AEG LAVATHERM 59840 User manual

LAVATHERM 59840
User manual Condenser Dryer with
Heat Pump

Dear Customer
Thank you for choosing one of our high-quality products.
With this appliance you will experience the perfect combination of functional
design and cutting edge technology.
Convince yourself that our appliances are engineered to deliver the best
performance and control - indeed we are setting the highest standards of
excellence.
In addition to this you find environmental and energy saving aspects as an integral
part of our products.
To ensure optimal and regular performance of your appliance please read this
instruction manual carefully. It will enable you to navigate all processes perfectly
and most efficiently. To refer to this manual any time you need to, we recommend
you to keep it in a safe place. And please pass it to any futureowner of the appliance.
We wish you much joy with your new appliance.
The following symbols are used in this user manual:
Important information concerning your personal safety and information on how
to avoid damaging the appliance.
General information and tips
Environmental information
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Contents
Operating Instructions 5
Important safety information 5
Product description 8
Control panel 9
What is shown in the display 9
Before first use 10
Sorting and preparing laundry 11
Programme chart 12
Daily use 15
Switching machine on / switching light on 15
Opening loading door / loading laundry 15
Selecting the programme 15
Setting dryness level 16
Setting the pre-drainage spin speed 16
Setting long anti-crease function 17
Buzzer 17
Time 17
Setting delay timer 18
Setting child lock 18
Starting the programme 19
Changing programme 19
Putting in extra items or taking items out before end of programme 19
Drying cycle complete / removing laundry 20
Care and cleaning 21
Cleaning fluff filter 21
Cleaning the door seal 23
Emptying the condensate tank 23
Cleaning heat exchanger filter 24
Cleaning the drum 26
Clean operating screen and housing 27
What to do if ... 28
Troubleshooting by yourself 28
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Changing the bulb for interior lighting 29
Machine settings 31
Technical data 32
Consumption values 33
Hints for test institutes 33
Installation 34
Transporting the appliance 34
Appliance positioning 34
Removing transport safety packaging 35
Electrical connection 36
Permanent connection 37
Changing door stop 37
Special accessories 38
Environment 40
Packaging material 40
Old appliance 40
Environmental tips 41
Guarantee/Service 42
Guarantee/Customer Service 42
GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND 42
European Guarantee 44
Service 45
www.electrolux.com 45
Subject to change without notice
4Contents

Operating Instructions
Important safety information
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 im-
portant 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 ev-
eryone using it through its life will be properly informed on appliance use
and safety.
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 re-
duced physical, sensory or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have
been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a per-
son responsible for their safety.
• Make sure that small pets do not climb into 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 appliance
to dry the following items: Cushions, quilts and the like (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, clean and maintenance.
• Under no circumstances should you attempt to repair the machine yourself.
Repairs carried out by inexperienced persons may cause injury or serious mal-
functioning. Contact your local Service Centre. Always insist on genuine spare
parts.
Important safety information 5

• 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 substance 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 to be loaded into appliance
WARNING!
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. Risk of
fire!
•Risk of electric shock! Do not spray down the appliance with jets of water.
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 packing and transit bolts 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.
• 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.
• Any electrical work required to install this appliance should be carried out by a
qualified electrician or competent person.
• Care must be taken to ensure that the appliance does not stand on the electrical
supply cable.
• If the machine is situated on a carpeted floor, please adjust the feet in order to
allow air to circulate freely.
6Important safety information

• 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 instruc-
tions 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.
1)
Child safety
• This machine is not intended for use by young children or infirm persons without
supervision.
• Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
• The packaging components (e.g. plastic film, polystyrene) can be dangerous to
children - danger of suffocation! 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 into the drum.
1) Only dryers equipped with internal drum light.
Important safety information 7

Product description
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1Control panel
2Drawer with condensed water container
3Lamp for inside light
4Fine strainer (lint filter)
5Large mesh filter (lint filter)
6Micro-fine filter (lint filter)
7Rating plate
8Loading door (reversible)
9Base door upstream of fluff filter and heat exchanger
10 Button for opening door in plinth
11 Air slots
12 Screwed feet (with height adjustment)
8Product description

Control panel
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1Programme knob and OFF switch
2Function buttons
3START PAUSE button
4DELAY START button
5Status led
6Display
What is shown in the display
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Control panel 9

1time to end / error message
2cycle phase status
3options
4warnings
5spin speed selection
6dryness selection
Before first use
WARNING!
If the appliance was not transported in an upright position, leave it to stand for 12
hours before connecting it to the electricity supply and using it for the first time,
so that the oil can flow back to the compressor. Otherwise the compressor could
be damaged.
In order to remove any residues which may have been produced during production,
wipe the dryer drum with a damp cloth or carry out a brief drying cycle (30 MIN)
with damp cloths in the machine.
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Sorting and preparing laundry
Sorting laundry
• Sort by fabric type:
– Cotton/linen for programmes in COTTONS programme group.
– Mixtures and synthetics for programmes in EASY CARE programme group.
• Sorting by care label. The care labels mean:
Drying in the tumble
dryer possible in prin-
ciple
Drying at normal
temperature
Drying at reduced
temperature
Drying in the tumble
dryer not possible
Do not place in the appliance any wet laundry which is not specified on the care
label as being suitable for tumble-drying.
This appliance can be used for all wet laundry items which are labelled as suitable
for tumble-drying.
• Do not dry new, coloured textiles together with light-coloured laundry items.
Textile colours may bleed.
• Do not dry cotton jersey and knitwear with the EXTRA programme. Items may
shrink!
• Wool and wool-like textiles can be dried using the WOOL programme. Before
the drying cycle spin the woollen textiles as well as possible (max. 1200 rpm).
Only dry woollen textiles together which are similar or the same with repect to
material, colour and weight. Please dry heavy laundry items made of wool
separately.
Preparing laundry
• To avoid laundry becoming tangled: close zips, button up duvet covers and tie
loose ties or ribbons (e.g. of aprons).
• Empty pockets. Remove metal items (paper clips, safety pins, etc).
• Turn items with double-layered fabrics inside out (e.g. with cotton-lined anoraks,
the cotton layer should be outermost). These fabrics will then dry better.
Sorting and preparing laundry 11

Programme chart
Pro-
grammes
max. load
(weight when dry)
Additional functions/
options
Application/properties
Care mark
DRYNESS
SPIN SPEED
LONG ANTI-CREASE
BUZZER
TIME
DELAY START
COTTONS
EXTRA DRY 7 kg • • • • - •
Thorough drying of thick or multi- layered
fabrics, e.g. terry towelling items, bath-
robes, cottons.
COTTONS
INTENSIVE
DRY
7 kg • • • • - • Thorough drying of thick fabrics, e.g. terry
towelling items, towels, cottons.
COTTONS
STORAGE
DRY
1)
7 kg • • • • - •
Thorough drying of fabrics of even
thicknesses, e.g. terry towelling items, knit-
wear, towels, cotton shirts.
COTTONS
IRON DRY
1)
7 kg • • • • - • For normal thickness cotton or linen laun-
dry, e.g. bedding, table linen.
EASY CARE
EXTRA DRY 3 kg • • • • - • Thorough drying of thick or multi-layered fabrics, e.g. pullovers, bedding, table linen.
EASY CARE
STORAGE
DRY
1)
3 kg • • • • - •
For thin fabrics which are not ironed, e.g.
easy care shirts, table linen, socks, lingerie
with bones or wires.
EASY CARE
IRON DRY 3 kg • • • • - • For thin fabrics which are also to be ironed, e.g. knitwear, cotton shirts.
TIME 7 kg - - • • • • For drying of individual items of laundry.
FRESHEN-
UP 1 kg - - • • - •
For refreshing or gently cleaning textiles
with commercially available dry cleaning
products.
MICRO-FI-
BRE 1 kg • • • • - • For thin fabrics, polyester and polyamide, which are not ironed.
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Pro-
grammes
max. load
(weight when dry)
Additional functions/
options
Application/properties
Care mark
DRYNESS
SPIN SPEED
LONG ANTI-CREASE
BUZZER
TIME
DELAY START
MIXED 3 kg • • • • - • For drying cotton and synthetic fabrics,
uses low temperature.
BED LINEN 3 kg • • • • - • Bed linen (single and double sheet, pillow-
case, bedspread, duvet cover).
VISCOSE 1 kg • • • • - • For thin fabrics, viscose, and polyester,
which are not ironed.
JEANS 7 kg • • • • - •
For leisure clothing, such as jeans, sweat-
shirts, etc., of different material thicknesses
(e.g. at the neck, cuffs and seams).
SPORTS-
LIGHT 2 kg • • • • - • For sportswear, thin fabrics, polyester, which are not ironed.
SHIRTS
1.5 kg
(or 7
shirts)
• • • • - •
Special program with anti-crease mecha-
nism for easy care fabrics such shirts and
blouses; for minimum ironing effort. The
results depends on the type of fabric and
its finish. Place fabrics in the dryer straight
after spinning; once dried, immediately re-
move fabrics and place on a clothes hanger.
EASY IRON
PLUS
1 kg
(or 5
shirts)
• • • • - •
Special program with anti-crease mecha-
nism for easy care fabrics such shirts and
blouses; for minimum ironing effort. The
results depends on the type of fabric and
its finish. Place fabrics in the dryer straight
after spinning; once dried, immediately re-
move fabrics and place on a clothes hanger.
SILK 1 kg • • • • - • For drying silk using warm air and gentle
movement.
Programme chart 13

Pro-
grammes
max. load
(weight when dry)
Additional functions/
options
Application/properties
Care mark
DRYNESS
SPIN SPEED
LONG ANTI-CREASE
BUZZER
TIME
DELAY START
WOOL 1 kg • • - • - •
For drying woollen fabrics after they have
been washed, using warm air at minimum
mechanical load (Follow section “Sorting
and preparing washing”). Recommenda-
tion: Remove fabrics immediately after
drying, as no anti-crease programme fol-
lows.
1) In accordance with IEC61121
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Daily use
Switching machine on / switching light on
Turn the programme selector to any programme orturn it to LIGHT ON. The machine
has been switched on. When the loading door is opened, the drum is illuminated.
Opening loading door / loading laundry
1. Open loading door:
Use force to push against the loading
door (push point)
2. Load your laundry (do not force it in).
CAUTION!
Do not jam laundry in between the load-
ing door and rubber seal.
3. Close loading door securely. Lock
must audibly lock.
Selecting the programme
Use the programme selector to set the pro-
gramme you require. The estimated time to
end of the programme appears in the LCD in
h:mm format (hours:minutes).
During the cycle time elapses by steps of one
minute; less than 1 hour the leading zeros are
not shown (ex. “59”, “5”, “0”).
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Setting dryness level
If laundry comes out of the machine too
damp after a standard drying programme,
you can increase the drying result by using
the DRYNESS function. Laundry becomes
drier as you move from MIN to MAX.
Press the DRYNESS button repeatedly until
the desired dryness level (MIN, MED or
MAX) is shown in the display. When humidity
adjustment is not foreseen on the related
program, bar frame with AUTO text is shown.
If wool or silk comes out of the machine too damp at the end of a WOOL or SILK
programme, you can dry it again by restarting the appropriate programme, this
time with the DRYNESS function selected and dryness level MIN, MED or MAX. In
the case of a drying cycle with relatively dry laundry, the length of the programme
cycle displayed at the beginning is corrected after a while.
Setting the pre-drainage spin speed
If the washing in the washing machine was
initially drained prior to the drying cycle, the
dryer can be set according to the spin speed
of the initial drainage procedure. The higher
the spin speed was, the shorter the pro-
gramme length for the drying cycle.
Press the SPIN SPEED button a number of
times until the desired spin speed of the initial
drainage is displayed. No value is shown if no spin speed is selected.
In certain programmes the spin speed has not
effect (time controlled cycles), its selection
can be not selectable and only three dashes
are visualized. Available selections:
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Setting long anti-crease function
Press the LONG ANTI-CREASE button. A 90
minute anti-crease phase is set. The display
now shows the LONG ANTI-CREASE icon
. If this additional function is selected, the
anti-crease phase at the end of the drying
cycle is lengthened by 60 minutes. The laun-
dry can be removed at any time during the
anti-crease phase.
Buzzer
The appliance is supplied with the BUZZER
function deactivated.
To activate buzzer press BUZZER button.
The button is used to switch the function on
or off. When the function is active, the BUZ-
ZER symbol appears in the display.
The buzzer sounds or plays a tune during:
–cycleend
– anti-crease phase and when phase starts or ends
– cycle interruption by a warning
–alarm
Time
To select the programme duration after set-
ting the TIME programme. You can select a
programme duration from 10 mins to 3 hrs in
10-minute steps.
1. Turn the programme knob to the TIME
programme. The blinking 10' above TIME
button is on.
2. Press the TIME button repeatedly until the
desired programme duration is shown in the display, e.g. 20 for a programme
of 20 minutes.
Daily use 17

If the programme duration is not selected, the duration is automatically set to 10
mins.
Setting delay timer
With the DELAY button, you can delay the
start of a programme by between 30 mi-
nutes (30') and a maximum of 20 hours
(20h).
1. Select the programme and additional
functions.
2. Press the DELAY button as many times as necessary until the required start
delay appears on the display, e.g. 12h if the programme is to be started in 12
hours.
If the display is showing 20h and you press the button again, the time delay
will be cancelled. The display will show 0'and then the duration of the se-
lected programme.
3. To activate the delay timer, press the START PAUSE button. The amount of time
remaining until the programme is set to start is continuously displayed (e.g.
15h, 14h, 13h, … 30' etc).
Setting child lock
The child lock can be set to prevent a programme being accidentally started or a
programme in operation being accidentally changed. The child lock function locks
all buttons and the programme knob. The child lock can be activated or deactivated
by holding down the LONG ANTI-CREASE and BUZZER buttons simultaneously for
5 seconds.
– Before programme is started: Appliance cannot be used
– After programme is started: Programme in operation cannot be changed
The ( icon appears in the display to indicate that the child safety device is activated.
The child safety device is not deactivated once the programme comes to an end.
If you want to set a new programme, you must first deactivate the child safety
device.
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Starting the programme
Press the START PAUSE button. The pro-
gramme is started.
The programme progress is shown in LCD by
appropriate set of icons. From left to the right,
from IRON DRY to ANTI-CREASE icon
depends on the drying cycle chosen. E. g. in
case of STORAGE programme the following
status icons are visible: .
Current cycle progress is marked by flashing dash under status icon. When appro-
priate part of drying cycle is accomplished dash becomes steady and appears
flashing under next status icon.
Changing programme
To change a programme which has been selected by mistake once the programme
has started, first turn the programme selector to OFF and then reset the pro-
gramme.
The programme can no longer be changed directly once the programme has started.
If nevertheless there is an attempt to change the programme on the programme
knob, the programme progress display and the maintenance indicators flash. If an
option button (excluding the BUZZER button) is pressed, Err appears in the mul-
tidisplay. The drying programme is not however affected by this (laundry protec-
tion).
Putting in extra items or taking items out before end of programme
1. Open loading door.
WARNING!
Laundry and drum can become hot. Risk of burns!
2. Load or remove laundry items.
3. Close loading securely. Lock must audibly lock.
4. Press the START PAUSE button to continue the drying cycle.
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Drying cycle complete / removing laundry
Once the drying cycle is complete, display shows a blinking "0", under anti-
crease icon appear dash. If the BUZZER button has been pressed, an acoustic
signal sounds intermittently for about one minute.
The drying cycles (except for the WOOL programme) are automatically followed
by an anti-crease phase which lasts around 30 minutes. The drum rotates at in-
tervals during this phase. This keeps the laundry loose and free of creases. The
laundry can be removed at any time during the anti-crease phase. (The laundry
should be taken out towards the end of the anti-crease phase at the latest to
prevent creases from forming.) If LONG ANTI-CREASE function has been
selected, the anti-crease phase is lengthened by 60 minutes.
1. Open door.
2. Before removing the laundry, remove fluff from the micro-fine filter. It is best
to use a damp hand for this purpose. (See “Care and cleaning” chapter.)
3. Remove laundry.
4. Turn the programme selector to OFF.
After each drying cycle:
- Clean the micro-fine filter and fine filter
- Drain the condensed water container
(See chapter “Care and cleaning”.)
5. Close the door.
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