Hotpoint HDA2000M - Manual (Page 11)

Too much detergent with soft water
not only wastes money, it can be
harmful. It can cause a permanent
cloudiness of glassware, called
“etching.” An outside layer of glass
is etched away! Of course, this
takes some time. But why take a
chance when it’s easy to find out
the hardness of your water.
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 old
or lumpy, throw it away. It won’t
wash well. Old detergent often
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.
GRASP HANDLE,
ROTATE
AND CLOSE
TIGHTLY
Always close the cup tightly.
it is latched will
not
to
Detergent cup maybe
opened with no harm.
Turn handle counterclockwise until
it releases. A snapping sound is
when it opens.
How to prepare
the dishes for
If this is your first dishwasher, or
if you’re replacing a much older
model, you may wonder how much
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 oil 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 of
soft foods, but large amounts of
food 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 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 PANS
cycle, less preparation is required
before loading. The
& PANS
cycle can wash heavily-soiled
dishes and remove dried-on and
baked-on soils from
pans and
casseroles. Items with burned-on
soils may not come clean. And the
dishwasher cannot remove burn
marks or restore fading caused
by overheating during cooking.
See “Detergent Usage Guide”
below.
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
PANS and 1 Tablespoon 1 Tablespoon Half
NORMAL WASH
Completely
minimum minimum
Completely
Full
CHINA-CRYSTAL and 1 Tablespoon None
LIGHT WASH cycles
Full None Completely None
minimum
—
& HOLD 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 valve. The water valve may stick while open and cause flooding.
*Filled Main Cup
3 tablespoons; Filled Open Cup 2 tablespoons.
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