How To Use Your Washer; Determine Proper Cycle; To Wash Clothes - Amana LW4302*1 Use And Care Manual

How To Use Your Washer...
Operation Instructions
- A WARNING
To reduce the risk of fire,
electric shock, serious
injury or death, read the
IMPORTANT SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS, Pages 2
and 3, before operating the
washer.
Determine Proper
Cycle
Regular
Use for sturdy items, like play or
work clothes, towels, T-shirts, etc.
The wash time selection will
depend on the type of fabric and
the amount of soil. For the best
results when cleaning heavily
soiled items, use a longer wash
time (15 minutes maximum).
Lightly soiled items require less
wash time.
Permanent Press/Knits
Use for permanent press items
and synthetics. The wash time
selection will depend upon the
type of fabric and amount of soil.
The PERMANENT PRESS/KNITS
cycle automatically cools the
temperature of the fibers before
the spin. After wash the agitation
stops, the washtub spins slowly,
partially drains and then stops.
Cold water will then be
automatically added to the
washtub until the proper water
level is reached. This happens
one or two times, depending on
the size of the load and type of
drain connection. When the
COOL DOWN is complete, the
washer will pause for
approximately one minute before
continuing the cycle.
Soak/Prewash 1.
Use for heavily soiled or stained
clothing. Turn timer knob to the
beginning of the SOAK!
PREWASH cycle. Pull timer knob
out to start the water fill. Add
detergent to the washtub, then 2.
place the load into the tub. Close
lid. After fill is completed, agitation
will begin. This cycle has alternate
periods of agitation and soaking. 3.
After the soak/agitation period is
over the washer will go into a spin
cycle and then shut off. Do not
leave clothes sit in washer 4.
overnight. After spin, select
appropriate cycle and pull timer
knob out to start water fill. Once
the water mixes with the clothes,
add detergent.
Delicate
Wash delicate items usually
washed by hand on this cycle. A
full tub of warm water is
recommended (even for small
loads) to allow the delicate items
to move freely through the water.
More water helps reduce fabric
wear, wrinkling, and provides for a
clean wash.
The wash portion of this cycle
alternates between short periods
of agitation and longer periods of
soaking. Cycle includes a cold
water rinse.
To Wash Clothes
IMPORTANT: Before using your
new washer, make sure the
washer cord is plugged into a
!20 Volt electrical outlet that has
the proper grounding and polarity.
Make sure the washer hoses are
connected to the hot and cold
water faucets, and that the
faucets are turned on. Be sure the
drain hose is not kinked and is
inserted into a drain. See the
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
for details of proper washer
installation.
Get the clothes ready for
washing. Empty pockets and
cuffs. Sort items into separate
loads. Pretreat stains and
heavily soiled areas.
Measure and add detergent to
the washtub, after the water
level has exceeded two inches.
Add clothes loosely into the
washtub. The bulk of the
clothes rather than the weight
will determine load size.
Close the loading door. The
washer will not agitate or spin
with the loading door open.
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of
serious injury, do not by-
pass the loading door
switch by permitting the
washer to agitate or spin
with the loading door open.
Do not use washer if it does
not stop when loading door
is open or starts without
pulling the timer knob out.
5, Set WASH/RINSE
temperatures.
TEMPERATURE
WARM WARM
WARM COLD
HOT
COLD
COLD
COLD
WASH
RINSE
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