Hotpoint SDW80, SDW85 manual Loading your Dishwasher

Loading your Dishwasher

First of all.

Before placing dishes in the baskets, remove all course food remains. This avoids blocking the filter, which would reduce the efficiency of the wash.

If saucepans and frying pans are verydirty,allowthemtosoakbefore beingwashed.

To make it easier to load your dishes, pull the baskets out.

What goes into the upper basket?

Placedelicateandlightweightdishes in the upper basket: glasses, tea cups and coffee cups, saucers and plates-shallowsaladbowls,slightly dirty frying pans and shallow pans. Positionlightweightdishesinsucha way as to avoid their being moved by the spray of water.

The dishwasher can also be equipped with one or two tip up compartments onto which you can place mugs and cups, as well as long sharp knives and serving cutlery.

After loading the dishes, remember to check that the spray arms can turnfreelywithouthittingagainstany dishes.

How to adjust the upper basket.

Theupperbasketcanbesetinhigh or low position to enable you to organise your dishes effortlessly.

F i g . C

•Serving dishes and large lids: place them on the sides of the basket.

•Saucepans,saladbowls: must alwaysbeplacedupsidedown

•Very deep dishes: place them obliquely, thus allowing water to run down them and cleaning thembetter

•Glasses and cups: position them as shown in load example photo.

The lower rack has tip-up sectors (see figure B), so you can place even more saucepans and frying pans or make room for the larger one

F i g . B

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Place the cutlery with the handles at the bottom; if the basket is the one with side inserts, then insert the tea spoons one by one into the slots (see figure A).

This basket is equipped with one removable grid: insert the cutlery one by one into the slots, with the handles at the bottom.

Knives and utensils with sharp blades or tips should be positioned with the sharp parts at the bottom. Position all cutlery items so that they don't touch.

It is best if you place longer utensils horizontally at the front of the upper rack. It is best if you place longer utensils horizontally at the front of the upper rack.

lower basket	Load examples
	upper basket

fig. A

What can I Wash Items not suitable for the dishwasher:

There are two handles on the sides of the upper basket, use these to adjust its height (see fig.C).

What goes into the lower basket?

Werecommendyouplacethemost difficultdishestowashintothelower basket: saucepans, lids, soup dishes and plates (a load example is shown in the photo).

•Cutleryandtablewaremadefromwoodorpartwood-Theymaybecomefadedandunsightlyinappearance.

•Avoid washing horn handled and bronze cutlery in the machine.

•Delicate/decorative glassware and vases, special antique or irreplaceable china - the decorative patterns printed on these items will not be dishwasher proof.

•Plastic objects that are not resistant to hot water.

•Copper and Pewter utensils. Aluminium and Silver objects.

•Some types of glass can become opaque in appearance after they have been washed too many times in a dishwasher.

•Highly absorbent materials such as sponges and towels should never be placed in a dishwasher.

•If in any doubt, check with the manufacturer on items suitability for dishwasher’s.

WARNING: Dishes or cutlery soiled with tobacco ash, wax, lubricating grease or paint should not be put in the dishwasher.

Our recommendation: In future, only purchase table or kitchenware that has been confirmed - dishwasher proof.

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