Hotpoint BFI68 - Manual (Page 13)

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D ISHWASHER
Loading your Dishwasher
First of all.
Before placing dishes in the baskets,
remove all course food remains. This
avoids blocking the filter, which
would reduce the efficiency of the
wash.
If saucepans and frying pans are
very dirty, allow them to soak before
being washed.
To make it easier to load your dishes,
pull the baskets out.
Multisystem baskets
The dishwasher is fitted with upper,
lower and cutlery baskets. They
provide greater flexibility for loading
dishes, making them more suitable
for your specific needs.
The basket handles can be
removed for cleaning. Pull out the
two fastening plugs, remove the
handles and rinse under running
water. Replace the handles fixing
them in place with the two fastening
plugs.
What goes into the lower
basket?
We recommend you place the most
difficult dishes to wash into the lower
basket: saucepans, lids, soup
dishes and plates (a load example
is shown in the photo).
• Serving dishes and large lids:
place them on the sides of the
basket.
• Saucepans, salad bowls: must
always be placed upside down
• Very deep dishes: place them
obliquely, thus allowing water to
run down them and cleaning
them better
• Glasses and cups: position
them as shown in load example
photo.
The cutlery baskets can be split up
by pulling out the handle and
removing the clip that keeps the two
parts joined together.
When you only have a little cutlery
to wash you can use just half the
basket, save space for other
crockery or place the other half in
the upper basket instead (see
figures A and B).
This basket is equipped with two
removable grids. Insert the cutlery
one by one into the slots, with the
handles at the bottom. Position them
so that they don’t touch.
In this specific model, the cutlery
basket is fitted with two detachable
side compartments, as shown in
figure A1, which can be hooked on
either the upper or lower basket as
required.
What goes into the upper
basket?
Place delicate and lightweight
dishes in the upper basket:
glasses, tea cups and coffee cups,
saucers and plates - shallow salad
bowls, slightly dirty frying pans and
shallow pans.
Position lightweight dishes in such
as way as to avoid their being
moved by the spray of water.
The dishwasher can also be
equipped with one or two tip up
compartments onto which you can
place mugs and cups, as well as
long sharp knives and serving
cutlery.
After loading the dishes, remember
to check that the spray arms can
turn freely without hitting against any
dishes.
How to adjust the upper
basket.
The upper basket can be set in high
or low position to enable you to
organise your dishes effortlessly.
Load examples
upper basket lower basket
There are two handles on the
sides of the upper basket, use
these to adjust its height (see
fig.C).
What can I Wash
Items not suitable for the dishwasher:
• Cutlery and tableware made from wood or part wood - They may become faded and unsightly in appearance.
• Avoid washing horn handled and bronze cutlery in the machine.
• Delicate/decorative glassware and vases, special antique or irreplaceable china - the decorative patterns
printed on these items will not be dishwasher proof.
• Plastic objects that are not resistant to hot water.
• Copper and Pewter utensils. Aluminium and Sliver objects.
• Some types of glass can become opaque in appearance after they have been washed too many times in a
dishwasher.
• Highly absorbent materials such as sponges and towels should never be placed in a dishwasher.
• If in any doubt, check with the manufacturer on items suitability for dishwasher’s.
WARNING: Dishes or cutlery soiled with tobacco ash, wax, lubricating grease or paint should not be put
in the dishwasher.
Our recommendation: In future, only purchase table or kitchenware that has been confirmed - dishwasher proof.
Where to put the different parts of the cutlery basket:
A1
A
B
Fig.C
A1