AEG-Electrolux TKSL2E100 User Manual

user manual

Condenser Dryer

TK SL2 E

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Welcome to the world of Electrolux

You’ve chosen a first class product from Electrolux, which hopefully will provide you with lots of pleasure in the future. Electrolux ambition is to offer a wide variety of quality products that would make your life even more comfortable. You can look at some examples on the cover in this manual. But now it’s time to study this manual and start using and enjoying the benefits from your new machine. We promise that it’ll make your life a little easier. Good luck!

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Contents
Operating Instructions	5
Important safety information	5
Product description	8
Control panel	9
Before first use	10
Sorting and preparing laundry	11
Programme overview	12
Daily use	17
Care and cleaning	27
What to do if ...	34
Machine settings	38
Technical data	40
Consumption values	41
Hints for test institutes	41
Installation	42
Environment	47
Service	49

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Operating Instructions

Important safety information

In the interest of your safety and to ensure the correct use, before installing and first using the appliance, read this user manual carefully, including its hints and warnings. To avoid unnecessary mistakes and accidents, it is important to ensure that all people using the appliance are thoroughly familiar with its operation and safety features. Save these instructions and make sure that they remain with the appliance if it is moved or sold, so that everyone using it through its life will be properly informed on appliance use and safety.

General safety

•It is dangerous to alter the specifications or attempt to modify this product in any way.

•This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.

•Make sure that small pets do not climb into the drum. To avoid this, please check into the drum before using.

•Any objects such as coins, safety pins, nails, screws, stones or any other hard, sharp material can cause extensive damage and must not be placed into the machine.

•In order to avoid danger of fires caused by excessive drying, do not use appliance to dry the following items: Cushions, quilts and the like (these items accumulate heat).

•Items such as foam rubber (latex foam), shower caps, waterproof textiles, rubber backed articles and clothes or pillows fitted with foam rubber pads should not be dried in the tumble dryer.

•Always unplug the appliance after use, clean and maintenance.

•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 Service Centre. Always insist on genuine spare parts.

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•Items that have been soiled with substances such as cooking oil acetone, petrol, kerosene, spot removers, turpentine, waxes and wax removers should be washed in hot water with an extra amount of detergent before being dried in the tumble dryer.

•Danger of explosion: Never tumble dry items that have been in contact with inflammable solvents (petrol, methylated spirits, dry cleaning fluid and the like). As these substance are volatile, they could cause an explosion. Only tumble dry items washed with water.

•Risk of fire: items that have been spotted or soaked with vegetable or cooking oil constitute a fire hazard and should not be placed in the tumble dryer.

•If you have washed your laundry with stain remover you must execute an extra rinse cycle before loading your tumble dryer.

•Please make sure that no gas lighters or matches have accidentally been left in pockets of garments to be loaded into appliance

Never stop a tumble dry before the end of the drying cycle unless all items are quickly removed and spread out so that the heat is dissipated. Installation

•This appliance is heavy. Care should be taken when moving it.

•When unpacking the appliance, check that it is not damaged. If in doubt, do not use it and contact the Service Centre.

•All packing and transit bolts must be removed before use. Serious damage can occur to the product and to property if this is not adhered to. See relevant section in the user manual.

•The final part of a tumble dryer cycle occurs without heat ( cool down cycle ) to ensure that the items are left at a temperature that ensures that items will not be damaged.

•Any electrical work required to install this appliance should be carried out by a qualified electrician or competent person.

•Care must be taken to ensure that the appliance does not stand on the electrical supply cable.

•If the machine is situated on a carpeted floor, please adjust the feet in order to allow air to circulate freely.

•After having installed the appliance, check that it is not pressing or standing on its electrical supply cable.

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• If the tumble dryer is placed on top of a washing machine, it is compulsory to use the stacking kit (optional accessory).

Use

•This appliance is designed for domestic use. It must not be used for purposes other than those for which it was designed.

•Only wash fabrics which are designed to be machine dried. Follow the instructions on each garment label.

•Do not dry unwashed items in the tumble dryer.

•Do not overload the appliance. See the relevant section in the user manual.

•Clothes which are dripping wet should not be placed in the dryer.

•Garments which have been in contact with volatile petroleum products should not be machine dried. If volatile cleaning fluids are used, care should be taken to ensure that the fluid is removed from the garment before placing in the machine.

•Never pull the power supply cable to remove the plug from the socket; always take hold of the plug itself.

•Never use the tumble dryer if the power supply cable, the control panel, the working surface or the base are damaged so that the inside of the tumble dryer is accessible.

•Fabric softeners, or similar products should be used as specified by the fabric softener instructions.

•Caution - hot surface : Do not touch the door light cover surface when the light

is switched on.1)

Child safety

•This machine is not intended for use by young children or infirm persons without supervision.

•Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.

•The packaging components (e.g. plastic film, polystyrene) can be dangerous to children - danger of suffocation! Keep them out of children’s reach.

•Keep all detergents in a safe place out of children’s reach.

•Make sure that children or pets do not climb into the drum.

1) Only dryers equipped with internal drum light.

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Product description

1Control panel

2Drawer with condensed water container

3Lamp for inside light

4Fine strainer (lint filter)

5Large mesh filter (lint filter)

6Micro-fine filter (lint filter)

7Rating plate

8Loading door (reversible)

9Base door upstream of heat exchanger 10 Button for opening door in plinth

11 Air slots

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12 Screwed feet (with height adjustment)

Control panel

6	5	4
1	2	3

1Programme knob and OFF Aus switch

2Function buttons

3Start/Pause button

4DELAY START Zeitvorwahl button

5Status led

6Display

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What is shown in the display

			2
6	5	3	1

1time to end / error message

2cycle phase status

3options

4warnings

5spin speed selection

6dryness selection

Before first use

In order to remove any residues which may have been produced during production, wipe the dryer drum with a damp cloth or carry out a brief drying cycle (30 MIN) with damp cloths in the machine.

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Sorting and preparing laundry

Sorting laundry

•Sort by fabric type:

–Cotton/linen for programmes in COTTONS Baumwolle programme group.

–Mixtures and synthetics for programmes in SYNTHETICS Mischgewebe programme group.

•Sorting by care label. The care labels mean:

Drying in the tum-			Dry at reduced	Drying in the tum-
		Dry at normal	temperature
ble dryer possible				ble dryer not pos-
		temperature	(press DELICATE
in principle			option!)	sible

Do not place in the appliance any wet laundry which is not specified on the care label as being suitable for tumble-drying.

This appliance can be used for all wet laundry items which are labelled as suitable for tumble-drying.

•Do not dry new, coloured textiles together with light-coloured laundry items. Textile colours may bleed.

•Do not dry cotton jersey and knitwear with the EXTRA programme. Items may shrink!

•Do not dry wool in the dryer. May become entangled! After air-drying, wool may be dried with the WOOL CARE Wollpflege programme.

Preparing laundry

•To avoid laundry becoming tangled: close zips, button up duvet covers and tie loose ties or ribbons (e.g. of aprons).

•Empty pockets. Remove metal items (paper clips, safety pins, etc).

•Turn items with double-layered fabrics inside out (e.g. with cotton-lined anoraks, the cotton layer should be outermost). These fabrics will then dry better.

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Programme overview

COTTONS Baumwolle

	Programmes	load (weight when dry)
		max.
	EXTRA	7
	Extratroc
		kg
	ken
	STRO
	NG	7
	Starktroc	kg
	ken
	CUP-
	BOARD	7
	Schrankt	kg
	rocken
	DAMP	7
	Leichttro
		kg
	cken
	IRON	7
	Bügeltro
		kg
	cken

Additional functions/ options

TrockengradDRYNESS	U/MinRPM	DELICATE	CREASE-ANTILONG	SENSITIVE	BUZZER	ZeitwahlTIME	ZeitvorwahlSTARTDELAY
		1)		1)
•	•	•	•	•	•	-	•
•	•	•	•	•	•	-	•

Application/properties

Thorough drying of thick or multilayered fabrics, e.g. terry towelling items, bathrobes.

Thorough drying of thick fabrics, e.g. terry towelling items, towels.

								Thorough drying of fabrics
•	•	•	•	•	•	-	•	of even thicknesses, e.g.
								terry towelling items, knit-
								wear, towels.
								For thin fabrics which are
•	•	•	•	•	•	-	•	also to be ironed, e.g. knit-
								wear, cotton shirts.
								For normal thickness cot-
•	•	•	•	•	•	-	•	ton or linen laundry, e.g.
								bedding, table linen.

Care mark

SYNTHETICS Mischgewebe

TIME

	Programmes	load (weight when dry)
		max.
	EXTRA	3
	Extratroc
		kg
	ken
	CUP-
	BOARD	3
	Schrankt	kg
	rocken
	IRON	3
	Bügeltro
		kg
	cken
	TIME	7
	Zeitprog-
		kg
	ramm
	FRESHE
	N UP	1
	Auffri-	kg
	schen

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Additional functions/
		options
TrockengradDRYNESS	U/MinRPM	DELICATE	CREASE-ANTILONG	SENSITIVE		BUZZER	ZeitwahlTIME	ZeitvorwahlSTARTDELAY		markCare
		1)		1)					Application/properties
									Thorough drying of thick or
•	•	•	•	•		•	-	•	multi-layered fabrics, e.g.	2)
									pullovers, bedding, table
									linen.
									For thin fabrics which are
									not ironed, e.g. easy care
•	•	•	•	•		•	-	•	shirts, table linen, baby	2)
									clothes, socks, lingerie
									with bones or wires.

For thin fabrics which are

• • • • • • - • also to be ironed, e.g. knit- 2) wear, shirts.

For further drying of individual items of laundry

- - • • - • • • or for volumes of less than 7 kg.

For refreshing or gently cleaning textiles with

- - • • - • - • commercially available dry cleaning products.

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Programmes

	SPECIAL	MICRO-
		FIBER
		Mikrofas
		er
		MIXED
		Mix-Pro-
		gramm
		BED
		LINEN
		Bettwä-
		sche
		VIS-
		COSE
		Viskose
		Jeans
		SPORTS
		LIGHT
		Sport

programme overview
	(weightloadmax.when dry)	Additional functions/
				options
		TrockengradDRYNESS	U/MinRPM	DELICATE	CREASE-ANTILONG	SENSITIVE		BUZZER	ZeitwahlTIME	ZeitvorwahlSTARTDELAY
				1)		1)					Application/properties
	1			•							For thin fabrics, polyester
		•	•		•	-		•	-	•	and polyamide, which are
	kg			3)
											not ironed.
	3			•							For drying cotton and
		•	•		•	-		•	-	•	synthetic fabrics, uses low
	kg			3)
											temperature.
	3										Bed linen (single and dou-
		•	•	•	•	-		•	-	•	ble sheet, pillowcase, bed-
	kg
											spread, duvet cover).
	1			•							For thin fabrics, viscose,
		•	•		•	-		•	-	•	and polyester, which are
	kg			3)
											not ironed.
											For leisure clothing, such
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		•	•	•	•	•		•	-	•	of different material
	kg
											thicknesses (e.g. at the
											neck, cuffs and seams).
	2			•							For sportswear, thin fab-
		•	•		•	-		•	-	•	rics, polyester, which are
	kg			3)
											not ironed.

Care mark

Programmes

SHIRTS

Hemden

EASY IRON PLUS

Leichtbügeln Plus

max. load (weight when dry)

1.5 kg (or 7 shir ts)

1 kg (or 5 shir ts)

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Additional functions/ options

TrockengradDRYNESS	U/MinRPM	DELICATE	CREASE-ANTILONG	SENSITIVE	BUZZER	ZeitwahlTIME	ZeitvorwahlSTARTDELAY
		1)		1)

• •	•	• - • - •
	3)

•

• • 3) • - • - •

Application/properties

Special program with anticrease mechanism for easy care fabrics such shirts and blouses; for minimum ironing effort. The results depends on the type of fabric and its finish. Place fabrics in the dryer straight after spinning; once dried, immediately remove fabrics and place on a clothes hanger.

Special program with anticrease mechanism for easy care fabrics such shirts and blouses; for minimum ironing effort. The results depends on the type of fabric and its finish. Place fabrics in the dryer straight after spinning; once dried, immediately remove fabrics and place on a clothes hanger.

Care mark

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Programmes

WOOL CARE

Wollpflege

programme overview

Additional functions/

loadmax.(weight when dry)			options
	DRYNESSTrockengrad	RPMU/Min	DELICATE	ANTILONG-CREASE	SENSITIVE	BUZZER	TIMEZeitwahl	STARTDELAYZeitvorwahl
			1)		1)

	1	- - • - - • - •
	kg

1)DELICATE and SENSITIVE cannot be selected together

2)select DELICATE

3)set by default

Application/properties

Special programme for briefly treating woollens with warm air, after they have been dried naturally, worn or stored for long periods. Wool fibres stand up and the wool becomes soft and cosy. Recommendation: Remove fabrics immediately after drying.

Care mark