Bosch SHU 3030 - Manual (Page 6)

LOADING
LOADING THE TOP RACK
The top rack is designed for glasses, cups, plates, bowls
and saucers. Glasses, cups, plates, bowls, saucers and
small pots may be loaded in many different positions to
fit your needs. Figure 3, shows a typical mixed load for
an upper rack washing load.
The dishwasher should be loaded so that water can
circulate freely and reach every part of every item that is
to be cleaned:
• Cups, glasses and containers should be placed in upper
rack upside down so that water drains off of them and
does not collect in them. Tall narrow vessels, such as a
vase or tall glass, should be placed in the lower rack,
near the middle, for the best cleaning result.
China, crystal and other delicate items must be placed
so that they do not touch each other during dishwasher
operation. Chipping or other damage may occur if
items can touch each other while the dishwasher is
running.
Large serving spoons and forks, spatulas, tongs and
large knives can be placed in the top rack. Be sure to
space these large utensils so that water may flow
freely over them and so that water does not collect in
them; - - - serving spoons and ladles should be placed
facing downward so as not to collect water.
• At completion of loading of the upper rack check to
make sure that nothing is protruding through or
hanging beneath the bottom of the rack, which could
block the rotation of the spray arm.
Figure 4.
LOADING THE LOWER RACK
•
Large and/or heavily soiled items should be placed in
the lower rack of the dishwasher. Heavily soiled pots
and pans should be placed face down. See figure 4.
• Silverware should be mixed when placed in the
silverware basket. The purpose of mixing the
silverware is to avoid having them nest together. For
example, if spoons were placed side by side in the bas­
ket, they might ‘nest together’. If this happened, then
the water would not properly circulate across the
spoons to clean the surfaces.
• Silverware should be placed in the silverware basket
with the handles down, with the exception of the
knives, which in order to avoid accidentally cutting
oneself, should be placed with the handles up.
If you do inadvertently load the silverware basket with
the knife blades up it is recommended, to avoid cutting
yourself when unloading, that you remove the silverware
basket from the dishwasher and tip the contents out onto
a cutting board.