Descaling - DeLonghi EC260 Manual Del Usuario

2. Disassemble all the components and rinse them with fresh
water.
3. Rinse the lters under running water.
4. Clean the perforated lter with a brush. Make sure the holes
are not clogged. If necessary, clean with a pin.
5. Reassemble the components making sure to insert the pin
on the plastic disk into the hole in the gasket indicated by
the arrow.
6. Screw the cap on.
7. Clean with a cloth. The lter is ready.

9. DESCALING

We recommend descaling the co ee maker about every 200
co ees using the De'Longhi descaler (purchase separately).
1. Fill the tank with the descaler solution, diluite the descaler
with water up to the max level of the tank.
2. Turn the selector dial to ON.
3. Make sure the porta lter is not attached, and place a con-
tainer under the cappuccino maker (1l capacity).
4. Wait until the READY light turns on.
5. Turn the selector to
6. Descaling starts: deliver about 1/4 of descaling solution (up
to the rst mark on the water level display).
7. From time to time, turn the steam dial to
charge steam.
8. Then interrupt delivery by turning the steam dial back to 0
and the selector dial to ON.
• Repeat points 5 to 8 another 3 times, until the tank is
empty;
Then proceed rinsing the circuits:
• To eliminate residues of descaler solution, carefully rinse
the tank and ll it with clean water (without descaler);
• Turn the selector to
tank is empty: from time to time turn the steam dial to
to discharge steam.
• Repeat rinsing again: now the machine is ready for use.
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