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Any brand of powder, gel and tablet detergents
that have been designed for household
dishwasher, may be used.
Keep detergents in a cool and dry place and out
of the reach of children.
Detergent must be added to the container before
each use.
Detergent overdose may cause scratches on your
dishes and there may be traces of detergent left
in your machine.
Three types of detergent are available
- Phosphate and containing chlorine.
- Phosphate containing no chlorine
- Neither containing phosphate nor chlorine
New compact powders are generally phosphate-
free. As phosphates have water softening
properties, we suggest you add salt to the salt
container even if the hardness of your water is
as low as a 6 clarke degrees.
In hard water areas if a phosphate free detergent
is used, white marks on the dishes and glasses
may be observed. It may be prevented by
increasing the amount of detergent.
Detergents without chlorine have less bleaching
effect. Coloured stains may not be completely
removed. This may be prevented by increasing
the amount of detergent, using a programme
with a higher wash temperature or using a
detergent with chlorine.
You should bear the following points in mind when
using such detergents:
- Be sure to check the specifications of the product you
are using and whether it is a combined product or not.
- Follow the instructions on the packet when using
these products.
- The use of these products at the correct appliance
settings will ensure economical use of salt and/or rinse
aid.
- If the detergent is in tablet form, never place these
in the internal section or cutlery basket of the dishwasher.
Always place the tablets in the detergent dispenser of
the detergent holder.
You will obtain the best results from your
dishwasher if you use separate detergent, rinse
aid and water-softening salt.
Detergent manufacturers also produce combined
detergents known as two-in-one and three-
in-one.
Three-in-one: These products contain detergent,
rinse aid and water-softening salt.
Two-in-one: These products contain detergent
and either rinse aid or water-softening salt.
In general, you will obtain satisfactory results
from combined detergents only under specific
usage conditions. These detergents contain
predetermined amounts of rinse aid and/or
softening salt. This means that you cannot adjust
the amount of water-softening salt and rinse
aid required to suit the water hardness level in
your home.
- These detergents will not give you the same drying
performance that you can obtain by using separate
detergent, salt and rinse aid. To increase the drying
performance:
- Put your appliances rinse aid setting at 1 and apply
rinse aid. When the rinse aid is used up, add more rinse
aid to the rinse aid dispenser.
- If you use combined detergents with a rinse aid setting
higher than 1, hand contact may leave rainbow-coloured
water stains on the washed items and inside the machine.
- If you use combined detergents without adding salt,
lime scale may form especially on glasses. To avoid lime
scale formation:
- Put your appliances water softener setting at 1
and add salt. When the salt is used up, add more salt
to the water softener.
- These detergents do not contain rinse aid so you need
to use the rinse aid setting as described in the manual,
making sure that there is rinse aid in the rinse aid
dispenser with every wash and that you refill the rinse
aid dispenser with rinse aid every time it is empty.
- These detergents will not give you the same drying
performance that you can obtain by using separate
detergent, salt and rinse aid. To increase the drying
performance:
- Put your appliances rinse aid setting at 1 and apply
rinse aid. When the rinse aid is used up, add more rinse
aid to the rinse aid dispenser.
- If you use combined detergents with a rinse aid setting
higher than 1, hand contact may leave rainbow-coloured
water stains on the washed items and inside the
machine.
- These detergents do not contain softening salt so you
need to use the softening setting as described in the
manual, making sure that there is salt in the water
softener with every wash and that you refill the water
softener with salt every time it is empty.
