operation manual

Using the appliance
Checking the water hardness
Your appliance has been designed to be used with tap water. If you live in
an area with very hard water, fast scale build-up will occur. It is therefore
recommended to check the water hardness rst with the test strips
provided.
1 Dip the test strip in tap water for 1 second.
2 Shake the strip for 60 seconds.
3 Check how many squares on the test strip have changed colour and
compare with the details in the water hardness table below.
Water hardness table
Squares with colour
change
Water hardness Advice
1
None Very soft water Use tap water
2
One Soft water Use tap water
3
Two Medium hard water Use mixture of 50% tap water and 50% distilled
water*
4
Three Hard water Use mixture of 50% tap water and 50% distilled
water or ltered water from IronCare water descale
lter.
5
Four Very hard water Use mixture of 30% tap water and 70% distilled
water or ltered water from IronCare water descale
lter.
* For your convenience, we recommend that you use ltered water from
IronCare water descale lter.
60 sec.
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