GE VVVVA8876M, 113D5497P183 How to load your washer, To add items after the washer has started

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How to load your washer

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Special recommendations

for washing permanent press if you do not have a dryer.

If you are machine-washing Permanent Press clothes that you plan to line dry or drip-dry, use extra care to minimize wrinkling in the wash process:

. Be careful not to overload washer. Permanent Press clothes must have ample room to move freely. A Medium size Permanent Press load is the largest that should be washed.

*Use more water than you would for a regular load. Use a Medium Water Level for a Small Load; an Extra Large Water Level for a Medium Load.

QRemove clothes promptly as soon as washer stops and hang immediate y.

Q To minimize wrinkling, use

 

Normal/Gentle or Gentle/Gentle

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Wash/Spin Speed.

Load clothes dry.

Take a properly sorted group of clothes and drop them loosely in the wash basket in this order:

Large Items—like sheets. Do not wrap around the agitator.

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Small Items—like washcloths.

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Medium Size Items—like towels.

Here is a typical full load:

3 Double Sheets

6 Long Sleeve Shirts

3 Boxer Shorts

This illustration, with clothes just reaching the Clothes Retaining Ring, shows a proper load. Clothes have ample room to move because they are not packed down. nor wrapped around the agitator. Clothes are loaded dry since wet items are apt to pack down which encourages overloading. This size load requires a full water fill.

What is the best size load of clothes—large, medium, or small? Save time, energy and

detergent by avoiding extra use of the washer. Try to wash a full load of clothes. If you can it is better to save clothes until you have a full load. If you must wash smaller loads, save water. energy and detergent by adjusting the water

To add items after the washer has started.

Turn off the washer.

Carefully remove the Filter-Flo pan.

Add any additional articles by submerging next to the agitator.

Replace the Filter-Flo pan and restart the washer.

NOTE: Do not use the Filter-Flo pan as a wash basket. Do not put any items to be washed in the Filter-Flo pan. Do not place detergent packets in Filter-Flo pan.

NOTE: When washing stockings, panty hose and other easily tangled items, always handle separately. To minimize tangling, we recommend

6 Standard Pillow Cases

5 T-shirts

4 Pair Trousers

6 Handkerchiefs

level for the size of the load. See page 4.

the use of a net laundry bag.

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