Hotpoint Dishwasher - Manual (Page 5)

What you can
leave on dishes.
And what you
‘f your detergent gets old or
throw it away. It won’t If this is your first dishwasher, or if
wash well. Old detergent loses its you’re replacing a much older
power. Lumpy detergent often model, you may wonder how much
won’t dissolve. pre-preparation your dishes need.
Actually very little. Pre-rinsing of
You’ll find two detergent normal food soils is not necessary.
on the inside door of With common sense and a little
your dishwasher. Two, because
some cycles use two washes.
See “Detergent Guide”
practice you’ll soon know what
foods to remove. Here are some
guidelines:
1. Scrape off bones, seeds, skins,
toothpicks and other hard solids. It
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
in soft food disposer that
below, (Be the Indicator
soft food bits and flushes
Dial is at OFF position before
them away. It can handle
adding detergent.)
amounts of soft foods, but large
amounts of food as soft as
mashed potatoes or applesauce
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
Cycle. Remember to use your
Rinse 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 also want to consider
removing foods such as mustard,
mayonnaise, vinegar, lemon juice
and other foods that can cause
discoloration of stainless steel if
allowed to remain on dishes for a
long period of time.
When using the POWER SCRUB
cycle (on models so equipped)
less preparation is required before
loading. The Power Scrub cycle
can wash heavily-soiled dishes and
remove dried-on and baked-on
soils from pots, pans and casse-
roles. Items with burned-on soils
will not come clean. And the
dishwasher cannot remove burn
marks or restore fading caused by
overheating during cooking.
Close the main cup.
NOTE: Detergent cup may be
opened manually with no harm.
Detergent Usage Guide
WATER MEDIUM WATER HARD WATER
(O-3
grains hardness) (4-9 grains) grains*)
CYCLES
Main Cup Open Cup Main Cup Open Cup Main Open
Power Scrub and 1 Tablespoon 1 Tablespoon
Half Full Half Full Completely
Normal cycles minimum minimum Full
Delicate and 1 Tablespoon None Half Full None None
Light Wash cycles minimum
Rinse Hold cycle Use no detergent Use no detergent Use detergent
● 15 grains and up is extremely hard water. A water softener is recommended. Without it,
can build up in the water valve. 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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