Keep
your detergent fresh and
dry. Under the sink 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
old
or lumpy, throw it away. Old
detergent often won’t dissolve.
If you use a liquid dishwasher
detergent, these precautions
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.
sure the
INDICATOR
DIAL is at
OFF
position
before
adding
detergent.
the detergent cup
will not close and latch properly).
Close the main cup.
NOTE: To open the detergent cup
it has been closed, unlatch
position
—
GRASP HANDLE,
before 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
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
Open
Half Full
Half Full
Completely
Half Full
Completely
Completely
NORMAL WASH
Full
Full
Full
WATER SAVER
Half Full
None
Half Full
None
Completely
None
Full
RINSE & HOLD
I
Use
no detergent
I
Use no detergent
Use no detergent
*12 grains and up is extremely hard water. A water softener is recommended. Without it,
Main Cup holds 3 tablespoons;
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 Prepare the Dishes for Washing
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.
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
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 a long period of time.
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