GE GSD630 manual How to prepare the dishes for washing, Detergent Usage Guide powder or liquid

Keep your detergent fresh and ~ry. Under the sink isn’t a good

.,lace to store detergent. Too much moisture. Don’t pu; powder detergent into the dispenser until you ‘re ready to wash dishes, either. (It won’t be fresh OR dry.)

If your powder detergent gets old or lumpy, throw it away. It won’t wash well. Old detergent often won’t dissolve.

If you use a liquid dishwasher detergent, these precautions are not necessary because liquid detergents don’t “lump” as they age or come in contact with water.

You’ll find two detergent dispensers on the inside door of your dishwasher. There are two, because some cycles use two washes.

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See “Detergent Usage Guide” below. (Be sure the Cycle Indicator Dial is at OFF position before adding detergent. Otherwise, the detergent cup lid will not close and latch properly.)

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Always close the main cup tightly. When it is firmly latched, you will hear a clicking sound. Do not overtighten.

NOTE: Detergent cup may be opened manually with no harm. Turn handle counterclockwise 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 also best to remove hwd 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 soils have a chance to dry and become hard. Dishes with dried-on soils 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 examples only. Other foods not mentioned may also need to be removed from your dishes. You may also 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.

When using the POTSCRUBBER cycle, less preparation is required before loading. The POTSCRUBBER cycle can wash heavily-soiled dishes and remove dried-on and baked-on soils from pots, pans

and casseroles. However, items with burned-on soils may not come clean, and the dishwasher cannot remove burn marks or restore fading caused by overheating during cooking.

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 Cup	I Open Cup		Main Cup$		I	Open Cup*
POTSCRUBBER &	1 Tablespoon ~ 1 Tablespoon Half Full ~ Half Full					Completely	~ Completely
NOW WASH	Minimum	I Minimum				Full	i Full
LIGHT WASH	1 Tablespoon	None	Half Full	I	None	Completely	I			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. Ihe 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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