Hotpoint HDA130S warranty Good Dishwashing Starts with HOT Water, How to Test Water Temperature

Good Dishwashing Starts with HOT Water

To get your dishes clean and dry, you need hot water. To help you get water of the proper temperature, your dishwasher automatically heats the water in the wash cycle. For good washing

and drying, the entering water must be at 120°F. To prevent dish damage, the inlet water should not exceed 1500F.

How to Test Water Temperature

Higher water temperature is needed to dissolve grease and activate powder detergents. Check water temperature with a candy or meat thermometer. Turn on the hot water faucet nearest dishwasher. Put the thermometer in a glass and let the water run continuously into the glass until the temperature stops rising. If the water temperature is below 120°F., adjust your water heater.

Helpful hints: If outside temperatures are unusually low, or if your water travels a long distance from water heater to dishwasher, you may need to set your water heater’s

thermostat up. If you have not used hot water for some time, the water in the pipes will be cold. Turn on the hot water faucet at sink and allow it to run until water is hot. Then start dishwasher. If you’ve recently done laundry or run hot water for showers, give your water heater time to recover before operating the dishwasher.

To improve washability if water is less than 1200F. and you cannot adjust your water heater: Select a longer cycle and fill both detergent cups at Ietist half-full with detergent.

How to Use a Rinse Agent

The rinse agent makes water flow off dishes quicker than usual. This lessens water spotting and makes drying faster, too.

For best dishwashing performance, use of a rinse agent such as JET-DRY brand is recommended.

Rinse agents come in either liquid or solid form.

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the cap. Note the Full line on the tip of the
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the cap. The dispenser automatically

releases the rinse agent into the final rinse water.

Your dishwasher’s rinse agent container holds approximately 4 ~ ounces. This should last about 3 months. Fill as needed. Do not overfill.

If you accidentally spill: Wipe up the rinse

agent with a damp cloth. Don’t leave the spill in the dishwasher. It can keep your detergent from working.

[f you can’t find any rinse agent, write:

BENCKISER CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.

(“JET-DRY”)

Corporate Centre 1

55 Federal Road

P.O. Box i991

Danbury, CT. 06813-1991

How to Choose and Use the Right Detergent

First, use only powder or liquid detergent specifically made for use in dishwashers. Other types will cause oversudsing.

Second, check the phosphate content. Phosphate helps prevent hard-water materials from forming spots or film on your dishes. If your water is hard (7 grains or more), your detergent has to work harder. Detergents with a higher phosphate level will probably work better. If the phosphate content is low (8.7Y0 or less), you’ll have to use extra detergent with hard water.

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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.

How much detergent should you use? That depends. [s your water “hard” or “soft’”? With hard water, you need extra detergent to get dishes clean. With soft water, you need less detergent.

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.