You’ll find two detergent
dispensers on the inside door of
your dishwasher. There are two,
because some cycles use two washes.
See “Detergent
Guide’’ below.
(Be sure the Cycle Indicator Dial
is at
before
detergent. Otherwise, the
cup lid will not close and latch
properly.)
GRASP HANDLE,
ROTATE
How to prepare the
dishes for
If this is your first dishwasher, or
if you’re replacing a much older
model, you may wonder how much
pre-preparation your dishes need.
Actually very little. Pre-rinsing 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
WASH cycle. Remember to use
your
HOLD cycle for small
“holding” loads.
Note: The foods mentioned here
are for 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.
Always close the main cup
it is firmly
clicking sound. Do not
Detergent cup maybe opened
manually with no harm. Turn handle
counterclockwise until it releases.
A snapping sound is normal when
it opens.
Guide (powder or liquid)
SOFT
MEDIUM WATER
HARD WATER
(O-3 grains hardness)
(3-7 grains)
(7-12 grains*)
Main
Open
Main
Open
Main
Open
NORMAL WASH
1 Tablespoon 1 Tablespoon
Half
Half
Completely
minimum
minimum
+ Completely
Full
Full
LIGHT WASH
1 Tablespoon
None
Half Full
None
Completely
None
minimum
Full
HOLD
Use no detergent
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;
lime can build up in water valve. Water valve may stick while open and cause flooding,
Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons.
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