Hotpoint HDA2000M How to prepare the dishes for washiW, Dete~ent Us~e Guide powder or liquid

Too much detergent with soft water not only wastes money, it can be harmful. It can cause a permanent cloudiness of glassware, called “etching.” An outside layer of glass is etched away! Of course, this takes some time. But why take a chance when it’s easy to find out the hardness of your water.

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 gek 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.

See “Detergent Usage Guide” below.

GRASP HANDLE,	.-
ROTATE
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TIGHTLY /_

Always close the min cup tightly. Men it is firmly latched vou will heara cli;king;ound. It;s not necessaq to overtighten.

NWE: Detergent cup maybe opened mnually with no harm. Turn handle counterclockwise until it releases. A snapping sound is noml when it opens.

How to prepare

the dishes for washiW

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 SWZ1 amounm of soft foods, but large amounts of food 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 NNSE & HOLD cycle for small “holding” loads.

Note: The foods mentioned above 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 P~S & PANS cycle can wash heavily-soiled dishes and remove dried-on and baked-on soils from po~, 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 Us~e Guide (powder or liquid)

		SOFT WATER		MEDIUM WATER			HARD WATER
		(O-3 grains hardness)		(3-7 grains)			(7-12 grains*)
	~CLES	Main Cup	] Open Cup	Main Cup	I Open Cup		Main Cup*	] Open Cup+
	Pm& PANS and	1 Tablespoon + 1 Tablespoon		Half Full	+ Hdf Full		Completely	J Completely
	NORMAL WASH qcles	minimum	minimum				Full		Full
	CHINA-CRYSTAL and	1 Tablespoon	None	Half Full		None	Completely		None
—	LIGHT WASH cycles	minimum					Full
	MNSE & HOLD qcle	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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