this product. Risk of injury and damage to
the appliance.

• Do not use the appliance:

Product description

1

– if the mains cable or water hoses are

damaged,

– if the control panel, worktop or plinth

area are damaged, that you can get ac­cess to the inner side of the appliance.

Contact your local Service Force Centre.

• Do not drill into the sides of the appliance
to prevent damage to hydraulic and elec­trical components.

Warning! Carefully obey the
instructions for electrical and water
connections.

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2

3

1 Spray arm
2 Microfilter
3 Detergent dispenser
4 Rinse aid dispenser
5 Flat filter
6 Salt container

5

4

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The rating label is on the back of appli­ance.

Control panel

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1 2

1 On/off button
2 Programme selection buttons
3 Save energy button /(Saver)
4 Delay start button
5 Indicator lights
6 Digital display
7 Function buttons

1)

3 4

ABC

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Indicator lights

The indicator light comes on when the washing
phase or the rinsing phase operates.

The indicator light comes on when the drying
phase operates.

The indicator light comes on when the washing
programme is completed.

The indicator light comes on when it is necessary
to fill the salt container. Refer to the chapter 'Use
of dishwasher salt'.
The salt indicator light can stay on for some hours,
but it does not have an unwanted effect on the
operation of the appliance.

Indicator lights

The indicator light comes on when it is necessary

1)

1) The indicator light is off when a washing programme operates.

Delay start button

Use the delay start button to delay the start
of the washing programme with an interval
between 1 and 19 hours. Refer to the chapter
'Setting and starting a washing programme'.

Digital display
The display shows:

• Adjusted level of the water softener.

• Programme duration.

• Remaining time to the end of the pro­gramme.

• End of a washing programme.

• Number of hours in delay start.

• Fault codes.

Save energy button

This function decreases the temperature in
the drying phase. Saved energy is between
10% and 25%.

If dishes at the end of the programme
are wet, keep the door ajar to let the
dishes dry naturally.

This function is available with all washing pro­grammes. The related indicator light comes
on when you press the button.

to fill the rinse aid. Refer to the chapter 'Use of
rinse aid'.

The save energy function has no effect on
some programmes. Refer to the chapter
'Washing programmes' for the list of pro­grammes where save energy has or not an
effect.

Function buttons

Use the function buttons for these opera­tions:

• To set the water softener. Refer to the
chapter 'Setting the water softener'.

• To cancel the washing programme in pro­gress or a delay start in progress. Refer to
the chapter 'Setting and starting a washing
programme'.

Setting mode

The appliance is in setting mode when all
programme indicator lights are on.
The appliance must be in setting mode for
these operations:
– To set a washing programme.
– To set the water softener level.
If a programme indicator light is on, cancel
the programme to go back to the setting
mode. Refer to the chapter "Setting and
starting a washing programme".

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Use of the appliance

Refer to the following instructions for each
step of procedure:

1. Make a check if the water softener level
is correct for the water hardness in your
area. If necessary set the water softener.

2. Fill the salt container with dishwasher salt.

3. Fill the rinse aid dispenser with rinse aid.

4. Load cutlery and dishes into the dish­washer.

Setting the water softener

The water softener removes minerals and
salts from the water supply. Minerals and
salts can have bad effect on the operation of
the appliance.
Water hardness is measured in equivalent
scales:

5. Set the correct washing programme for
the type of load and soil.

6. Fill the detergent dispenser with the cor­rect quantity of detergent.

7. Start the washing programme.

If you use detergent tablets, refer to the
chapter 'Use of detergent'.

• German degrees (dH°).

• French degrees (°TH).

• mmol/l (millimol per litre - international unit

for the hardness of water).

•Clarke.

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Adjust the water softener to the water hard­ness in your area. If necessary, contact your
local water authority.

Water hardness

°dH mmol/l °TH Clarke

>24 >4.2 >40 > 28 5

18- 24 3.2- 4.2 32- 40 22- 28 4

12- 18 2.1- 3.2 19- 32 13- 22 3

4- 12 0.7- 2.1 7- 19 5 -13 2

< 4 < 0.7 < 7 < 5

1) No use of salt required.

Electronic adjustment

The water softener is set at the fac­tory at level 3.

1. Switch on the appliance.

2. Make sure that the appliance is in setting
mode.

3. Press and hold function buttons B and C
until the indicator lights of function but­tons A, B and C start to flash.

4. Release function buttons B and C.

– The indicator light for function button A

continues to flash.

– The digital display shows the current

level.

Example: digital display shows
el 3.

6. Press the function button A one time to
increase the water softener level by one
step.

7. Press the on/off button to save the oper­ation.

5. Press function button A.
– The indicator lights for function buttons

B and C go off.

Water hard­ness setting

1)

1

Digital dis-

play level

= lev-

Use of dishwasher salt

Caution! Only use dishwashers salt.
Types of salt that are not applicable for
dishwashers cause damage to the water
softener.

Caution! Grains of salt and salty water
on the bottom of the appliance can
cause corrosion. Fill the appliance with
salt before you start a washing
programme to prevent corrosion.

Do these steps to fill the salt container:

1. Turn the cap anticlockwise to open the
salt container.

2. Fill the salt container with 1 litre of water
(only the first operation).

3. Use the funnel to fill the salt container with
salt.

4. Remove the salt around the opening of
the salt container.

5. Turn the cap clockwise to close the salt
container.

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It is normal that water overflows from the
salt container when you fill it with salt

Use of rinse aid

Caution! Only use branded rinse aid for
dishwashers.
Do not fill the rinse aid dispenser with
other products (e.g. dishwasher clean­ing agent, liquid detergent). There is a
risk of damage to the appliance.

Rinse aid makes it possible to dry the
dishes without streaks and stains.
Rinse aid is automatically added during
the last rinsing phase.

Do these steps to fill the rinse aid dispenser:

When you set the water softener to level 1,
the salt indicator light does not stay on.

1. Press the release button (A) to open the
rinse aid dispenser.

2. Fill the rinse aid dispenser with rinse aid.
The mark 'max.' shows the maximum
level .

3. Remove the spilled rinse aid with an ab­sorbent cloth to prevent too much foam
during the subsequent washing pro­gramme.

4. Close the rinse aid dispenser.

The capacity of the rinse aid dispenser
is approximately 150 ml. The quantity of
rinse aid is sufficient for approximately
60 washing programmes.

Adjust the dosage of rinse aid

The appliance is set at the factory at level 1.
You can set the rinse aid dosage between 1

- 6 (1- 6 ml of the rinse aid).

Refer to the washing results (chapter 'What
to do if...'). Start with the lowest dosage.

1. Turn the arrow clockwise to increase the
dosage.

2. Increase the dosage if there are water
droplets or limescale on the dishes.

Loading cutlery and dishes

Helpful hints and tips

Caution! Only use the appliance for

household utensils that are applicable
for dishwashers.

Do not use the appliance to clean objects
that can absorb water (sponges, household
cloths, etc.).

• Before you load cutlery and dishes, do
these steps:
– Remove all food remainings and debris.

– Make burnt, remaining food in pans soft.

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• While you load cutlery and dishes, do
these steps:
– Load hollow items (e.g. cups, glasses

and pans) with the opening down.

– Make sure that water does not collect in

the container or in a deep base.

– Make sure that cutlery and dishes do not

lie inside one another.

– Make sure that cutlery and dishes do not

cover other cutlery and dishes.

– Make sure that glasses do not touch

other glasses.

– Put small objects in the cutlery basket.

• Plastic items and pans with non-stick
coatings can keep water droplets.

• Plastic items do not dry as well as porce­lain and steel items.

• Put light items in the main basket. Make
sure that the items do not move.

Caution! Make sure that the spray arm
can move freely before you start a
washing programme.

Primary basket

Arrange the deep dishes and large lids
around the edge of the basket. Arrange items
on and below the cup racks. The water must
come to all parts of the dishes.
You can fold the cup racks to clean high
items.

Cutlery basket

Warning! Do not put long-bladed knives

in a vertical position to prevent injury.

Arrange long and/or sharp items of cutlery
horizontally in the primary basket. Be careful
with sharp items such as knives.
Use the cutlery basket for:

• Forks and spoons with the handles down.

• Knives with the handles up.

The cutlery basket has a cutlery grid that you
can remove.
Do not let the cutlery bond together.

Make sure that the spray arm can move
freely before you close the door.

Use of detergent

Only use detergents (powder, liquid or
tablet) that are applicable for dishwash­ers.
Follow the data on the packaging:

• Dosage recommended by the manu­facturer.

• Storage recommendations.

The instructions on the packaging usu­ally refer to large dishwashers (12 set­tings).

Do not use more than the correct quan­tity of detergent to save an environment.

Fill with detergent

Do these steps to fill the detergent dispenser:

A

B

1. Open the lid of the detergent dispenser.

2. Fill the detergent dispenser (A) with de­tergent.

3. If you use a washing programme with
prewash phase, put more detergent in
the prewash detergent compartment (B).
The detergent is removed during the pre­wash phase.

4. Close the lid of the detergent dispenser.

Use of detergent tablets

Put the detergent tablet in the detergent dis­penser (A).
Detergent tablets contain:

• detergent

•rinse aid

• other cleaning agents.

Do these steps to use detergent tablets:

1. Make sure that the detergent tablets are
applicable for your water hardness. Refer
to the instructions from the manufacturer.

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2. Set the lowest levels of water hardness
and rinse aid dosage.

It is not necessary to fill the salt container
and the rinse aid dispenser.

Do these steps when the drying results
are not satisfactory:

1. Fill the rinse aid dispenser with rinse aid.

2. Set the rinse aid dosage to position 2.

Do these steps to use the detergent
powder again:

1. Fill the salt container and the rinse aid
dispenser.

2. Set the water softener to the highest level.

3. Do a washing programme without
dishes.

4. Adjust the water softener. Refer to the
chapter 'Setting the water softener'.

5. Adjust the rinse aid dosage.

Different brands of detergent dissolve in
different times. Some detergent tablets
do not have the best cleaning results
during short washing programmes. Use
long washing programmes when you
use detergent tablets to fully remove the
detergent.

Washing programmes

Washing programmes

Programme

2)

3)

Degree

of soil

Heavy

soil

Mixed

normal

and light

soil

Normal

soil

Type of

load

Crockery,

cutlery,

pots and

pans

Crockery,

cutlery,

pots and

pans

Crockery

and cut-

lery

Programme description

Prewash
Main wash up to 70°C
2 intermediate rinses
Final rinse
Drying

Prewash
Main wash up to 45°C or 70°C
1 or 2 intermediate rinses
Final rinse
Drying

Prewash
Main wash up to 55°C
1 intermediate rinse
Final rinse
Drying

Energy

Save op-

1)

tion

Selectable,
impact on
washing
pro­gramme.

Selectable,
impact on
washing
pro­gramme.

Selectable,
impact on
washing
pro­gramme.

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Programme

1) For programmes where the option has an impact, the energy saving is between 10% and 25%.

2) During the 'Auto' washing programme the level of soiling on the dishes is determined by how cloudy
the water is. The programme duration, water and energy consumption levels can vary; this depends
upon if the appliance is fully or partially loaded and if the dishes are lightly or heavily soiled. The
temperature of the water is automatically adjusted between 45°C and 70°C.

3) Test programme for test institutes. Please refer to separate leaflet supplied, for test data.

Degree

of soil

Normal

or light

soil

Type of

load

Crockery

and cut-

lery

Programme description

Main wash up to 50°C
1 intermediate rinse
Final rinse

Energy

Save op-

1)

tion

Selectable,
no impact
on washing
pro­gramme.

Consumption values

Programme Programme duration

1) The digital display shows the programme duration.

(in minutes)

1)

- 1,0 9,0

- 0,5-0,8 5,0-9,0

- 0,63 7,0

- 0,45 6,0

The pressure and temperature of the
water, the variations of power supply

Energy consumption

(in kWh)

Water consumption

(in litres)

and the quantity of dishes can change
these values.

Setting and starting a washing programme

Set the washing programme with the
door ajar. The washing programme only
starts after you close the door. Until then
it is possible to modify the settings.

Do these steps to set and start a washing
programme:

1. Switch on the appliance.

2. Make sure that the appliance is in setting

mode.

3. Press one of the programme buttons.

Refer to the chapter 'Washing pro­grammes'.
– The programme indicator light comes

on.

– All other programme indicator lights go

off.

– The digital display shows in flashing the

programme duration.

– The phase indicator light for the wash-

ing programme starts to flash.

4. Close the door.

– The washing programme starts auto-

matically.

– The phase indicator light for the wash-

ing programme is on.

When the washing programme oper­ates, you cannot change the pro­gramme. Cancel the washing pro­gramme.

Warning! Only interrupt or cancel a
washing programme if necessary.

Caution! Open the door carefully. Hot
steam can come free.

Cancelling a washing programme

1. Press and hold function buttons B and C
until all the programme lights come on.

2. Release function buttons B and C to can­cel the washing programme.

At this time you can do these steps:

1. Switch off the appliance.

2. Set a new washing programme .

Fill the detergent dispenser with detergent
before you set a new washing programme.

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Interrupting a washing programme

Open the door.

• The programme stops.
Close the door.

• The programme continues from the point
of interruption.

Setting and starting a washing
programme with delay start

1. Press the on/off button.

2. Set a washing programme.

3. Press the delay start button until the dis-

play shows on flashing the necessary de­lay start of the washing programme.
– The delay start indicator light comes

on.

4. Close the door.

– The number on the display comes on

with fixed light.

– The countdown of the delay start

starts.

– The countdown of the delay start de-

creases with steps of 1 hour.

– When the countdown is completed,

the washing programme starts auto­matically.

Do not open the door during the count­down to prevent interruption of the
countdown. When you close the door
again, the countdown continues from
the point of interruption.

Cancelling a delay start:

1. Press and hold function buttons B and C

until all the programme lights come on.
– When you cancel a delay start, you also

cancel the washing programme.

2. Set a new washing programme.

You can select the washing programme
and delay start also with the door closed.

When you press a programme button
you have only 3 seconds to select a dif­ferent washing programme or a delay
start. After these 3 seconds, the selec­ted programme starts automatically.

End of the washing programme

Switch off the appliance in these conditions:

• The appliance stops automatically.

• The display shows 0.

• The end of programme indicator light
comes on.

1. Press the on/off button.

2. Open the door.

3. For better drying results, keep the door

ajar for some minutes before you remove

the dishes.
Let the dishes cool down before you remove
them from the appliance. Hot dishes are
easily damaged.

If the save energy function is set, dishes
can be wet once the programme finish­ed. We recommend to leave the appli­ance door ajar so that dishes can dry
naturally.

Standby mode

If you do not switch off the appliance at the
end of the washing programme, the appli­ance automatically goes into standby mode.
The standby mode decreases energy con­sumption.
Three minutes after the end of the pro­gramme, all indicator lights go off and the
digital display shows one horizontal bar.
Press one of the buttons (not the on/off but­ton), to go back to end-of-programme mode.

Care and cleaning

Warning! Switch the appliance off
before you clean the filters.

Cleaning the filters

Caution! Do not use the appliance

without filters. Make sure that the
installation of the filters is correct.
Incorrect installation will cause

unsatisfactory washing results and
damage to the appliance.

The dishwasher has 2 filters:

1. microfilter

2. flat filter