Hotpoint HDA489 How to prepare the dishes for washing, Detergent Usage Guide powder or liquid

—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: Detergent cup may be opened manually with no harm. Turn handle counterclochise 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 dso 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.

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 for examples only. Other foods not mentioned may also need to be removed from your dishes. You may dso 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.

Detergent Usage Guide (powder or liquid)

	SO~ WATER		MEDIUM WATER		HARD WATER
	(O-3 grains hardness)		(3-7 grains)		(7-12 grains*)
CYCLES	Main Cup$	Open Cup*	Main Cupl	Open Cup*	Main Cup~		Open Cup*
NORMAL WASH	1 Tablespoon +	1 Tablespoon	Half Full	+ Half Full	Completely	+ Completely
	minimum	minimum			Full		Full
WATER SAVER	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 flooding.

$Filled Main Cup holds 3 tablespoons; Filled Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons.

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