Kenmore 15838 Americas Cleanest Dishes, How the Ultra WASH* System and Ultra Wash Sensor work

Your dishwasher's new ULTRA WASH Soil Removal System is designed to give you sparkling clean dishes in the shortest amount of time with the least amount of energy necessary. The ULTRA WASH System includes:

•A heavy duty grinder that acts as a food disposer to grind and dispose of large food particles.

•An ULTRA WASH Sensor that monitors the soil level in the wash load and adjusts the cycle accordingly.

Here's how the ULTRA WASH Soil Removal

System works:

1.When you load the dishwasher, all you need to do is remove bones, large chunks, or burned-on food. Any remaining food will be ground up and disposed.

2.Hot water fills the dishwasher to a level near the bottom of the overfill protector.

3.While the water is heated, the Water Heating indicator on the control panel glows and the cycle time on the electronic display holds.

4.When the water reaches the proper temperature, the Water Heating indicator turns off and the cycle time countdown resumes.

5.Detergent is added at the correct times from the detergent dispenser, and hot water is pumped through the ULTRA WASH pump.

6.Food particles are removed from dishes, pots and pans, tableware, and cutlery as the dishwasher sprays a mixture of hot water and detergent through two spray arms against their soiled surfaces.

7.Food soil in the dishwasher is held in an accumulating chamber so it does not recirculate into the dishwasher.

8.Water is pumped again through the ULTRA WASH

pump to remove soil particles from the water, and "hold" them in the accumulating chamber I_1.

9.Soil in the ULTRA WASH Soil Removal System is disposed down the drain with the wash water I'EI.

10.Fresh, hot water enters the dishwasher, sprays on the dishes to rinse them, and the rinse water is pumped through the ULTRA WASH System to remove any remaining soil.

11.Soil that is held in the ULTRA WASH Soil Removal

System is disposed down the drain with the rinse water.

12.Final rinse water is heated and a rinse agent is added to prepare the dishes for drying.

How the ULTRA WASH Sensor adjusts the cycle:

•When the Sensing indicator light on the control panel glows, the ULTRA WASH Sensor is measuring the amount of soil in the dishwasher.

•Once the soil level is determined, the dishwasher skips any unnecessary portions of the cycle. The cycle count- down display is adjusted automatically.

•For lighter soil loads, the dishwasher will use fewer water exchanges and shorten the cycle time. Example: A 90-minute Normal cycle with a light soil level adjusts to a 70-minute Normal cycle (including dry time).