Maytag 661S/W manual Setting water hardness

Setting water hardness

If you have a dishwasher with a water softener, you may need to change the setting de- pending on the water’s hardness level. Phone your local Water Board to check the water hardness in your area. The dishwasher is set for low water hardness on delivery.

	L2
		L12	L7
L1		L4
		L11	L8
L6	L5	L10	L9

1.Switch off the dishwasher with the main switch.

2.Press the main switch while holding in the Start/Stop button.

3.Release both buttons and the L7 light will flash.

4.Select desired setting (see table below) by pressing repeatedly on the Program button.

Setting	˚dH	˚fH
All	0-5*	0-9*
extinguished
L1 lit	6-8	9-14
L1, L2 lit	9-14	15-25
L1, L2, L3	15-19	26-34
lit
L1, L2, L3, L4	20-29	35-52
lit
L1, L2, L3, L4,	30-44	53-79
L5, L11 lit
L1, L2, L3, L4,	45 and	80 and
L5, L6, L11,	up	up
L12 lit

5.Confirm your selection by pressing the Start/Stop button.You now automatically leave the settings menu and the selected setting remains until you want to change it.

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