Good Dishwashing Starts With Hot Water; How To Choose And Use - Hotpoint Dishwasher Use And Care Manual

Good dishwashing
starts with HOT water.
To get dishes clean and dry you
need hot water. To help you get
water of the proper temperature,
your Hotpoint dishwasher auto-
matically senses the temperature
of the water in the wash cycle and
heats it, if necessary, to the proper
temperature. For good washing
and drying, the entering water
must be at least 120°F. To prevent
should not exceed 150°F
Check your water temperature
with a candy or meat thermome.
nearest the dishwasher. Put the
thermometer in a glass and let the
water fill the glass until the tem-
perature stops rising. If the water
temperature is below 120°E adjust
your water heater.
Helpful hints: If outside tempera-
tures are unusually low or if your
water travels a long distance from
heater to dishwasher you may
need to set your heater's thermo-
stat up. If you have not used hot
water for some time, the water in
the pipes will be cold. Turn on the
hot water faucet at the sink and
allow it to run until the water is
hot. Then start the dishwasher. If
you've recently done laundry or run
hot water for showers, give your
water heater time to recover before
operating the dishwasher.
You can help prevent
spotting with a rinse
agent.
A rinse agent makes water flow off
dishes quicker than usual. This
lessens water spotting. Makes
drying faster, too.
Rinse agents come in either liquid
or solid form. Your dishwasher's
dispenser (on models so equipped)
uses the liquid form.
dispenser. Unscrew the cap.
Add the liquid rinse agent until
it just reaches the bottom of the
lip inside the dispenser opening.
Replace the cap. The dispenser
automatically releases the rinse
agent into the final rinse water.
If you accidentally spill: Wipe up
the rinse agent with a damp cloth.
Don't leave the spill in the dish-
washer. It can keep your detergent
from working.
If you can7t find any rinse agent,
write:
ECONOMICS LABORATORY INC.
("JET DRY")
Your dishwasher's rinse agent
container holds 41\2 ounces. This
should last about 3 months. Fill as
needed.
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How to choose and use

detergent.
First, use only detergent
specifically made for use in
dishwashers. Other types will
cause oversudsing.
Second, check the phosphate
content. Phosphate helps prevent
hard-water materials from forming
spots or film on your dishes. If
your water is hard (10 grains or
more), your detergent has to work
harder. Detergents with a higher
phosphate level will probably work
better. If the phosphate content is
low (8.7V0 or less), you'll have to
use extra detergent with hard
water.
Your water department can tell
you how hard your water is. So
can your rural county agent. Or
your area's water softener com-
pany. Just call and ask them how
many "grains" of hardness is in
your water.
How much detergent should you
use? That depends. Is your water
"hard" or "soft?" With hard water, ~
you need extra detergent to get
dishes clean. With soft water, you
need less detergent.
Too much detergent with soft
water not only wastes money, it
can be harmful. It can cause a
permanent cloudiness of glass-
ware, 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 detergent into
the dispenser until you're ready to
wash dishes, either. (It won't be
fresh OR dry.)