18 Washing and drying
Splendide laundry tips
• Wash cycles are 30 to 96 minutes.
• Dry times for average sized loads are 60 to 80
minutes
• Wash cycles use 7 to 18 gal. of water. YOU
MAY NOT SEE WATER IN THE DRUM. This is
normal.
• Once set, the DRY TIME, WATER TEMP and
CYCLE SELECTOR knobs won’t move.
• The door automatically locks during the wash
and dry cycles. To unlock the door, access the
drum, then RESUME the cycle, see DOOR
LOCK LED on page 13.
Combine large and small items in one full
load. When washing single items suchasa
sweater, towel or jeans, add 1 or 2 similar
items to help balance the load. Single, heavy
items suchasabathrobecanbe washed
separately.
Do not wash rugs that could come apart
and clog your machine.
For more delicate garments protect under-
wear, tights, stockings and other small or
delicate items by placing them in a mesh
laundry pouch while washing and drying.
When using the ‘Wool’ cycle, for best
results, use a detergent that is for wool
garments, taking care not to wash more than
2.2 lbs.
For best results,
• DON’T OVERLOAD THE DRUM. Keep up with
laundry by doing smaller loads every day or
two.
• DON’T EXCEED RECOMMENDED DETERGENT
OR FABRIC SOFTENER AMOUNTS.
• When going from ‘was-to-dry’ automatically,
Always use a fabric softener (Or a Detergent
with built-in softeners) so clothes release from
the drum after the high speed spin.
• ONLY use ‘Cotton Heavy Duty’ for heavy
cottons (towels, jeans, etc.)
• For items that may wrinkle, use ‘Low Spin’ in
wash and ‘Synthetics Dry’
• To further prevent wrinkles, set a ‘wash
ONLY’ cycle with ‘LOW SPIN’ pressed. After the
wash cycle ends, remove large items (pants,
sheets, etc.) from the drum and shake them
out. Loosely fold them and place them back in
the drum. Then set a ‘Synthetics Dry’ cycle with
‘LOW HEAT’ pressed.
• For mixed DRY CYCLE loads, remove items
that may wrinkle while still damp (dress shirts,
etc.) Hand press and hang them. Then,
continue drying the rest (underwear, towels,
etc.)
• NEVER OVER DRY LAUNDRY. Over drying is a
major cause of wrinkling. A certain amount of
humidity is what makes fabrics soft and fluffy.
WARNING!
During the drying phase, the door tends to get
quite hot.
Do not use the appliance to dry clothes that have
been washed with flammable or chemical
solvents (e.g. trichlorethylene).
This appliance can only be used to dry clothes
that have been pre-washed in water.
Do not use the appliance to dry foam rubber or
similar materials