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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 before adding
detergent. Otherwise, the detergent
cup will not close and latch properly.)
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Close the main cup.
NOTE: Detergent cup may be
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.
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.
Detergent Usage Guide
(powder or liquid)
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 examples only. Other foods not
mentioned may also need to be
removed from your dishes. You
may
also
want to consider removing
r
foods such as mustard, mayonnaise,
vinegm,
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
~S
& 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-
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2 grains*)
CYCLES
Main
Cup~
Open
Cup4
Main
Cup~
Open
Cup*
Main Cupl
Open
Cup+
POTS & PANS
1
Tablespoon
1 Tablespoon
Half
Full
Half Full
Completely
Completely
and
minimum
+
minimum
NORMAL WASH
+
Full
+
Full
LIGHT WASH
1
Tablespoon
None
Half
Full
None
Completely
None
minimum
Full
RINSE&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
floodin&.
~Filled
Main Cup holds 3 tablespoons; Filled Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons
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