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pat morgan
pat morgan Posted on Jun 10, 2013
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Red light refill flashing but water in the tank

So green light on left will not start to generate steam

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Hey did you ever get an answer to your question?

I have the same problem

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    elisabeth Jan 21, 2015

    Hey I fixed the problem myself and my iron is working very well now.



    What I did in order to fix the problem was to pure distilled vinegar (white do not use ordinary brown vinegar) in the base tank tank of the iron where the water heats up. I poured in 1.5 bottles until it was filled up. I left this there for a number of hours (you can leave overnight). I put the iron (not the based) in the sink and switched it on.



    Brown water came out of the iron into the sink. I then pressed the stream button on the iron and the gunk came out.



    The red light has stopped flashing. I flushed out the tank and iron with clean water and my iron is now working even better than before. Please remember to give the iron a good flushing out.

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