How To Prepare The Dishes For Washing; Detergent Usage Guide - GE Spacemaker GSM603 Use And Care Manual

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'tbe fresh OR dry.)
If your powder detergent gets 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'llfind two detergent
dispensers on the inside door of
your dishwasher. There are two,
because some cyclesuse two washes.
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OPEN CUP
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See "Dete~ent UsageGuide''below.
(Besure the Cycle Ihdicator Dial
is at OFFposition before adding
deteqent. Otherwise, the detergent
cup lid will not close and latch
properly.)
Always close the main cup tightly.
When it isfirmly latched; yo; wi;ll
hear a clicking sound. Do not
overtighten.
AWE: Detergent cup maybe opened
munually with no ha-m. Turnhandle
counterclockwise until it releases.
A snapping sound is nornud 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
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 which
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, lea$
vegetables and crusts. Remove
excessive quantities of oil or
grease.
2. Remove large quantities of any
food. Yourdishwasher has a built-in
soft food disposer that pulverizes
soft food bits and flushes them away.
It can handle small amounts of
soft foods, but large amounts will
be difficult to handle.
3. Try to remove food scraps and
place dishes in dishwasher before
soils have a chance to dry and
become hard. Dishes with dried-on
soils are more difficult to wash and
may not come clean in the
NORMAL WASHcycle. Remember
to use your RINSE ONLY cycle for
small "holding" loads.
Note: The foods mentioned above
are only examples of the foods that
may need to be removed from your
dishes. Youmay 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 along period of time.
When using the P(Y13CIUJBBER
cycle, less preparation is required
beforeloading. The POI'SCRUBBER
cycle can wash heavily-soiled
dishes and remove dried-on and
baked-on soils from pots, pans and
casseroles. However, items with
burned-on soils may not come
clean, and the dishwasher cannot
remove burn marks or restore
fading caused by overheating
during cooking.
Detergent Usage Guide (powder or liquid)
SOFT WATER MEDIUM WATER
HARD WATER
(O-3grains hardness)
(3-7 grains)
(7-12grains*)
CYCLES
Main Cup$ Open Cup*
Main Cup~ I Open Cup*
Main Cup$ I Open Cup*
P(YI'SCRUBBERand
1 Tablespoon + 1 Tablespoon
Half Full : Half Full Completely
NORMAL WASH cycles minimum
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minimum
Full Full
LIGHT WASH cycle
1 Tablespoon None
Half Full
None (#~pletely None
minimum
RINSE ONLY cycle Use no detergent
Use no detergent
Use no detergent
*12grains and up is extremely hard water. A water softener is recommended. Without it,
~Filled Main Cup holds 3 tablespoons;
lime can build up in water valve. Water valve may stick while open and cause flooding.
Filled Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons.
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