Any brand of powder, gel and tablet detergents that have been designed for household dishwasher, may be used.
Keep detergents in a cool and dry place and out of the reach of children.
Detergent must be added to the container before each use.
Detergent overdose may cause scratches on your dishes and there may be traces of detergent left in your machine.
Three types of detergent are available
-Phosphate and containing chlorine.
-Phosphate containing no chlorine
-Neither containing phosphate nor chlorine
New compact powders are generally phosphate- free. As phosphates have water softening properties, we suggest you add salt to the salt container even if the hardness of your water is as low as a 6 clarke degrees.
In hard water areas if a phosphate free detergent is used, white marks on the dishes and glasses may be observed. It may be prevented by increasing the amount of detergent.
Detergents without chlorine have less bleaching effect. Coloured stains may not be completely removed. This may be prevented by increasing the amount of detergent, using a programme with a higher wash temperature or using a detergent with chlorine.
You will obtain the best results from your dishwasher if you use separate detergent, rinse aid and
Detergent manufacturers also produce combined detergents known as
In general, you will obtain satisfactory results from combined detergents only under specific usage conditions. These detergents contain predetermined amounts of rinse aid and/or softening salt. This means that you cannot adjust the amount of
You should bear the following points in mind when using such detergents:
-Be sure to check the specifications of the product you are using and whether it is a combined product or not.
-Follow the instructions on the packet when using these products.
-The use of these products at the correct appliance settings will ensure economical use of salt and/or rinse aid.
-If the detergent is in tablet form, never place these in the internal section or cutlery basket of the dishwasher. Always place the tablets in the detergent dispenser of the detergent holder.
-These detergents will not give you the same drying performance that you can obtain by using separate detergent, salt and rinse aid. To increase the drying performance:
-Put your appliance’s rinse aid setting at “1” and apply rinse aid. When the rinse aid is used up, add more rinse aid to the rinse aid dispenser.
-If you use combined detergents with a rinse aid setting higher than 1, hand contact may leave
-If you use combined detergents without adding salt, lime scale may form especially on glasses. To avoid lime scale formation:
-Put your appliance’s water softener setting at “1” and add salt. When the salt is used up, add more salt to the water softener.
-These detergents do not contain rinse aid so you need to use the rinse aid setting as described in the manual, making sure that there is rinse aid in the rinse aid dispenser with every wash and that you refill the rinse aid dispenser with rinse aid every time it is empty.
-These detergents will not give you the same drying performance that you can obtain by using separate detergent, salt and rinse aid. To increase the drying performance:
-Put your appliance’s rinse aid setting at “1” and apply rinse aid. When the rinse aid is used up, add more rinse aid to the rinse aid dispenser.
-If you use combined detergents with a rinse aid setting higher than 1, hand contact may leave
-These detergents do not contain softening salt so you need to use the softening setting as described in the manual, making sure that there is salt in the water softener with every wash and that you refill the water softener with salt every time it is empty.
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