How To Load Your Washer - GE WA8879R Use And Care Manual

This illustration, with clothes just
reaching the Clothes Retaining
Ring, shows a proper load. Clothes
have ample room to move because
they are not packed down, nor
wrapped around the agitator.
Clothes are loaded dry since wet
items are likely to pack down which
encourages overloading. This size
load requires a full water fill.
What is the best size load of
clothes—large, medium, or
small? Save time, energy and
detergent by avoiding extra use of
the washer. Try to wash a full load
of clothes. If you can it is better to
save clothes until you have a full
load. If you must wash smaller
loads, save water, energy and
detergent by adjusting the water
level for the size of the load. See
Operating Instructions.
To Add Items After the Washer Has Started
Turn off the washer.
Carefully remove the
Add any additional articles by
submerging them next to the
agitator.
Replace the Filter-Flo pan
and restart the washer.
Special Recommendations for Washing Permanent Press If You Do Not Have a Dryer
If you are machine-washing Permanent Press clothes
that you plan to line dry or drip-dry, use extra care to
minimize wrinkling in the wash process:
Be careful not to overload washer. Permanent Press
clothes must have ample room to move freelv. A
Medium size Perman~nt Press load is the lar~est that
should be washed.
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HOW TO LOAD YOUR WASHER

NOTE: When washing stockings,
panty hose and other easily tangled
items, always handle separately. To
minimize tangling, we recommend
the use of a net laundry bag.
Load clothes dry.
Take a properly sorted group
of clothes and drop them loosely
in the wash basket in this order:
not wrap around the agitator.
washcloths.
Use more water than you would for a regular load.
Use a Medium Water Level for a Small Load; an
Extra Large Water Level for a Medium Load.
Remove clothes DromDtlv as soon as washer stoDs
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and hang immediately.
To minimize wrinkling, use the Normal/Gentle or
Gentle/Gentle Wash/Spin Speed. See Operating
Instructions.
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