Dishwasher User Manual

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Keep

your detergent

fresh

and

dry~Under the

si~k

isn’t a good

place to store detergent because

there is too much moisture. Don’t

put powder detergent into the

dispenser until you’re ready to wash

dishes. (It won’t be fresh OR dry).

If your powder detergent gets old

or lumpy, throw it away.

Old

detergent often won’t dissolve.

If you use a liquid dishwasher

detergent, these precautions are not

necessary because liquid detergents

don’t “lump” as they age or come

in contact with moisture.

You’ll

find

two detergent

dispensers on the inside door of

your dishwasher. Two, because

some cycles use two washes.

See “Detergent

Usage

Guide” below.

(Be

sure the CYCLE

INDICATOR

DIAL is at

~!’:%

OFF

position

before

adding

—;?

“Q

MAIN

deter~ent.

CUP

—

Otherwise, the detergent cup

will

not

close and latch properly).

Close the main cup.

NOTE: To open the detergent cup

after it has been closed, unlatch

the door and rotate the Cycle

Indicator Dial a full turn to

the

OFFposition.

When

the closed cup

contains soap

it is best that

the door be

in a partially

onen

Dosition

GRASP HANDLE,

;efor;

rotating

ROTATE AND

the Cycle Indicator

CLOSE TIGHTLY

Dial. “This will help

reduce the amount of detergent and

rinse aid

agent

spillage into the tub.

Detergent Usage Guide

(powder or liquid)

SOFT WATER

MEDIUM WATER

HARD WATER

(O-3 grains hardness)

(3-7 grains)

(7- 12 grains*)

CYCLES

Main Cup

Open Cup

Main Cup

Open Cup

Main

Cup~

Open

Cup$

NORMAL WASH

Half Full

Completely

Half

Full

Completely

Full

Full Full

WATER SAVER Half Full

None

Half Full

None Completely

None

Full

RINSE & HOLD

Use

no detergent

Use no detergent

grains

and

is extremely hard water. A water softener is recommended. Without it,

$Filled Main Cup holds

tablesp(~ons;

lime can build up in the water valve. The water valve may stick while open and

cause

flooding.

Filled Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons.

How to Choose and Use the Right Detergent

If this is your first dishwasher, or if you’re replacing

a much older model, you may wonder how much

preparation your dishes need. Actually very little.

Prerinsing

of normal food soils is not necessary. With

common sense and a little practice

you’ll

soon know

what foods to remove. Here are some guidelines:

1. Scrape off bones, seeds, skins, toothpicks and

other hard solids. It is also best to remove

hard-

shelled vegetables, meat trimmings, leafy

vegetables and crusts. Remove excessive

quantities of

oil

or grease.

2. Remove large quantities of any food. Your

dishwasher has a built-in soft food disposer that

pulverizes soft food bits and flushes them away.

It can handle small amounts of soft foods, but

large amounts will be difficult to handle.

3. Try to remove food scraps and place dishes

in dishwasher before soil has a chance to dry

and become hard. Dishes with dried-on soil are

more difficult to wash and may not come clean

in the NORMAL cycle. Remember to use your

RINSE & HOLD cycle for small “holding” loads.

NOTE: The foods mentioned are examples only.

Other foods not mentioned

may also need to be

removed from your dishes. You may also want to

consider removing foods such as mustard,

mayonnaise, vinegar, lemon juice and other foods that

can

cause discoloration of stainless steel if allowed to

remain on dishes for

long period of time.