AEG-Electrolux ESL9163 User Manual

USE & CARE MANUAL

ESL 9163

Safety Instructions 3
Disposal 3
Economical and Ecological Dishwashing 3
Description of the Appliance 4

Technical specifications 4
The Control Panel 5

Audible signals 5
Prior to Using for the First Time 6

The water softener 6
Filling with dishwasher salt 7
Rinse aid 7

In Daily Use 8
Loading cutlery and dishes 8
The lower basket 8
The cutlery basket 9
The upper basket 9
Use of detergent 9

Different Kinds of Detergent 10
Washing Programmes 11
Starting a Washing Programme 12
Maintenance and Cleaning 13

Cleaning the filters 13
Prolonged periods of non-operation 13
Frost precautions 13
Moving the machine 13

Help and Problem Solving Guide 14
Service and spare parts 15

Installation Instructions 16
Building-in 16
Levelling 16
Fixing to the adjacent units 16
Water supply connections 16
Water inlet hose with safety valve 16
Water outlet hose connection 17
Electrical connection 17

Electrolux Warranty 18
Hints for Test Centres 19

Contents

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It is most important that this instruction book should be retained with the appliance for future reference. Should the
appliance be sold or transferred to another owner, or should you move house and leave the appliance, always ensure that
the book is left with the appliance in order that the new owner can get to know the functioning of the appliance and the
relevant safety information.

This information has been provided in the interest of your safety. You MUST read it carefully before installing or using the
appliance.

Installation

● Check your dishwasher for any transport damage. Never

connect a damaged machine. If your dishwasher is
damaged, you should contact your supplier.

● For safety reasons it is dangerous to alter the specifications

or attempt to modify this product in any way.

● Any electrical and plumbing work required to install this

appliance should be carried out by a qualified and
competent person.

● Care must be taken to ensure that the appliance does not

stand on the electrical supply cable.

● The sides of the dishwasher must never be drilled to

prevent damage to hydraulic components.

Safety Warnings

● Dishwasher detergents are very alkaline and extremely

dangerous if swallowed. Be careful to: keep them away
from your eyes and skin, keep children from the dishwasher
when the door is opened, only put detergent in the
dispenser when you are ready to wash. Check that the
detergent receptacle in the dispenser is empty after the
completion of the wash cycle.

● This appliance is not intended for use by young children or

infirm persons unless they have been adequately
supervised by a responsable person to ensure that they can
use the appliance safely.

● Young children should be supervised to ensure that they do

not play with the appliance.

● Ensure the packaging materials for this appliance are kept

away from children so as to prevent the risk of injury or
suffocation.

● The water in your dishwasher is not for drinking. Detergent

residues may still be present in your machine. Keep
children well away from your dishwasher when the door is
open.

● Keep all detergents in a safe place out of children's reach.

● Items that are contaminated by petrol, paint, steel or iron

debris, corrosive, acidic or alkaline chemicals must not be
washed in this dishwasher.

● Under no circumstances should you open the door whilst

the appliance is in operation, especially during the washing
phase, hot water may escape. However, if the door is
opened, a safety device ensures that the machine stops.

● Only use products (detergent, salt and rinse aid) specifically

designed for use in dishwashers.

● Long bladed knives stored in an upright position are a

potential hazard.

● Long and/or sharp items of cutlery such as carving knives

must be positioned horizontally in the upper basket.

● Ensure that the door of the dishwasher is always closed

when it is not being loaded or unloaded. In this way you will
avoid anybody tripping over the open door and hurting
themselves.

● When finishing loading or unloading close the door, as an

open door can be a hazard.

● Do not sit or stand on the open door.

● Isolate the appliance from the power supply and turn off the

water supply after use.

● This product should be serviced by an authorised service

technician, and only genuine spare parts should be used.

● Under no circumstances should you attempt to repair the

machine yourself. Repairs carried out by inexperienced
persons may cause injury or serious malfunctioning.
Contact your local Approved Service Centre. Always insist
on genuine spare parts.

Disposal

Dispose of the dishwasher packaging material correctly.
All packaging materials can be recycled.

Plastic parts are marked with standard international
abbreviations:

>PE< for polyethylene, e.g. sheet wrapping material.
>PS< for polystyrene, e.g. padding material (always CFC-

free).

>POM< for polyoxymethylene, e.g. plastic clips.
Cardboard packaging is manufactured from recycled paper

and should be deposited in the waste paper collection for
recycling.

As and when you cease to use your dishwasher and withdraw
it from service, your should render it unserviceable before
having it disposed of.

Warning! Children at play could lock themselves in your
dishwasher or otherwise endanger their lives. Therefore cut off
the power supply cable and make the door closing device
unusable to prevent children from being trapped inside.

To dispose of the appliance please take it to a recycling centre.

The symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates
that this product may not be treated as household waste.
Instead it shall be handed over to the applicable collection
point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment.
By ensuring this product is disposed of correctly, you will help
prevent potential negative consequences for the environment
and human health, which could otherwise be caused by
inappropriate waste handling of this product.
For more detailed information about recycling of this product,
please contact your local city office or your household waste
disposal service.

Economical and
Ecological Dishwashing

● Ensure that the water softener is correctly adjusted.

● Do not pre-wash under running water.

● Select the wash programme to suit the nature and degree of

the soiling on the dishes.

● Do not use more detergent, dishwasher salt and rinse aid

than is recommended in these operating instructions and by
the manufacturer of the respective product.

Safety Instructions

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Description of the Appliance

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1. Internal lights

2. Upper basket

3. Water hardness dial

4. Salt container

5. Detergent dispenser

6. Rinse aid dispenser

7. Control panel

8. Rating plate

9. Filters

10. Lower spray arms

11. Upper spray arm

NOTE: this dishwasher has internal lights

that turn on and off when the opening and
closing of the dishwasher’s door occurs.
In the case that these lights have to be
replaced, please contact your local Service
Force Centre.

Note: Lower basket not illustrated.

This appliance complies with the following E.E.C. Directives:

- 73/23 or 19.2.73 (Low Voltage Directive) and subsequent modifications;

- 89/336 or 3.5.89 (Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive) and subsequent modifications.

Dimensions Width 89.7 cm

Height 69.8 - 73.3 cm
Max depth 57.8 cm
Max depth with open door 105 cm
Max weight of the dishwasher

with furniture panel and without load 80 kg

Electrical connection:

Voltage 220 - 240 V - 50 Hz
Overall power 2200 W
Fuse 10A

Water supply pressure Minimum 50 kPa (0.5 bar)

Maximum 800 kPa (8 bar)

Capacity 12 place settings

Technical specifications

The Control Panel

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Function buttons: in addition to the selection of the

washing programme, the following functions can also be set
with the help of these buttons:

- the setting of the water softener,

- the cancelling of a washing programme in progress,

- deactivation/activation of the audible signals.

Programme selection buttons: allows the selection of

the desired washing programme (see "Washing programmes"
chart).

«Delay start» button: this option allows the start of the

programme to be delayed from 1 to 19 hours.

The digital display indicates:

- the level of hardness to which the water softener is set,

- if the audible signals are activated/deactivated,

- the approximate remaining time of the running programme,

- the end of the programme (a zero 0 will appear in the digital
display),

- the countdown of the delay start,

- fault codes concerning malfunction of the dishwasher.

Indicator lights: have the following meanings:

Audible signals

Audible signals have been introduced to help indicate which
operations the dishwasher is performing:

- setting of the water softener

- end of programme

- intervention of an alarm due to malfunction

Deactivation/activation of the audible signals

(The dishwasher must be switched off before starting this
procedure)

Factory setting: audible signals activated

1. Press the On/Off button. The indicator lights of the

programme selection buttons will illuminate (setting mode).

If only one programme selection button indicator light is
illuminated this means that a washing programme is set.
The programme must be cancelled: press simultaneously
function buttons 2 and 3 for about 2 seconds, the indicator
light of the set programme button starts flashing. After
about 2 seconds the indicator lights of all the programme
selection buttons will illuminate; this means that the set
washing programme has been cancelled and the machine
is now in setting mode.

2. Press simultaneously function buttons 2 and 3, the indicator
lights of the function buttons 1, 2 and 3 start flashing.

3. Press function button 3, the indicator lights of function
buttons 1 and 2 turn off while the indicator light of the button
3 goes on flashing, the digital display indicates the current
setting.

4. To change the current setting, press again function button 3,
the digital display will indicate the new setting.

5. To memorise the operation, switch off the dishwasher by
pressing the On/Off button or wait about 60 seconds after
which the dishwasher will automatically return to setting
mode.

Function buttons

Indicator lights

Digital display

Programme selection buttons

On/Off button

Delay start button

Salt refilling indicator light, illuminates when the salt

has run out.
Rinse Aid refilling indicator light, illuminates when

rinse aid has run out.
End of programme indicator light, illuminates when

the washing programme has ended.

Audible signals deactivated

Audible signals activated (factory set)

Before using your dishwasher for the first time:

1. Ensure that the electrical and water connections comply
with the installation instructions

2. Remove all packaging from inside the appliance

3. Set the water softener. No need to set the water softener
in Australia except in hard water areas of South

Australia and Western Australia.

4. Pour 1 litre of water inside the salt container and then fill
with dishwasher salt. ONLY required in hard water areas.

5. Fill the rinse aid dispenser

Note:

If you want to use the "3 in 1" detergent tablets, read
carefully the informations given in "Different kinds of
detergents".

The water softener

The dishwasher is equipped with a water softener designed to
remove minerals and salts from the water supply, which would
have a detrimental or adverse effect on the operation of the
appliance.

The higher the content of these minerals and salts, the harder
your water is.

Water hardness is measured in equivalent scales, ppm (Parts
Per Million) and mmol/l (millimol per litre - international unit for
the hardness of water).

The softener should be adjusted according to the hardness of
the water in your area. Your local Water Authority can advise
you on the hardness of the water in your area.

The water softener must be set in both ways: manually, using
the water hardness dial and electronically, using the function
buttons on the control panel.

a) Setting manually

1. Open the dishwasher door.

2. Remove the lower basket

from the dishwasher.

3. Turn the water hardness
dial to position 1 or 2 (see
table).

4. Replace the lower
basket.

The dishwasher is factory set
at position 2.

b) Setting electronically

(The dishwasher must be switched off before starting this
procedure)

The dishwasher is factory set at level 5.

1. Press the On/Off button. The indicator lights of the
programme selection buttons will illuminate (setting mode).

If only one programme selection button indicator light is
illuminated this means that a washing programme is set.
The programme must be cancelled: press simultaneously
function buttons 2 and 3 for about 2 seconds, the indicator
light of the set programme button starts flashing. After
about 2 seconds the indicator lights of all the programme
selection buttons will illuminate; this means that the set
washing programme has been cancelled and the machine is
now in setting mode.

2. Press simultaneously function buttons 2 and 3, until the

indicator lights of the function buttons 1, 2 and 3 start
flashing.

3. Press function button 1, the indicator lights of function

buttons 2 and 3 turn off while the indicator light of the
button 1 goes on flashing, the digital display indicates the
current level and a sequence of intermittent audible signals
are heard.
The current level is indicated by the number visible in the
display and the number of intermittent audible signals
heard.

Example:

displayed + 5 audible signals = level 5.

4. To change the level, press function button 1. Each time the

button is pressed the level changes. (For the selection of
the new level see the chart).

Examples:

if the current level is 5, by pressing button 1 once, level 6 is
selected.
if the current level is 10, by pressing button 1 once, level 1
is selected.

5. To memorise the operation, switch off the dishwasher by
pressing the On/Off button or wait about 60 seconds after
which the dishwasher will automatically return to setting
mode.

Prior to Using for the First Time

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ppm mmol/l

manually

electronically

9.0 - 12.5

7.6 - 8.9

6.5 - 7.5

5.1 - 6.4

4.0 - 5.0

3.3 - 3.9

2.6 - 3.2

1.9 - 2.5

0.7 - 1.8
< 0.7

900 - 1250

760 - 899
650 - 759
510 - 649
400 - 509
330 - 390
260 - 329
190 - 259

70 - 189

< 70

2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1

level 10

level 9
level 8
level 7
level 6
level 5
level 4
level 3
level 2
level 1

yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes

no

10

9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

Water hardness Adjusting the water

hardness setting

Level indicated

in the

digital display

Use

of salt

Number of audible

signals