OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
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Detergent Usage Guide (powder or liquid)
SOFT WATER MEDIUM WATER HARD WATER
(0-3 grains hardness) (3-7 grains) (7-12 grains*)
CYCLES Main Cup Open Cup Main Cup Open Cup Main Cup‡ Open Cup‡
NORMAL Completely Completely Completely
POTS PANS Half Full Half Full Full Half Full Full Full
CHINA CRYSTAL Half Full None None Completely Full None
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, ‡Filled Main Cup holds 3 tablespoons;
lime can build up in the water valve. The water valve may stick while open and cause flooding. filled Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons.
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Use only powder or liquid detergent specifically
made
for use in dishwashers. Other types will cause
oversudsing.
How much detergent should you use? That depends.
Is your water ‘‘hard’’ or ‘‘soft’’? With hard water, you
need extra detergent to get dishes clean. With soft water,
you need less detergent.
Your water department can tell you how hard your
water is. So can your county extension agent or your
area’s water softener company. Just call and ask them
how many ‘‘grains’’ of hardness there are in your water.
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 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.
How to Choose and Use the Right Detergent
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.
Scrape off bones, seeds, skins, toothpicks and other
hard solids. Remove excessive quantities of oil
or grease.
NOTE: 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.
The POTS 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 need
extra preparation.
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You’ll find two detergent dispensers on the
inside door of your dishwasher. 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.)
Close the main cup.
NOTE: To open detergent cup after it has been
closed, simply turn the detergent cup handle
counter-clockwise until it releases. A
snapping sound may be heard. This is
normal when the detergent cup opens.
Open
Cup
Main Cup
Grasp handle and turn
counter-clockwise
Detergent Dispensers
