Groupe SEB USA - T-FAL Aquaspeed FV5150 - Manual (Page 6)

5- IF
THERE IS
A PR
OBLEM
Pr
ob
lem
P
ossib
le causes
Solutions
•
W
ater drips fr
om the holes in the soleplate
.
•
B
ro
wn str
eaks come thr
ough the holes in the
soleplate and stain the linen.
•
The soleplate is dir
ty or br
o
wn and can stain
the linen.
•
Ther
e is little or no steam.
(Depending on Model)
•
T
he soleplate is scratched or dama
g
ed.
•
W
ater is running out of the tank filler hole
.
•
Steam comes fr
om the ir
on as y
ou finish filling the
tank.
•
The chosen temperatur
e is too lo
w and does not allo
w f
or
the f
o
rmation of steam.
•
Y
ou ar
e using steam while the ir
on is not hot enough.
•
Y
ou ar
e using the Shot of Steam button too often.
•
The steam flo
w is too high.
•
Y
ou ha
ve
stor
ed the ir
on horizontall
y,
without emptying it and without
setting it to DR
Y
.
•
Y
ou ar
e using chemical descaling agents.
•
Y
ou ar
e using pur
e distilled/demineralised or softened water
.
•
Fabric fibr
es ha
ve
accum
ulated in the holes of the soleplate and ar
e
burning.
•
Y
our linen has not been rinsed sufficientl
y or y
ou ha
ve
ir
oned a ne
w
garment bef
or
e washing it.
•
Y
ou ar
e using too high a temperatur
e
.
•
Y
ou ar
e using star
ch.
•
The water tank is empty
.
•
The anti-calc valv
e is dir
ty
.
•
Y
our ir
on has a build-up of scale
.
•
Y
ou ir
on has been used dr
y f
or too long.
Anti-drip function activated
•
Y
ou ha
ve
placed y
our ir
on flat on a metallic r
est-plate
.
•
Y
ou ha
ve
not closed the tank stopper pr
operl
y.
•
The steam contr
ol is not set to the DR
Y position.
•
Set the thermostat in the colour
ed zone (fr
om
●●
to MAX).
•
W
ait until the thermostat light g
oes out.
•
W
ait a f
e
w seconds betw
een each use of the button.
•
R
educe the steam flo
w
.
•
See the section "Storing y
our ir
on".
•
Do not ad
d an
y descaling agents to the water in the water tank.
(see section
“what water to use).
•
C
ar
ry
out a self-clean and use ta
p-water
.
•
C
ar
ry
out a self-clean.
•
C
lean the soleplate with a non-metallic sponge
.
•
V
acuum the holes of the soleplate fr
om time to time
.
Ensur
e linen is rinsed thor
oughl
y to r
emo
ve
an
y soa
p deposits or
chemicals on ne
w garments which ma
y be suck
ed up b
y the ir
on.
•
C
lean the soleplate as indicated abo
ve
.
See the temperatur
e table to cor
rectl
y set the thermostat.
• Clean the soleplate as indicated abo
ve
.
Al
wa
ys spra
y star
ch onto the r
e
verse side of the fabric to be ir
oned.
•
F
ill it.
•
Clean the anti-calc valv
e
.
•
Clean the anti-calc valv
e and car
ry
out a self-clean.
•
C
ar
ry
out a self-clean.
W
ait f
or the soleplate to r
e
ach the cor
rect temperatur
e
•
A
lw
ays set y
our ir
on on its heel.
•
Mak
e sur
e that the stopper is pr
operl
y closed and that the ar
ro
w
points to the
“closed padlock” symbol.
•
C
heck that the steam contr
ol is set to the DR
Y position.
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