ELECTROLUX ESL66010 User Manual [es]

user manual

manual de instrucciones

Dishwasher

Lavavajillas

ESL 66010

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Contents

Safety information 2
Product description 3
Control panel 4
Use of the appliance 5
Setting the water softener 6
Use of dishwasher salt 7
Use of rinse aid 7
Loading cutlery and dishes 8
Use of detergent 11
Multitab function 12

Subject to change without notice

Setting and starting a washing programme

Washing programmes 13
Care and cleaning 14
What to do if… 16
Technical data 17
Installation 17
Water connection 17
Electrical connection 19
Environment concerns 19

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 upper 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

– 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.

1 Upper basket
2 Water hardness dial
3 Salt container
4 Detergent dispenser
5 Rinse aid dispenser
6 Rating plate
7 Filters
8 Lower spray arm
9 Upper spray arm

Optical signal

After the start of the washing programme, an
optical signal shows on the floor below the
appliance door.
If the appliance is installed higher with a flush
kitchen furniture door, the optical signal will
not be visible.

Optical signal

The red
light is on.

Indication of the start of a washing
programme. The red light stays on
during the washing programme.

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The red
light flash­es.

Optical signal

Indication of a malfunction.

The red
light goes
off.

Optical signal

Indication of the end of a washing
programme.

Control panel

1 On/off button
2 Digital display
3

Delay start button

4 Programme selection buttons
5 Indicator lights
6 Function buttons

Indicator lights

1)

Salt

Rinse aid

Multitab Shows the activation of the multitab function. Refer to 'Multitab

1) When the salt and/or rinse aid containers are empty, the related indicator lights do not come on while

1)

a washing programme operates.

Digital display
The display shows:

• Adjusted level of the water softener.

• Activation/deactivation of the rinse aid dis­penser (only with multitab function on).

• Remaining time to the end of the pro­gramme.

• End of a washing programme. The display
shows a zero.

• Number of hours in delay start.

• Fault codes.

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

Comes on when it is necessary to fill the rinse aid. Refer to the
chapter 'Use of rinse aid'.

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• Activation/deactivation of the audible sig­nals.

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'.

Programme selection buttons

With these buttons you can select the wash­ing programme. Press a programme button,

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the related indicator light comes on. Refer to
'Washing programmes' chapter for more da­ta about the washing programmes.

Function buttons

Use the function buttons for these opera­tions:

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

• To deactivate/activate the audible signals.
Refer to the section 'Audible signals'.

• To deactivate/activate the rinse aid dis­penser, when multitab function is active.
Refer to the chapter 'Multitab function'.

Setting mode

The appliance must be in setting mode for
these operations:

• To set a washing programme.

• To set the water softener level.

• To deactivate/activate the audible signals.

• To deactivate/activate the rinse aid dis­penser.

Press the on/off button. The appliance is in
setting mode when:

• All the programme indicator lights come
on.

Press the on/off button. The appliance is not
in setting mode when:

• Only one programme indicator light comes
on.

• A washing programme is set. It is neces­sary to cancel the programme to go back
to the setting mode. Refer to the chapter
'Setting and starting a washing pro­gramme'.

Audible signals

You can hear an audible signal:

• At the end of the washing programme.

• During the setting of the level of the water
softener.

• When the appliance has a malfunction.

The activation of the audible signals is set at
the factory.
Do these steps to deactivate the audible sig­nals:

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 A and B.

5. Press the function button C.

– Indicator lights for function buttons A

and B go off.

– Indicator light for function button C

flashes.

– The digital display shows the setting.

Audible signals deactiva­ted

Audible signals activated

The audible signals are activated.

6. Press the function button C again.

– The digital display shows the new set-

ting.

The audible signals are deactivated.

7. Switch off the appliance to save the op-

eration.
Do these steps to activate the audible sig­nals:

1. Do the above procedure until the digital

display shows necessary setting.

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.

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 combi detergent tablets ('3 in
1', '4 in 1', '5 in 1', etc.), refer to the
chapter 'Multitab function'.

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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:

• German degrees (dH°).

Water hardness Water hardness setting

°dH °TH mmol/l Clarke manually electronically

51 - 70 91 - 125 9,1 - 12,5 64 - 88 2 10
43 - 50 76 - 90 7,6 - 9,0 53 - 63 2 9
37 - 42 65 - 75 6,5 - 7,5 46 - 52 2 8
29 - 36 51 - 64 5,1 - 6,4 36 - 45 2 7
23 - 28 40 - 50 4,0 - 5,0 28 - 35 2 6
19 - 22 33 - 39 3,3 - 3,9 23 - 27 2 5
15 - 18 26 - 32 2,6 - 3,2 18 - 22 1 4
11 - 14 19 - 25 1,9 - 2,5 13 - 17 1 3

4 - 10 7 - 18 0,7 - 1,8 5 - 12 1 2

< 4 < 7 < 0,7 < 5

1) No use of salt required.

You must set the water softener man­ually and electronically.

Manual adjustment

The appliance is set at the factory at po­sition 2.

1. Open the door.

2. Remove the lower basket.

3. Turn the water hardness dial to position
1 or 2 (refer to the chart).

4. Install the lower basket.

5. Close the door.

Electronic adjustment

The dishwasher is factory set at lev­el 5.

• French degrees (°TH).

• mmol/l (millimol per litre - international unit
for the hardness of water).

•Clarke.

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

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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.

5. Press function button A.

– The indicator lights for function buttons

B and C go off.

– The indicator light for function button A

continues to flash.

– The digital display shows the current

level.
– You can hear an audible signal.
Example: digital display shows
termittent audible signals = level 5.

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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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). This can
cause 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:

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

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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.

Adjusting the rinse aid dosage

The rinse aid is set at the factory at position

4.

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.

• 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.

You can set the rinse aid dosage between
position 1 (lowest dosage) and position 6
(highest dosage).

1. Turn the rinse aid dial to increase or de­crease the dosage.
– Increase the dosage if there are water

droplets or limescale on the dishes.

– Decrease the dosage if there are

streaks, whitish stains or bluish layers
on the dishes.

– 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 upper basket. Make

sure that the items do not move.

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

Warning! Always close the door after
you load or unload the appliance. An
open door can be dangerous.

Lower basket

Put saucepans, lids, plates, salad bowls and
cutlery in the lower basket. Arrange service
dishes and large lids around the edge of the
basket.

The rows of prongs in the lower basket can
be flat to load pots, pans and bowls.

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Mix spoons with other cutlery to prevent
them to bond together.
Lower the handle of the cutlery basket to put
the cutlery in the basket.

Cutlery basket

Warning! Do not put long-bladed knives

in a vertical position in the cutlery basket.
Arrange long and sharp cutlery
horizontally in the upper basket. Be
careful with sharp items.

Put forks and spoons with the handles down.
Put knives with the handles up.

Use the cutlery grids. If the dimensions of the
cutlery prevent use of the cutlery grids, you
can easily hide them.

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The cutlery basket has two parts. You can
use these parts separately for more loading
flexibility. To disassemble the parts, move
them horizontally in opposite directions and
pull them apart. To assemble the parts, put
them together and move horizontally to each
other.

Upper basket

The upper basket is for saucers, salad bowls,
cups, glasses, pots and lids. Arrange the
items to let water touch all surfaces.

Put glasses with long stems in the cup racks
with the stems up. For longer items, fold the
cup racks up.

Adjustment of the height of the upper
basket

If you put large plates in the lower basket, first
move the upper basket to the upper position.

Maximum height of the dishes in the lower

basket

Upper position 31 cm
Lower position 27 cm

Do these steps to move the upper basket to
the upper position:

1. Pull the basket out until it stops.

2. Carefully lift the two sides until the mech­anism is engaged and the basket is sta­ble.

Do these steps to move the upper basket to
the lower position:

1. Pull the basket out until it stops.

2. Carefully lift the two sides upwards.

3. Hold the mechanism and let it fall back
down slowly.

Caution!

• Do not lift or lower the basket on one
side only.

• If the basket is in the upper position,
do not put cups on the cup racks.

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.

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

Do these steps to fill the detergent dispenser:

1. Open the lid of the detergent dispenser.

2. Fill the detergent dispenser (A) with de­tergent. The marking shows the dosage:
20 = approximately 20 g of detergent
30 = approximately 30 g of detergent.

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

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4. If you use detergent tablets, put the de­tergent tablet in the detergent dispenser
(A).

5. Close the lid of the detergent dispenser.
Press the lid until it locks into position.

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.

B

A

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Multitab function

The multitab function is for combi detergent
tablets.
These tablets contain agents such as deter­gent, rinse aid and dishwasher salt. Some
types of tablets can contain other agents.
Do a check if these tablets are applicable for
the local water hardness. Refer to the in­structions from the manufacturer.
When you set the multitab function, it stays
on until you deactivate it.
The multitab function stops automatically the
flow of rinse aid and salt. The rinse aid indi­cator light and salt indicator light are deacti­vated.
The programme duration can increase if you
use the multitab function.

Activate or deactivate the multitab func­tion before the start of a washing pro­gramme.
You cannot activate or deactivate the
multitab function when the programme
operates. Cancel the washing pro­gramme, then set the programme again.

To activate the multitab function:

•Press and hold the two multitab buttons
(function buttons D and E). The multitab
indicator light comes on.

To deactivate the multitab function:

•Press and hold the two multitab buttons
(function buttons D and E). The multitab
indicator light goes off.

Do these steps if the drying results
are not satisfactory:

1. Fill the rinse aid dispenser with rinse
aid.

2. Activate the rinse aid dispenser.

3. Set the rinse aid dosage to position

2.

• You can only activate or deactivate
the rinse aid dispenser when the mul­titab function is activated.

To activate/deactivate the rinse aid dispens­er:

1. Switch on the appliance.

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

3. Press and hold function buttons B and C.
– The indicator lights for function buttons

A, B, and C start to flash.

4. Release function buttons B and C.

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

A and C go off.

– The indicator light for function button B

continues to flash.

– The digital display shows the setting.

Rinse aid dispenser de­activated

Rinse aid dispenser ac­tivated

6. Press function button B again.
– The digital display shows the new set-

ting.

7. Switch off the appliance to save the op­eration.

To use normal detergent again:

1. Deactivate the multitab function.

2. Fill the salt container and rinse aid
dispenser.

3. Adjust the water hardness setting to
the highest level.

4. Do a washing programme without
dishes.

5. Adjust the water softener to the wa­ter hardness in your area.

6. Adjust the rinse aid dosage.

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.

– The digital display shows the pro-

gramme duration.

4. Close the door.
– The washing programme starts.