Hotpoint HDA829 - Manual (Page 7)

You’ll find two detergent
dispensers on the inside door of
your dishwasher. There are two
because some cycles use two
washes. How to prepare the dishes
for washing
this is your dishwasher, or
you’re replacing much older
model, you may wonder how much
preparation your dishes need.
Actually very little. Pre-rinsing
normal
is not necessary.
With common a little
practice you’ll soon know what
foods to remove.
Here
guidelines:
1. bones, seeds, skins,
toothpicks other hard solids.
is also best to remove hard shelled
vegetables, meat trimmings,
and crusts. Remove
excessive quantities or grease.
2. Remove quantities of any
Your dishwasher built-in
food disposer that pulverizes
soft food bits flushes them
It amounts
soft but amounts
be to handle.
3. Try to remove scraps
place dishes in dishwasher
soil has a chance to dry and become
hard. Dishes with dried-on soil
more difficult to wash and
not
come clean in the NORMAL
WASH
Remember to use
your RINSE & HOLD cycle for
“holding” loads.
Note: The foods mentioned above
are examples only. Other foods not
mentioned may
need to be
removed from your dishes. You may
also want to consider removing
foods such as mustard, mayonnaise.
vinegar,
juice and other
that can cause discoloration of
stainless steel if
to remain
on dishes for a period time.
When using the POTS & PANS
cycle, less preparation is required
before loading. The
& PANS
cycle can wash heavily
dishes and remove dried-on and
baked-on
from pots, pans
casseroles. Items with burned-on
and baked-on soils may not come
clean, and the dishwasher
remove burn marks or restore
caused by overheating during cooking.
Detergent Usage Guide (powder or liquid)
SOFT WATER MEDIUM WATER HARD WATER
grains hardness) (3-7 grains) (7- 12 grains*)
CYCLES Main Open Open Cup:\
POTS & PANS Tablespoon I Tablespoon Half’ Completely Completely
and minimum
NORMAL WASH
+
minimum
+
Full Full
cycles
LIGHT WASH cycle Tablespoon None None Completely
minimum Full
HOLD cycle Use detergent Use no detergent Use detergent
is
build up in the The water i
Cup Filled Open holds