Westinghouse SB908 User manual

user manual
SB908
Dishwasher
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The Thoughtful Design Innovator.
Do you remember the last time you opened a gift that made you say
“Oh! How did you know? That’s exactly what I wanted!” That’s the kind of
feeling that the designers at Electrolux seek to evoke in everyone who
chooses or uses one of our products. We devote time, knowledge, and a
great deal of thought to anticipating and creating the kind of appliances that
our customers really need and want.
This kind of thoughtful care means innovating with insight. Not design for
design’s sake, but design for the user’s sake. For us, thoughtful design means
making appliances easier to use and tasks more enjoyable to perform, freeing
our customers to experience that ultimate 21st century luxury, ease of mind.
Our aim is to make this ease of mind more available to more people in more
parts of their everyday lives, all over the world. So when we say we’re thinking
of you, you know we mean just that.
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Westinghouse. We are part of the Electrolux family.
Share more of our thinking at www.electrolux.com
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Safety information 4
Product description 6
Control panel 7
First use 9
Daily use 10
Washing programmes 19
Care and cleaning 20
Something not working 22
Technical data 25
Hints for test institutes 27
Installation 28
Building-in 31
Environment concerns 33
Warranty 34
Contents
The following symbols are used in this 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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In the interest of your safety and to
ensure 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.
Correct use
●This dishwasher is only intended
for washing household utensils
suitable for machine washing.
●Do not put any solvents in the
dishwasher. This could cause an
explosion.
●Knives and other items with sharp
points must be loaded in the
cutlery basket with their points
down or placed in a horizontal
position in the upper basket.
●Only use products (detergents,
cleaners, rinse aid etc) suitable for
dishwashers.
●Avoid opening the door whilst the
appliance is in operation, hot
steam may escape.
●Do not take any dishes out of the
dishwasher before the end of the
dishwashing cycle.
Safety information
●If the supply cord is damaged, it
must be replaced by the
manufacturer or its service agent
or a similarly qualified person in
order to avoid a hazard.
●This product should be serviced
only by an authorised service
engineer, and only genuine spare
parts should be used.
General safety
●Dishwasher detergents are very
alkaline and extremely dangerous
if swallowed. Be careful to: keep
them away from your eyes and
skin, keep children from the
dishwasher when the door is
opened, and only put detergent in
the dispenser when you are ready
to wash. Otherwise, check that the
detergent receptacle in the
dispenser is empty after the
completion of the wash cycle.
●The water in your dishwasher is
not for drinking. Detergent residues
may still be present in your
machine.
●Ensure that the door of the
dishwasher is always closed when
it is not being loaded or unloaded.
In this way you will avoid anybody
tripping over the open door and
hurting themselves.
●Do not sit or stand on the open
door.
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5 safety information
Installation
●Check your dishwasher for any
transport damage. Never connect
a damaged machine. If your
dishwasher is damaged contact
your supplier.
●All packaging must be removed
before use.
●Any electrical and plumbing work
required to install this appliance
must be carried out by a qualified
and competent person.
●For safety reasons it is dangerous
to alter the specifications or
attempt to modify this product in
any way.
●Never use the dishwasher if the
electrical supply cable and water
hoses are damaged; or if the
control panel, work top or plinth
area are damaged such that the
inside of the appliance is freely
accessible. Contact your local
Customer Care centre, in order to
avoid hazard.
●All sides of the dishwasher must
never be drilled to prevent damage
to hydraulic and electric
components.
For electrical and water connection
carefully follow the instructions
given in specific paragraphs.
Child safety
●This appliance is not intended for
use by young children or infirm
persons unless they have been
adequately supervised by a
responsible person to ensure that
they can use the appliance safely.
●Young children should be
supervised to ensure that they do
not play with the appliance.
●Keep all packaging well away from
children. There is risk of
suffocation.
●Keep all detergents in a safe place
out of children’s reach.
●Keep children well away from the
dishwasher when the door is open.
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Product description
Upper basket
Pressure balancing device
Detergent dispenser
Rinse aid dispenser
Rating plate
Filters
Lower spray arm
Upper spray arm
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Control panel
POWER button
PROGRAM selection button
Button LOCK
START button
START light
Indicator lights
Button LOCK light
Program lights
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2
3
4
5
To activate the Button LOCK function,
press the button LOCK for 5 seconds,
the button lock light blinks for 15
seconds, then when it is permanently
on, it indicates the key lock is active.
The button lock key stops anyone
from changing the selected program.
If any button is pressed, an audible
signal indicates that the key lock
funtion is active.
To cancel the selected program and
select a new one, reset the
dishwasher by:
- pressing the button lock key for 5
seconds (the keylock light blinks for
15 seconds)
- press and hold simultaneously
PROGRAM and button LOCK
buttons (Cancel) until all the
programme lights will illuminate
(setting mode), then the program
has been cancelled and the key
lock deactivated and a new
program can be selected.
The button LOCK option is
automatically deactivated at the end
of the selected program by switching
OFF the dishwasher or opening and
closing the door.
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Button Lock option
Close the door.
Press the POWER button.
Press the program Button to select a
program.
Press the START button to start the
cycle execution.
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Indicator lights
Button LOCK Flashes for 15 seconds when the Button
LOCK is pressed for 5 seconds.
Illuminates when the function Button LOCK is
activated.
WASHING
READY
Illuminates when a washing program is
running.
Illuminates when a washing program has
ended.
It also has the added function of visually
signalling an alarm due to a malfunction of the
machine.
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Before using your dishwasher for the
first time:
●Ensure that the electrical and
water connections comply with
installation instructions
●Remove all packaging from inside
the appliance
●Fill the rinse aid dispenser
First use
The dispenser holds about 110 ml of
rinse aid, which is sufficient for
between 16 and 40 dishwashing
cycles, depending upon the dosage
setting. According to the finish and
drying results obtained, adjust the
dose of rinse aid by means of the 6
position selector (position 1 minimum
dosage, position 6 maximum dosage).
Filling with rinse aid
Rinse aid ensures thorough rinsing,
and spot and streak free drying.
Rinse aid is automatically added
during the last rinse.
1. Open the container by pressing
the release button (A).
2. Add the rinse aid in the container.
The maximum level for filling is
indicated by "max".
The dose is factory set in position 4.
Increase the dose if there are drops
of water or lime spots on the dishes
after washing.
Reduce it if there are sticky whitish
streaks on the dishes or a bluish film
on glassware or knife blades.
3. Ensure that the lid is closed after
every refill.
Top up the rinse aid when the
indicator (B) becomes clear.
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●When loading the dishes and
cutlery, please note:
- Dishes and cutlery must not
impede the rotation of the spray
arms .
- Load hollow items such as cups,
glasses, pans, etc. with the
opening downwards so that water
cannot collect in the container or
a deep base.
- Dishes and items of cutlery must
not lie inside one another, or
cover each other.
- To avoid damage to glasses, they
must not touch.
- Lay small objects in the cutlery
basket.
●Plastic items and pans with non
stick coatings have a tendency to
retain water drops; these items will
not dry as well as porcelain and
steel items.
Clean up any rinse aid spilt during
filling with an absorbent cloth to
avoid excess foaming during the
next wash.
Only use branded rinse aid for
dishwashers.
Never fill the rinse aid dispenser
with any other substances (e.g.
dishwasher cleaning agent, liquid
detergent). This may damage the
appliance.
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Daily use
●Check if it’s necessary to refill with
rinse aid.
●Load cutlery and dishes into the
dishwasher.
●Fill with dishwasher detergent .
●Select a wash program suitable for
the cutlery and dishes.
●Start the wash program.
Loading cutlery and dishes
Sponges, household cloths and any
object that can absorb water must not
be washed in the dishwasher.
●Before loading the dishes, you
should:
- Remove all left over food and
debris.
- Soften remnants of burnt food in
pans
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For washing in the dishwasher the following cutlery and dishes
are not suitable: - Cutlery with wooden, horn, china or mother-of-
pearls handles.
- Plastic items that are not heat resistant.
- Older cutlery with glued parts that are not
temperature resistant.
- Bonded cutlery items or dishes.
- Pewter or copper items.
- Lead crystal glass.
- Steel items prone to rusting.
- Wooden platters.
- Items made from synthetics fibres.
are of limited suitability: - Only wash stoneware in the dishwasher if it is
specially marked as being dishwasher-safe by the
manufacturer.
- Glazed patterns may fade if machine washed
frequently.
- Silver and aluminium parts have a tendency to
discolour during washing: Residues, e.g. egg
white, egg yolk and mustard often cause
discolouring and staining on silver. Therefore
always clean left-overs from silver immediately, if it
is not to be washed straight after use.
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Open the door and slide out the
baskets to load the dishes.
The lower basket
The lower basket is designed to take
saucepans, lids, plates, salad bowls,
cutlery etc.
Serving dishes and large lids should
be arranged around the edge of the
basket, ensuring that the spray arms
can turn freely.
The 2 rear rows of prongs on the
lower basket can be easily lowered to
allow you to load pots, pans and
bowls.
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For best results we recommend you
use the cutlery grids.
If the size and dimensions of the
cutlery do not allow the use of the
grids, they can be easily hidden or
removed.
The cutlery basket
Long bladed knives stored in an
upright position are a potential
hazard.
Long and/or sharp items of cutlery
such as carving knives must be
positioned horizontally in the upper
basket.
Take care when loading or
unloading sharp items such as
knives.
Forks and spoons should be placed in
the removable cutlery basket with the
handles facing downwards and the
knives with their handles facing
upwards .
If the handles protrude from the
bottom of the basket, obstructing the
lower spray arm, load the cutlery with
the handles facing upwards.
Mix spoons with other cutlery to
prevent them from sticking together.
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The upper basket
The upper basket is designed for
plates (dessert plates, saucers, dinner
plates of up to 24 cm in diameter),
salad bowls, cups and glasses.
Arrange items on and underneath the
cup racks so that water can reach all
surfaces.
Glasses with long stems can be
placed upside down in the cup racks.
For taller items, the cup racks can be
folded upwards.
Light items (plastic bowls etc.) must
be loaded in the upper basket and
arranged so they do not move.
Before closing the door, ensure that
the spray arms can rotate freely.
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Adjusting the height of the upper basket
If washing very large plates you can load them in the lower basket after moving
the upper basket to the higher position. Only adjust the height when the upper
basket is empty.
Maximum height of the dishes in the lower basket
31 cm
With upper basket raised
27 cm
With upper basket lowered
When the upper basket is raised
you will not be able to use the cup
racks.
To move to the higher position
proceed as follows:
1. Move the front runner stops (A) of
the upper basket outwards and
slide the basket out.
2. Refit the basket in the higher
position and replace the stops (A)
in their original position.
20 cm
24 cm
upper basket lower basket
After loading your machine always
close the door, as an open door
can be a hazard.
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Use of detergent
Only use detergents specifically
designed for use in dishwashers.
Please observe the manufacturer’s
dosing and storage recommendations
as stated on the detergent packaging.
Using no more than the correct
amount of detergent contributes to
reducing pollution.
Fill with detergent
1. Open the lid.
2. Fill the detergent dispenser (1)
with detergent. The marking
indicates the dosing levels:
20 = approximately 20 g of
detergent
30 = approximately 30 g of
detergent
3. All programmes with prewash need
an additional detergent dose (5/10
g) that must be placed in the
prewash detergent chamber (2).
This detergent will take effect
during the prewash phase.
When using detergent tablets;
place the tablet in compartment (1)
4. Close the lid and press until it
locks in place.
1
2
Detergent tablets
Detergent tablets from different
manufactures dissolve at different
rates. For this reason, some detergent
tablets do not attain their full cleaning
power during short washing
programmes. Therefore, please use
long washing programmes when
using detergent tablets, to ensure the
complete removal of detergent
residuals.
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Use of Tablets
These products are detergents with a
combined cleaning, rinsing and salt
functions. They can also contain other
agents depending on the kind of
tablets you choose («3 in 1», «4 in 1»,
«5 in 1» etc...).
1. Check whether these detergents
are suitable for your water
hardness. Follow manufacturers’
instructions.
The refilling of the rinse aid dispenser
is no longer necessary.
2. Before starting the washing
program put the tablet in the
detergent dispenser.
If the drying results are not
satisfactory we suggest that you:
1. Fill up the rinse aid dispenser with
rinse aid.
2. Set the rinse aid dosage to
position 2.
If you decide to turn back to the
use of standard detergent system
we advise that you:
1. Fill up the the rinse aid dispenser
again.
2. Adjust the rinse aid dosage.
Select and start a washing
programme
1. Check that the baskets have been
loaded correctly and that the spray
arms are free to rotate
2. Check that the water tap is opened
3. Close the dishwasher’s door.
4. Press the POWER button: all the
programme lights will illuminate
(setting mode).
5. Press the PROGRAM button
repeatedly to select a washing
program (see "Washing
programmes" chart): the
corresponding light illuminates.
During the setting of the program the
START light flashes:
6. Press the START button to start
the program: the program will start
automatically.
The START light and the
WASHING light remain illuminated
during the program.
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If desired, activate the Button LOCK
function.
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Interrupt or cancel a washing
program in progress ONLY if it’s
absolutely necessary.
Attention! Hot steam may escape
when the door is opened. Open the
door carefully.
Interrupt a washing program in
progress:
●Open the dishwasher door; the
program will stop. Close the door;
the program will start from the
point at which it was interrupted.
●Press the POWER button, all lights
will turn off. Press the POWER
button again; the program will start
from the point at which it was
interrupted.
Cancel a washing program in
progress
●Press and hold simultaneously
PROGRAM and button LOCK
buttons (Cancel) until the program
light indicator switches off, then the
program has been cancelled and
the key lock deactivated and a new
program can be selected.
If a new washing program is to be
selected, check that there is
detergent in the detergent
dispenser.
End of the washing program
●The dishwasher will automatically
stop.
●The light of the program just ended
will remain on.
●The READY light illuminates.
1. Switch off the dishwasher by
pressing the POWER button.
2. Open the dishwasher door, leave it
ajar and wait a few minutes before
removing the dishes; in this way
they will be cooler and the drying
will be improved.
Unloading the dishwasher
●Hot dishes are sensitive to knocks.
Dishes should therefore be allowed
to cool down before removing from
the appliance.
●Empty the lower basket first and
then the upper one; this will avoid
water dripping from the upper
basket onto the dishes in the lower
one.
●Water may appear on the sides
and the door of the dishwasher as
the stainless steel will eventually
become cooler than the dishes.
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Washing programmes
Program
HEAVY
70° Heavy soil
Crockery,
cutlery, pots
and pans
Prewash
Main wash up to 70°C
2 intermediate rinses
Final rinse
Drying
RINSE
Normal soil Crockery,
cutlery, pots
and pans
Prewash
Main wash up to 65°C
2 intermediate rinses
Final rinse
Drying
Degree of
soil
Type of load Program description
NORMAL
ECO (2) Normal soil
Crockery and
cutlery
Prewash
Main wash up to 50°C
Final rinse
Drying
FAST_30
60° (1) Light soil Crockery and
cutlery
Main wash up to 60°C
Final rinse
Any. 1 cold rinse (to avoid food
scraps from sticking together).
This program does not require
the use of detergent.
NORMAL
65°
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(1)
Ideal for washing a partially loaded
dishwasher. This is the perfect daily
program, made to meet the needs of
a family of 4 persons who only wish to
load breakfast and dinner crockery
and cutley.
(2)
The “NORMAL ECO” program is
recommended to wash a full 12 place
setting load of normally soiled dishes.
It saves energy and water. Because it
runs at a lower temperature, it is not
suitable for heavily soiled wash loads.
To save energy, dry performance is
reduced so you may have to open the
door at the end of the wash cycle or
even towel dry some dishes.
Partial load
(to be
completed
later in the
day).
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Cleaning the filters
The filters must be checked and
cleaned from time to time. Dirty filters
will degrade the washing result.
Before cleaning the filters ensure
that the machine is switched off.
1. Open the door, remove the lower
basket.
2. The dishwasher filter system
comprises a coarse filter (A), a
microfilter (B) and a flat filter.
Unlock the filter system using the
handle on the microfilter.
3. Turn the handle about 1/4a turn
anticlockwise and remove the filter
system.
Care and cleaning
4. Take hold of the coarse filter (A) by
the handle with the hole and
remove from the microfilter (B).
5. Clean all filters thoroughly under
running water.
6. Remove the flat filter from the
base of the washing compartment
and clean both faces thoroughly.
7. Put the flat filter back in the base
of the washing compartment and
ensure that it fits perfectly.
8. Place the coarse filter (A) in the
microfilter (B) and press together.
9. Put the filter combination in place
and lock by turning the handle
clockwise to the stop. During this
process ensure that the flat filter
does not protrude above the base
of the washing compartment.
NEVER use the dishwasher without
filters. Incorrect repositioning and
fitting of the filters will produce
poor washing results and may
result in damage to the appliance.
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