Electrolux EDH3498RDL User manual

EDH3498RDL

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EN TUMBLE DRYER USER MANUAL

CONTENTS

1. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

3. CONTROL PANEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

4. PROGRAMMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

5. OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

6. SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

7. DAILY USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

8. HINTS AND TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

9. CARE AND CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

10. TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

11. TECHNICAL DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

12. ENVIRONMENT CONCERNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

WE’RE THINKING OF YOU

Thank you for purchasing an Electrolux appliance. You’ve chosen a product that brings with it

decades of professional experience and innovation. Ingenious and stylish, it has been designed

with you in mind. So whenever you use it, you can be safe in the knowledge that you’ll get great

results every time.

Welcome to Electrolux.

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CUSTOMER CARE AND SERVICE

We recommend the use of original spare parts.

When contacting Service, ensure that you have the following data available.

The information can be found on the rating plate. Model, PNC, Serial Number.

Warning / Caution-Safety information

General information and tips

Environmental information

Subject to change without notice.

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1. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Before the installation and use of the ap-

pliance, carefully read the supplied in-

structions. The manufacturer is not re-

sponsible if an incorrect installation and

use causes injuries and damages. Always

keep the instructions with the appliance

for future reference.

1.1 Children and vulnerable

people safety

WARNING!

Risk of suffocation, injury or per-

manent disability.

• This appliance can be used by children

aged from 8 years and above and per-

sons with reduced physical, sensory or

mental capabilities or lack of experience

and knowledge if they have been given

supervision or instruction for the opera-

tion of the appliance by a person who is

responsible for their safety.

• Do not let children play with the appli-

ance.

• Keep all packaging away from children.

• Keep all detergents away from children.

• Keep children and pets away from the

appliance door when it is open.

• Cleaning and user maintenance shall

not be made by children without super-

vision.

1.2 Installation

• Remove all the packaging.

• Do not install or use a damaged appli-

ance.

• Obey the installation instruction sup-

plied with the appliance.

• Make sure that the floor where you in-

stall the appliance is flat, stable, heat

resistant and clean.

• Do not install or use the appliance

where the temperature is less than 5°C

or higher than 35°C.

• Do not install the appliance behind a

lockable door, a sliding door or a door

with a hinge on the opposite side,

where the appliance door can not be

fully opened.

• Always be careful when you move the

appliance because it is heavy. Always

wear safety gloves.

• Always move the appliance vertically.

• The rear surface of the appliance must

be put against the wall.

• Make sure that there is air circulation

between the appliance and the floor.

• Make sure the carpet does not obstruct

the ventilation openings in the base of

the appliance (if applicable).

• Exhaust air must not be discharged into

a flue which is used for exhausting

fumes from appliances burning gas or

other fuels.

• If the tumble dryer is put on top of a

washing machine, use the stacking kit.

The stacking kit, available from your au-

thorized vendor, can be used only with

the appliance specified in the instruc-

tions, supplied with the accessory.

Read it carefully before installation (Re-

fer to the Installation leaflet).

• 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.

• The appliance can be installed as free-

standing or below the kitchen counter

with correct space (Refer to the Installa-

tion leaflet).

• When the appliance is put in its perma-

nent position, check if it is fully level

with the aid of a spirit level. If it is not,

adjust the feet until it is.

Electrical connection

WARNING!

Risk of fire and electrical shock.

• The appliance must be earthed.

• Make sure that the electrical information

on the rating plate agrees with the pow-

er supply. If not, contact an electrician.

• Always use a correctly installed shock-

proof socket.

• Do not use multi-plug adapters and ex-

tension cables.

• Make sure not to cause damage to the

mains plug and to the mains cable.

ENGLISH 3

Should the appliance power supply ca-

ble need to be replaced, this must be

carried out by our Service Centre.

• Connect the mains plug to the mains

socket only at the end of the installa-

tion. Make sure that there is access to

the mains plug after the installation.

• Do not pull the mains cable to discon-

nect the appliance. Always pull the

mains plug.

• Do not touch the mains cable or the

mains plug with wet hands.

• Only for UK and Ireland. The appliance

has a 13 amp mains plug. If it is neces-

sary to change the fuse in the mains

plug, use a 13 amp ASTA (BS 1362)

fuse.

•

This appliance complies with the E.E.C.

Directives.

1.3 Use

WARNING!

Risk of fire, explosion, electric

shock or damage to the appliance

• Use this appliance in a household only.

• Do not change the specification of this

appliance.

• The final part of the drying cycle occurs

without heat (cool down cycle) to en-

sure that the items will not be dam-

aged.

If you stop the appliance before the end

of the drying cycle, immediately remove

and spread out all items, so that the

heat can dissipate.

• If you use fabric softener or similar

products, obey the instructions on the

packaging.

• Do not run the appliance without a filter.

Clean the lint filter before or after each

use.

• Wipe away lint that has accumulated

around the appliance.

• Do not dry the damaged items which

contain padding or fillings.

• Do not dry items such as foam rubber

(latex foam), shower caps, waterproof

textiles, rubber backed articles and

clothes or pillows fitted with foam rub-

ber pads..

• Before drying items that have been in

contact with substances such as cook-

ing oil, acetone, alcohol , petrol, kero-

sene, spot removers, turpentine, waxes

and wax removers, wash them in hot

water with an extra amount of deter-

gent.

• Do not dry items in the appliance if in-

dustrial chemicals have been used for

cleaning.

• Make sure that no gas lighters or

matches have been left in the pockets

of the clothing.

• Only dry fabrics which are applicable to

dry in the tumble dryer. Follow the in-

structions on the fabric label.

• Do not dry not washed items in the ap-

pliance.

• If you have washed your laundry with a

stain remover start an extra rinse cycle

before you start the dryer.

• Do not drink or prepare food with the

condensed water. It can cause health

problems to people and pets.

• Do not sit or stand on the open door.

• Obey the maximum load volume of 9 kg

(refer to the “Programme chart” chap-

ter).

• Do not dry dripping wet clothes in the

tumble dryer.

1.4 Care and Cleaning

WARNING!

Risk of injury or damage to the

appliance.

• Before maintenance, deactivate the ap-

pliance and disconnect the mains plug

from the mains socket.

• Do not use water spray and steam to

clean the appliance.

• Clean the appliance with a moist soft

cloth. Only use neutral detergents. Do

not use abrasive products, abrasive

cleaning pads, solvents or metal ob-

jects.

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1.5 Internal light

WARNING!

Risk of injury.

Visible LED radiation, do not look

directly into the beam.

To replace the internal light, con-

tact the Service.

1.6 Disposal

WARNING!

Risk of injury or suffocation.

• Disconnect the appliance from the

mains supply.

• Cut off the mains cable and discard it.

• Remove the door catch to prevent chil-

dren and pets to get closed in the ap-

pliance.

Compressor

WARNING!

Risk of damage of the appliance.

• The compressor and its system in the

tumble dryer is filled with the special

agent which is free from fluoro-chloro-

hydrocarbons. This system must stay

tight. The damage of the system can

cause a leakage.

2. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

1 2

1Water container

2Control panel

3Internal light

4Load door

5Primary Filter

6The button to open the heat exchang-

er door

7Airflow slots

8Adjustable feet

9Heat exchanger door

10 Heat exchanger cover

11 The knob to lock the heat exchanger

cover

12 Rating plate

The load door can be installed by

the user in the opposite side. It

can help to easily put and remove

the laundry or if there is a limit to

install the appliance (see separate

leaflet).

ENGLISH 5

3. CONTROL PANEL

910111213

1Programme touchpad

2Dryness touchpad

3Reverse Plus touchpad

4Display

5Time touchpad

6Delay touchpad

7Buzzer touchpad

8Anti-crease touchpad

9Start/Pause touchpad

10 Rack Time increase touchpad

11 Rack Time decrease touchpad

12 MyFavourite+ touchpad

13 On/Off button

Touch the touchpads with your

finger in the area with the symbol

or the name of the option.

Do not wear gloves when you op-

erate with the control panel.

Make sure that the control panel

is always clean and dry.

Indicators Description

Child lock.

Water container.

Filter.

Condenser.

Drying phase.

Cooling phase.

Crease guard phase.

Delay start.

Extra Silent.

Reverse plus.

Drying level

Text bar.

Programme duration.

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Indicators Description

- Delay start duration.

4. PROGRAMMES

Programmes Type of load / Load (max.)

/ Fabric mark

Cottons Drying level: Extra Dry, Strong Dry, Cupboard

Dry

, Iron Dry

/ 9kg /

Synthetics Drying level: Extra Dry, Cupboard Dry

, Iron

Dry

/ 3,5kg /

Sports Sportswear, thin and light fabrics, microfiber, polyester,

which are not ironed. / 2kg /

Duvet To dry one or two duvet and pillows (with feather, down or

synthetic fillings). / 3kg /

Drying Rack

Gentle drying washable woollens and sport shoes (see sep-

arate user manual provided with Drying Rack). / 1kg (or 1

pair of sport shoes)

Wool

Wool fabrics. Remove Immediately the items when the pro-

gramme is completed. To get laundry more dried press the

Wool touchpad again and again to increase the pro-

gramme duration. / 1kg

Rapid To dry cotton and synthetic fabrics, uses low temperature. /

2kg /

Others

Cottons Extra Silent

Gently dry cottons items with the noise decreased to the

minimum. The programme can be used at night. / 9kg /

Jeans

Leisure clothing such as jeans, sweat-shirts of different ma-

terial thicknesses (e.g. at the neck, cuffs and seams). / 9kg

Delicates Delicate fabrics. / 3kg /

Easy Iron

Easy care fabrics for which a minimum of ironing is neces-

sary. The drying results can be different from one type of

fabric to the other. Shake the items before you put them in

the appliance. When the programme is completed, Immedi-

ately remove the items and put them on a hanger. / 1 kg

(or 5 shirts) /

Time Drying With this programme you can use the option Time and set

the programme duration. / 9kg /

Refresh Refreshing a textiles that were in storage. / 1kg

1) The maximum weight refers to dry items.

ENGLISH 7

2) For test institutes only: Standard programmes for tests are specified in the EN 61121

document.

3) Only with the Drying Rack

4) This programme is approved by the Woolmark Company. The programme is for drying

wool items that have the "hand wash" label. Follow the instructions that the manufacturer

gives on how to wash and tumble dry items made of wool.

5) Press the Others touchpad again and again until the necessary programme come into

the view on the display

5. OPTIONS

5.1 Time

This option is applicable only to the Time

Drying programme. You can set the pro-

gramme duration, from a minimum of 10

minutes to a maximum of 2 hours. The

setting of the duration is related to the

quantity of laundry in the appliance.

We recommend that you set a short dura-

tion for small quantities of laundry or for

only one item.

5.2 Anti-crease

Extends of 60 minutes the standard anti-

crease phase (30 minutes) at the end of

the drying cycle. This function prevents

the laundry from creases. The laundry can

be removed during the anticrease phase.

5.3 Dryness

This function helps to get the laundry

more dried.

There are 4 possible selections:

Extra Dry

Strong Dry (for Cottons only)

Cupboard Dry

Iron Dry

5.4 Reverse Plus

To dry more lightly the sensitive and tem-

perature sensitive textiles (e.g. acrylic, vis-

cose). This function helps also to de-

crease the creases on the laundry. For

fabrics with the symbol on the fabric

label.

5.5 Rack Time Drying

This option is applicable only to the Drying

Rack programme. You can set the pro-

gramme duration, from a minimum of 30

minutes to a maximum of 4 hours. The

setting of the duration is related to the

quantity of laundry in the appliance.

We recommend that you set a short dura-

tion for small quantities of laundry or for

only one item.

5.6 Buzzer

When the buzzer function is activated,

you can hear the buzzer at the:

•cycleend

• start and end of crease guard phase

• cycle interruption

The buzzer function is by default always

on. You can use this function to activate

or deactivate the sound.

You can activate the Buzzer op-

tion with all programmes.

5.7 MyFavourite+

The first time you activate the appliance, if

you press MyFavourite+ the display

shows that the memory is empty.

The appliance can memorise automatical-

ly the most used programmes after some

uses.

With this touchpad you can set one of the

3 most used washing programmes.

Press MyFavourite+ one time to set My

Favourite 1

Press MyFavourite+ two time to set My

Favourite 2

Press MyFavourite+ three time to set My

Favourite 3

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Programmes

Cottons ■ ■

Synthetics ■■■

Sports ■

Drying Rack ■

Rapid ■

Duvet

Wool

Others

Cottons Extra Silent ■

Jeans ■

Delicates ■

Easy Iron ■

Time Drying ■ ■

Refresh ■

6. SETTINGS

FGH

A) Time touchpad

B) Delay touchpad

C) Buzzer touchpad

D) Anti-crease touchpad

E) Start/Pause touchpad

F) Rack Time increase touchpad

G) Rack Time decrease touchpad

H) MyFavourite+ touchpad

I) Reverse Plus touchpad

J) Dryness touchpad

6.1 Child lock function

This option prevents children to play with

the appliance while a programme oper-

ates. The programme knob and the

touchpads are locked. Only the on/off

button is unlocked.

Activating the child lock option

1. Press the on/off button to activate the

appliance.

2. Press and hold touchpads (A) and (D)

at the same time until the child lock in-

dicator comes on.

• It is possible to deactivate the child

lock option while a programme op-

erates. Press and hold the same

touchpads until the child lock indi-

cator goes off.

6.2 Language

Setting the language

1. Press and hold touchpads (B) and (C)

at the same time until previously selec-

ted language comes on.

ENGLISH 9

2. Press the or touchpad to set

your language.

To memorise the selection press the E

touchpad.

6.3 Water hardness and

conductivity

Water hardness is different for different lo-

cations. Water hardness has an effect on

the water conductivity and on the con-

ductivity sensor of the appliance. If you

know, the value of the water conductivity

you can adjust the sensor in order to have

better drying results.

Adjusting the conductivity sensor

1. Press the on/off button to activate the

appliance

2. Press and hold touchpads (A) and (B)

at the same time until one of the these

indicators comes on:

•(low <300 μS/cm)

•(moderate 300-600 μS/cm)

•(high >600 μS/cm)

3. Press the touchpad (E) again and

again until the indicator of the correct

level comes on.

4. To confirm the adjustment, press and

hold touchpads (A) and (B) at the

same time for approximately 2 sec-

onds.

6.4 The indicator of the water

container

By default, the indicator of the water con-

tainer is on. It comes on when the pro-

gramme is completed or when it is neces-

sary to empty the water container.

If the “Draining kit” is installed, the

appliance automatically drains the

water from the water container. In

this condition we recommend that

you deactivate the indicator of the

water container.

Refer to the supplied leaflet for

available accessories.

Deactivating the water container

indicator

1. Press the on/off button to activate the

appliance

2. Press and hold touchpads (J) and (I)

at the same time until the display

shows one of these 2 configurations:

•The indicator is off and the indi-

cator is on.

– The indicator of the water con-

tainer is off. After approximately 4

seconds, the 2 indicators go off .

•The indicators and are

on.

– The indicator of the water con-

tainer is on. After approximately 4

seconds, the 2 indicators go off

7. DAILY USE

Before you use the appliance for

the first time do one of these op-

erations:

• Clean the tumble dryer drum

with a moist cloth.

• Start a short programme (e.g.

30 minutes) with moist laundry.

At the beginning of drying cycle

(3-5 min.) there could be a slightly

higher sound level. It is because of

start of the compressor that is

normal for compressor powered

appliances such: refrigerators,

freezers .

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