Iron Troubleshooting

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Steam Generators Irons

Model No. SFM4001

Product code 39600146

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Troubleshooting Guides Maintenance Advice

Browse through the following possible scenarios and click the most appropriate link for your current issue.

Always disconnect your appliance from the mains before you start examining it!

Damaged clothes

Check the iron is not too hot

Limescale build up on the iron spray jets

Hard water deposits block the holes

Limescale has built up on the iron spray jets

Add a decalsifer to the water tank

Marking the clothes

Clean the iron sole plate

No electrical power

Check there is electricity at the socket

Check the fuse in the plug

Not making steam

Check that there is water in the tank (1)

Taking a long time to heat up

In hard water limescale may build up

Cleaning your Hoover Iron

Keep the sole plate clean

Keeping the boiler free from limescale

Hoover C6 and the special anti-lime scale remover that takes care of your iron

Remove limescale

De calsify the water tank

Using product in Hard water areas

Use bottle or distilled water

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