Hotpoint HDA497K - Manual (Page 7)

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 C ’Detergent Usage Guide”
below. (Be sure the Cycle Indicator
Dial is at
before
adding detergent. Otherwise the
detergent cup will not close and
latch properly.)
How to prepare the
dishes for washing
If this is your first dishwasher, or
if you’re replacing a much older
model, you may wonder how much
pre-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
what
foods to remove. Here are some
guidelines:
1. Scrape off bones, seeds,
and other hard solids.
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
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
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
want to consider removing
such as mustard, mayonnaise,
vinegar, lemon juice and other
foods that can cause discoloration
of
if to remain
dishes for a long period of time.
Close the main cup.
Detergent cup maybe
opened manually with no harm.
Usage Guide (powder or liquid)
SOFT WATER MEDIUM WATER HARD WATER
(O-3 grains hardness) (3-7 grains) (7-12 grains*)
Main Cup Open Cup Main Cup Open Cup Main Open
NORMAL WASH cycle 1 Tablespoon 1 Tablespoon Half Full Half Completely
minimum minimum Full
LIGHT WASH cycle 1 Tablespoon None Half None None
minimum
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
The water valve may stick while open and cause flooding.
Main Cup holds 3 tablespoons; Filled Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons
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