Hotpoint HDA2600K - Manual (Page 13)

Keep your detergent fresh and
dry.
Under the sink isn’t a good
place to store detergent. Too much
moisture. Don’t put powder
detergent into the dispenser until
you’re ready to wash dishes, either.
(It won’t be fresh OR
dry.)
If your powder detergent gets old
or lumpy, throw it away.
It won’t
wash well. Old detergent
won’t dissolve.
If you use a liquid dishwasher
detergent, these precautions are not
necessary because liquid detergents
don’t “lump” as they age or come
in contact with water.
You’ll find two detergent
dispensers on the inside door of
your dishwasher.
Two, because
some cycles use two washes.
See “Detergent Usage Guide”
below.
Always close the main cup tightly.
it latched you will
hear a clicking sound. It is not
necessary to
Detergent cup maybe
opened manually with no harm.
Turn handle counterclockwise until
it A snapping sound is
normal when it opens.
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 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
or
grease.
2. Remove large quantities of any
food. Your dishwasher has a built-in
soft food disposer that pulverizes
soft food bits and flushes them away.
It can handle
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 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
if allowed to
remain on dishes for a long period
of time.
When using the PANS
cycle, less preparation is required
before loading. The
& PANS
can wash heavily-soiled
dishes and remove dried-on and
baked-on soils from pots, pans and
casseroles. Items with burned-on
may not come clean. And the
dishwasher cannot remove burn
marks or restore fading caused
by overheating during cooking.
Usage Guide (powder or liquid)
SOFT WATER MEDIUM WATER HARD WATER
(O-3 grains hardness) (3-7 grains) (7-12 grains*)
CYCLES Main Cup Open Cup Main Cup Open Cup Main Open
POTS & PANS and 1 Tablespoon Tablespoon Full
NORMAL WASH cycles
Half Full Completely + Completely
minimum minimum Full Full
CHINA-CRYSTAL and 1 Tablespoon None
SHORT WASH cycles
Half Full None Completely None
minimum Full
RINSE & HOLD cycle Use no detergent Use 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 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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