GE GSC452 Use And Care Manual page 7

You'llfind two detergent
dispensers on the inside door of
your dishwasher. Two, because
some cycles use two washes.
See "Detergent Usage Guide"
below. (Be sure the Cycle Indicator
Dial is at OFFposition before
adding detergent. Otherwise, the
detergent cup will not close and
latch properly. )
Close the main cup.
NOTE: Detergent cup may be
opened manualiy with no harm.
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.
Whh 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, leafj
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.
Deteqjent Usage Guide (powder or liquid)
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
WASHcycle. Remember to use
your RINSE ONLY 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 POTSCRUBBER
cycle less preparation is required
beforeloading. The P(XSCRUBBER
cycle can wash heavily-soiled
dishes and remove dried-on and
baked-on soils from pots, pans and
casseroles. Items with burned-on
soiis will not come clean. And the
dishwasher cannot remove burn
marks or restore fading caused by
overheating during cooking.
SOFT WATER
MEDIUM WATER HARD WATER
(O-3 grains hardness)
(3-7 grains) (7-12 grains*)
CYCLES Main Cup
Open Cup
Main Cup Open Cup Main Cup$
Open Cup*
P~SCRUBBER 1 Tablespoon
1 Tablespoon Half Full Half Full ~:l~pletely Completely
and NORMAL WASH minimum
+ minimum + Full
cycles
+
LIGHT WASH cycle
1 Tablespoon
None
Half Full
None
Completely None
minimum
Full
RINSE ONLY cycle Use
no detergent Useno detergent Useno 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 holds 3 tablespoons; Filled Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons.