DeLonghi ESAM 5500 Instructions Manual

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power supply.Never immerse the coffee maker in water.Cleaning the inside of the coffeemaker1. Check regularly (about once a week) that theinside of the appliance is not dirty. If neces-sary, remove coffee deposits with a knife anda sponge.2. Remove the residues with a vacuum cleaner(fig. 29).Cleaning the infuserThe infuser must be cleaned at least once amonth.Important! The infuser (A8) must not beremoved when the appliance is on. Do not attemptto use force to remove the infuser as this coulddamage the coffee maker.1. Make sure the machine is correctly turned off(see "Turning the appliance off").2. Open the service door (fig. 25);3. Remove the drip tray and grounds container(fig. 26);4. Press the two red release buttons inwards andat the same time pull the infuser outwards(fig. 30).Important! Do not use washing up liquid toclean the infuser. The detergent would remove thelubricant applied to the inside of the piston, cau-sing the infuser to seize up and become unusable.5. Soak the infuser in water for about 5 minutes,then rinse under the tap.6. After cleaning, replace the infuser by sliding itonto the internal support and pin at the bot-tom, then push the PUSH symbol fully in untilit clicks into place.NB! If the infuser isdifficult to insert, you mustfirst adapt it to the rightdimension by pressing itforcefully from the bottomand top as shown in thefigure.7. Once inserted, makesure the two red but-tons have snapped out.8. Replace the drip trayand grounds container.9. Close the service door.Cleaning the milk containerClean the milk container each time you preparemilk as described below:1. Turn the milk con-tainer lid clockwisethen remove it.2. Remove the milkspout and intaketube.3. Remove the fro-thed milk regulatorby pulling it out-wards.4. Wash all the com-ponents tho-roughly with hotwater and mildwashing-up liquid.All componentscan be washed in adishwasher, pla-cing them in thetop basket of thedishwasher.Make sure thereare no milk resi-dues left inside theholes and thegroove on the fine end of the frothed milkregulator.5. Check that the intake tube and spout are notclogged with milk residues.6. Replace the frothed milk regulator, milk spoutand intake tube.7. Replace the lid on the milk container, turningit anticlockwise to hook it in place.pinsupport36spoutmilk intaketubegroovefrothed milk regulatorholehole