You’ll find two detergent
dispensers on the inside door of
your dishwasher. There are two
because some cycles use two
washes.
See “Detergent Usage Guide”
below. (Be sure the Cycle Indicator
Dial is at OFF position
adding detergent. Otherwise, the
detergent
will not
latch properly.)
GRASP HANDLE, ,
ROTATE AND
CLOSE TIGHTLY
How to prepare the dishes
for washing
this is your
dishwasher, or
you’re replacing much older
model, you
wonder how much
preparation your dishes need.
Actually very little. Pre-rinsing of
normal food soils is not
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
them
away. It can handle small amounts
of soft foods, but large amounts will
be difficult to handle.
Close the main
NOTE: Detergent
be
opened manually with no harm.
Turn handle
until it releases. A snapping sound
is normal when it opens.
Detergent Usage Guide
(powder or liquid)
CYCLES
NORMAL WASH
LIGHT WASH
HOLD
3. Try to remove food scraps
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
WASH cycle. Remember to use
your RINSE & HOLD cycle for
small “holding” loads.
Note:
foods mentioned above
are for examples only. Other
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.
SOFT WATER
MEDIUM WATER
HARD WATER
(0-3 grains hardness)
(3-7 grains)
(7- 12 grains*)
Cup
Open Cup
Main
Open
Main
Tablespoon
1 Tablespoon
Half Full
Completely
Completely
minimum
minimum
Full
Full
1 Tablespoon
None
Half
None
Completely
None
minimum
Full
Use no detergent
Use no detergent
Use no detergent
* 12 grains and up is extremely
water. A water softener is recommended. Without it, 1
can build up in the water
The water valve
while open and cause flooding.
Main Cup holds tablespoons;
Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons.
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