Hotpoint HDA969 warranty Good dishwashing starti with HOT water, How to use a Rinse Agent

Good dishwashing starti with HOT water

To get dishes clean and dry you need hot water. To help you get water of the proper temperature, your dishwasher has a WATER HEAT feature that automatically senses the temperature of the water in the wash cycle and heots it, if necessary, to the proper temperature. This water heating feature may allow you to turn down your household water heater and save energy if you’re willing to let the dishwasher run a little longer while it heats water to the proper temperature. For good washing and drying, the entering water must beat least 1200F. To prevent dish damage, inlet water should not exceed 150°F.

How to test water temperature:

Check the water temperature inside your dishwasher with a candy or meat thermometer.

Let the dishwasher run through one fill and pump out cycle, then let the dishwasher fill with water the second time, approximately 5 minutes after stalling the machine.

When you hear the water stop filling, unlatch the door and slowly open it.

Measure the temperature of the water in the bottom of the tub this way:

Remove the silverware basket and place a candy or meat thermometer in the water towards the middle of the tub. If the temperature is less than 120°F, you will not get good washing results. Raise your water heater temperature, wait 30 minutes and test again. Higher water temperature is needed to dissolve grease and activate powder

detergents. If the water temperature is less than 140°F, use the WATER HEAT Option (see page 4).

Helpful hints: If outside temperatures are unusually low, or if your water travels a long distance from water heater to dishwasher, you may need to set your water heater’s thermostat up. If you have not used hot water for some time, the water in the pipes will be cold. Turn on the hot water faucet at the sink and allow it to run until the water is hot. Then start the dishwasher. If you’ve recently done laundry or run hot water for showers, give your water heater time to recover before operating the dishwasher.

How to use a Rinse Agent

A rinse agent makes water flow off dishes quicker than usual. This lessens water spotting and makes drying faster, too.

For best dishwashing performance, use of a rinse agent such as JET- DRY brand is recommended.

Rinse agents come in either liquid or solid form. Your dishwasher’s dispenser uses the liquid form.

How to fill the rinse agent dispenser. Unscrew the cap. Add the liquid rinse agent until it just reaches the bottom of the lip inside the dispenser opening. Replace the cap. The dispenser automatically releases the rinse agent into the final rinse water.

If you accidentally spill: Wipe up the rinse agent with a damp cloth. Don’t leave the spill in the dishwasher. It can keep your detergent from working.

If you can’t find any rinse agent, write:

BENCKISER CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.

(“JET DRY”)

411 W. Putnam Ave.

Greenwich, CT 06830

Your dishwasher’s rinse agent container holds 4Y~ ounces. This should last about 3 months. Fill as needed. Do not overfill.

How to choose and use detergent

First, use only powder or liquid detergents specifically made for use in dishwashers. Other types will cause oversudsing.

Second, check the phosphate content. Phosphate helps prevent hard-water materials from forming spots or film on your dishes. If your water is hard (7 grains or more), your detergent has to work harder. Detergents with a higher phosphate level will probably work better. If the phosphate content is low (8.7% or less), you’ll have to use extra detergent with hard water.

Your water department can tell you how hard your water is. So

can your county extension agent or your area’s water softener company. Just call and ask them how many “grains of hardness” there are in your water.

How much detergent should you

use? That depends. Is your water — “hard” or “soft”? With hard water, you need extra detergent to get

dishes clean. With soft water, you need less detergent.

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 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.

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