Bosch SKS 40E02, SKS 50E01, SKS50E18EU, SKS 50E16, SKS 50E11 User Manual

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Dishwasher

Operating instructions

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en Table of contents

Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

In daily use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Children in the household . . . . . . . . . . 4

Door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Getting to know your appliance . . . . . . 5

Control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Appliance interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Water softening system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Water hardness table . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Special salt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using special salt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Detergents with salt component . . . . . 7

Switching off water softening system . 7

Rinse aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Setting amount of rinse aid . . . . . . . . . 8

Switching off rinse-aid refill indicator . . 8

Utensils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Not suitable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Glass and utensil damage . . . . . . . . . 9

Loading the dishwasher . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Unloading the dishwasher . . . . . . . . . 9

Basket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Cutlery basket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Folding spikes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Detergent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Adding detergent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Combination detergent . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Overview of programmes . . . . . . . . . . 12

Programme selection . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Information about comparability tests 12

Additional options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Express Wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Hygiene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Extra drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Washing the dishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Programme data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Aqua sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Switching on the appliance . . . . . . . . 13

Timer programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

End of programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Switching off the appliance . . . . . . . . 14

Interrupting the programme . . . . . . . . 14

Terminating the programme . . . . . . . 14

Changing the programme . . . . . . . . . 14

Intensive drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Maintenance and care . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Overall condition of the machine . . . . 15

Special salt and rinse aid . . . . . . . . . 15

Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Spray arm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Waste water pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

... when the appliance is switched on 17

... on the appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

... during the wash cycle . . . . . . . . . . 18

... on the utensils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Customer service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Waste-water connection . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Fresh water connection . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Electrical connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Removing the appliance . . . . . . . . . . 21

Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Protection against frost (Emptying the

appliance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Waste disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Old appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Safety instructions

Delivery

– Check the packaging and dishwasher

immediately for damage caused in transit. Do not switch on a damaged appliance, but contact your supplier.

– Please dispose of the packaging

material in an environmentally friendly manner.

– Do not let children play with packaging

and its parts. There is a risk of suffocation from collapsible boxes and film.

Installation

Read the “Installation” chapter to learn how to install and connect the appliance correctly.

In daily use

– Use the dishwasher only in the

household and only for its designed purpose: for washing domestic dishes.

– Children or people whose physical,

sensory or mental abilities prevent them from using the appliance safely must not use this appliance without supervision or instruction by a responsible person.

– Do not lean or sit on the open door.

The appliance could tip.

– Please note that free-standing

appliances may tip over if the baskets are overloaded.

– Do not add any solvents to the washing

chamber. Danger of explosion!

– Open the door carefully when the

programme is still running. There is a risk of hot water spraying out of the appliance.

– Read and observe the safety

information and instructions for use on the packaging for cleaning and rinsing agents.

ã=Warning

Knives and other utensils with sharp points must be placed in the cutlery basket with the points downwards or horizontally on the knife shelf *.

* depending on model

Children in the household

– If fitted, use the childproof lock. An

exact description can be found in the back of the envelope.

– Do not allow children to play with or

operate the appliance.

– Keep children away from detergents

and rinse aid. These may cause chemical burns in the mouth, throat and eyes or asphyxiation.

– Keep children away from open

dishwasher. The water in the rinsing compartment is not drinking water and could contain detergent residue.

Childproof lock (door lock) *

The description of the childproof lock is at the back in the envelope.

* depending on model

Damage

– The appliance may be repaired and

opened up by a technician only. To do this, disconnect the appliance from the power supply. Pull out the mains plug or switch off the fuse. Turn off the tap.

Disposal

– Make redundant appliances unusable

to prevent subsequent accidents.

– Dispose of the appliance in an

environmentally friendly manner.

ã=Warning

Children could become locked in the appliance (risk of suffocation) or find themselves in other dangerous situations.

Therefore: Pull out the mains plug, sever and dispose of the power cord. Destroy the door lock so that the door can no longer be closed.

Getting to know your appliance

Diagrams of the control panel and the interior of the appliance can be found in the envelope at the front.

Individual positions are referred to in the text.

Control panel

( ON/OFF switch 0 Programme selector 8 START button @ Timer programming * H Additional options ** P Rinse aid refill indicator X Salt refill indicator ` Display “Check water supply” h End display )" Cleaning display

* depending on model ** Number depending on model

Appliance interior

1" Spray arm 1* Filters 12 Dispenser for special salt 1: Cutlery basket 1B Basket 1J Dispenser for rinse aid 1R Detergent dispenser 1Z Lock for detergent dispenser 1b Rating plate

Water softening system

To ensure good washing results, the dishwasher requires soft water, i.e. containing low amounts of lime, otherwise white limescale will be deposited on the utensils and inner container.

Tap water above a specific degree of water hardness must be softened, i.e. descaled, for use in a dishwasher. Water is softened with special salt in the water softening system of the dishwasher.

The setting and therefore the required amount of salt depends on the degree of hardness of your tap water (see table).

Setting

The amount of salt dispensed can be set in 4 stages depending on the hardness of your water. Accordingly 0, 1, 2 or 3 displays are lit (see table). Factory setting:

Water hardness table

° Clarke

0 - 8

9 - 20

21 - 26

27 - 44

Hardness range

soft

medium

hard

mmol/l

Setting

0 -1,1

1,2-2,9

3,0-3,7

3,8-6,2

– Find out about the hardness value of

your tap water. Your water utility company will help you with this.

– Setting can be found in the water

hardness table.

– Close the door. – Switch on ON/OFF switch (. – Press and hold down the START

button 8.

– Rotate programme selector 0 until

the salt refill indicator X flashes.

–Release button.

The salt refill indicator X flashes and the display “Check water supply” ` are lit (= Setting 1).

To change the setting:

– Rotate programme selector 0 until

the required setting has been selected.

– Press START button 8.

The salt refill indicator X goes out. The selected setting is saved.

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Special salt

Using special salt

Always refill with special salt immediately before switching on the appliance. This ensures that overrun special salt solution is immediately washed out and does not corrode the rinsing tank.

– Open the screw-type cap of the

compartment 12.

– Fill the tank with water (only required

when switching on the appliance for the first time).

– Then add dishwasher salt (not table

salt or tablets). The water is displaced and runs out.

As soon as the salt refill indicator X on the fascia is lit, top up the salt.

Switching off salt refill indicator/ water softening system

If the salt refill indicator X is impaired (e.g. when using combined detergents containing salt component), it can be switched off.

– Proceed as described under “Adjusting

the water softening system” and select setting 0.

The water softening system and salt refill indicator are now switched off.

ã=Warnings

– Never fill the salt dispenser with

detergent. You will destroy the water softening system.

– To prevent corrosion, always refill with

salt immediately before switching on the appliance.

* depending on model

Using detergents with salt component

If combined detergents with a salt component are used, salt can usually be omitted up to a water hardness of 21° dH (37° fH, 26° Clarke, 3.7 mmol/l). If the water hardness is over 21° dH, special salt must be used.

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