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,
either. (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. There are
two because some cycles use
two washes.
See “Detergent Usage
Guide” below.
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sure the
CYCLE
INDICATOR
is at
OFF position
before
~\
MAIN
CUP
adding detergent.
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
turn to the OFF
When the
in a partially
GRASP HANDLE,
open position
ROTATE AND
before rotating the
Indicator 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
(0-3
hardness)
(3-7 grains)
(7-12 grains*)
CYCLES
Main Cup
Open Cup
Main Cup
Open Cup
Main
Open
POTSCRUBBER
Half Full
Half Full
Completely
Half Full
Completely
Completely
NORMAL WASH
Full
Full
WATER SAVER
Half Full
None
Half Full
None
Completely
None
Full
RINSE & HOLD
Use no detergent
Use no detergent
Use no detergent
* 12
grains
up is extremely hard water. A
softener is recommended. Without it, lime
Main Cup holds 3 tablespoons;
can build up in the water
The
may stick while open and cause
Filled Open Cup
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.
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
RINSE & HOLD cycle for small “holding” loads.
NOTE: The foods mentioned are examples only.
Other foods not mentioned may
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.
When using the POTS & PANS cycle, less preparation
is required before loading. The POTS & PANS cycle
can wash heavily soiled dishes
remove dried-on
and baked-on soils from pots, pans and casseroles.
Items with burned-on soils may not come clean, and
the dishwasher cannot remove burn marks or restore
fading caused by over heating during cooking.
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