GE GSD940P Detergent Usage Guide powder or liquid, How to Prepare the Dishes for Washing

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

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MAIN CUP

Close the main cup.

NOTE: To open detergent cup after it has

been closed, unlatch the
the Cycle Indicator Dial
to the OFF position.
When the closed cup
contains soap it is
best that the door
be in a partially
open position before	NDLE,
rotating the Cycle Indicator	ROTATE AND

Dial. This will help reduce the amount cLosE “GHTLY of detergent and rinse aid agent spillage into the tub.

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

Open Cup

Main Cup~

Open Cup*

Completely

~ Half Full

Completely ~

Completely

POTSCRUBBER

Half Full

~ Half Full

NORMAL WASH

Full

Full

Full

LIGHT WASH

Half Full

None

Half Full

None

Completely

None

Full

RINSE & HOLD I

Use no detergent

I

Use no detergent

I

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.

How to Prepare the Dishes for Washing

[f 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 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 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.

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