Hotpoint HDA1OOOK manual How to prepare Dishes for washi~, Dete~ent UsWe Guide powder or liquid

Keep your detergent fresh and dry. Under the sink isn’t a good place to store detergent. Too much moisture. Don’t put 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. Two, because some cycles use two washes.

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See “Dete~ent Usage Guide’’ below. (Be sure the Cycle Indicator Dial is at OFFposition before adding detergent. Otherwise, the detergent cup lid will not close and latch properly )

Always close the main cup tishtly. Men it is firmly latched you will hear a clicking sound. Do not overtighten.

NOTE: Detergent cup may be opened manually wilh no harm. Turn handle counterclockwise until it releases. A snapping sound is normal when it opens.

How to prepare

the dishes for washi~

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 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 here are for 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 Pm& PANS cycle, less preparation is required before loading. The POTS & PANS cycle can wash heavily-soiled dishes and remove dried-on and baked-on soils from pots, pans and casseroles. Items with burned-on soils may not come clean. And the dishwasher cannot remove burn marks or restore fading caused

by overheating during cooking.

Dete~ent UsWe Guide (powder or liquid)

	SOFT 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$		I Open Cup*
Pm& PANS and	1 Tablespoon ~ 1 Tablespoon			Half Full	+ Half Full		Completely	J ~f,~pletely
NORMAL WASH qcles	minimum		minimum				Full
ENERGY SAVER cycle	1 Tablespoon		None	Half Full		None	Completely		None
	minimum						Full
RINSE HOLD cycle	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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