Kuppersbusch TD 1458.0W-CN Instruction Manual

User manual

Tumble Dryer

TD1458.0W-CN

Contents

Important safety information	2	Sorting and preparing laundry	8
Environment	4	Daily use	9
Installation	4	Cleaning and maintenance	10
Product description	6	What to do if ...	11
Control panel	6	Technical data	12
Before first use	6	Machine settings	13
Programme chart	7	Hints for test institutes	13

Subject to change without notice

Important safety information

Important! 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.

- Please read the instruction book before using this appliance.

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 and sensory conditions 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 children and pets do not climb inside 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 appli-

ance to dry the following items: Cushions, quilts etc. (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, cleaning 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.

•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 substances 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 incase they are loaded into appliance

Warning!

•Risk of fire! 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.

•Lint must not be allowed to accumulate around the tumble dryer.

•Risk of electric shock! Do not spray down the appliance with jets of water.

•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.

•The tumble dryer is not to be used if industrial chemicals have been used for cleaning.

•Ensure you have good ventilation in the installation room to avoid the back flow of gases into the room from appliances burning other fuels, including open fires.

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 packaging 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.

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

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

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

•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.

(Only dryers equipped with internal drum light)

Child safety

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

•Children often do not recognise the hazards associated with electrical appliances. Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.

Warning!

•Danger of suffocation! The packaging components (e.g. plastic film, polystyrene) can be dangerous to children - 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 inside the drum.

Environment

The symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product may not be treated as household waste. Instead it should be taken to the appropriate 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 council, your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product.

Old appliance

Warning!

Remove mains plug from socket when you have no further use for the machine. Cut off mains cable and dispose of together with plug. Destroy loading door hook. Children cannot then lock themselves in the machine and put their lives at risk.

components are identified by markings, e.g. >PE<, >PS<, etc. Please dispose of the packaging materials in the appropriate container at the community waste disposal facilities.

Environmental tips

•In the dryer, laundry becomes fluffy and soft. Fabric softeners are not therefore needed when washing.

•Your dryer will function most economically if you:

–always keep the ventilation slots on the base of the dryer unobstructed;

–use the loading volumes specified in the programme overview;

–ensure you have good ventilation in the installation room;

–clean the micro-fine filter and fine strainer after each drying cycle;

–spin the laundry well before drying.

Energy consumption depends on spinning speed set in washing machine. Higher spinning speed - lower energy consumption.

Packaging material

The packaging materials are environmentally friendly and can be recycled. The plastic

Installation

Appliance positioning

•It is recommended that, for your convenience, the machine is positioned close to your washing machine.

•The tumble dryer must be installed in a clean place, where dirt does not build up.

•Air must be able to circulate freely all round the appliance. Do not obstruct the front ventilation grille or the air intake grilles at the back of the machine.

•To keep vibration and noise to a minimum when the dryer is in use, it should be placed on a firm, level surface.

•Once in its permanent operating position, check that the dryer is absolutely level

with the aid of a spirit level. If it is not, raise or lower the feet until it is.

•The feet must never be removed. Do not restrict the floor clearance through deeppile carpets, strips of wood or similar.

This might cause heat built-up which would interfere with the operation of the appliance.

Important!

•The hot air emitted by the tumble dryer can reach temperatures of up to 60°C. The appliance must therefore not be installed on floors which are not resistant to high temperatures.

•When operating the tumble dryer, the room temperature must not be lower than +5°C and higher than +35°C, as it may affect the performance of the appliance.

•Should the appliance be moved, it must be transported vertically.

•The appliance must not be installed behind the lockable door, a sliding door a door with a hinge on the opposite side to that of the appliance in such a way that a full opening of the dryer is restricted.

Removing transport safety packaging

Caution!

Before use all parts of the transport packaging must be removed.

1.Open loading door

2.Pull off adhesive strips from inside machine on top of drum.

3.Remove foil hose and polystyrene padding from the machine.

Electrical connection

Details on mains voltage, type of current and the fuses required should be taken from the type plate. The type plate is fitted near the loading aperture (see “Product description” chapter).

Connect the machine to an earthed socket, in accordance with current wiring regulations.

Warning! The manufacturer declines any responsibility for

damage or injury through failure to comply with the above safety precautions.

Should the appliance power supply cable need to be replaced, this must be carried out by our Service Center.

Warning! The plug must be accessible after installing the machine.

Door reversal

To make it easier to load or unload the laundry, the door can be reversed.

Warning! The door must only be reversed by an authorised service engineer.

Please contact your local Service Force Centre. The engineer will carry out the door reversal at your cost.

Special accessories

•Stacking kit

These intermediate installation kits can be used to arrange the dryer and a washing machine (60 cm wide, front loaded) as a space-saving washer/dryer stack. The washing machine is at the bottom and the dryer is at the top.

Read carefully the instructions supplied with the kit.

Available from your Service Force Centre or your specialist dealer

•Draining kit

Installation kit for direct draining of the condensed water into a basin, siphon, gully, etc. The water reservoir then no longer has to be drained, it must however remain in its intended position in the machine.

Fixed hose has to be on the suitable height from minimum of 50 cm to maximum of 1 m from floor level and cannot be looped. If possible shorten the draining hose.

Read carefully the instructions supplied with the kit.

Available from your Service Force Centre or your specialist dealer

• Pedestal with the drawer

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