Too much detergent with soft water
not only wastes money, it can be
harmful. It can cause a permanent
—
cloudiness of glassware, called
“etching.” An outside layer of glass
is etched away! Of course, this
takes some time. But why take a
chance when it’s easy to find out
the hardness of your water.
Keep
your detergent fresh and
the sink isn’t a good
place to store detergent. 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
old
or lumpy, throw it away.
It won’t
wash well. 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 water.
You’ll find two detergent
dispensers on the inside door of
your dishwasher. Two,
because
some cycles use two washes.
GRASP HANDLE,
ROTATE
AND CLOSE
TIGHTLY
Always close the main cup tightly.
it is firmly latched you will
clicking sound. It is not
necessary to
Detergent cup maybe
opened manually with no harm.
Turn handle counterclockwise until
it releases. A snapping sound is
normal when it opens.
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.
See “Detergent Usage Guide”
below.
Detergent Usage Guide (powder or liquid)
2.
Remove large quantities of any
food. Your dishwasher has a built-in
food disposer that pulverizes
soft food bits and flushes them away.
It can handle small amounts of
soft foods, but large amounts of
food 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 above
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.
When using the
PANS
cycle,
less preparation is required
before loading. The
& PANS
cycle can wash heavily-soiled
dishes and 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 overheating during cooking.
SOFT WATER
MEDIUM WATER
HARD WATER
(O-3
grains hardness)
(3-7 grains)
(7-12 grains*)
Main
Cup
Open Cup
Main
Cup
Open Cup
Main
Open
PANS and
1 Tablespoon Tablespoon
Half
NORMAL WASH cycles
minimum
Half Full
Completely
minimum
Completely
Full
CHINA-CRYSTAL and
1 Tablespoon
None
Half Full
None
Completely
None
LIGHT WASH
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,
lime can build up in the water valve. The water valve may stick while open and cause flooding.
Main Cup holds 3 tablespoons;
Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons.
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