How To Prepare Dishes For Washing - Jenn-Air DU506 Repair Manual

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How to prepare
Note: The foods mentioned here
dispensers on the inside door of
the dishes for washing,
are for examples only. Other foods
your dishwasher. There are two, not mentioned may also need to be
because some cycles use two washes. If this is your first dishwasher, or removed from your dishes. You
if you're replacing a much older may also want to consider removing
_O model, you may wonder how much foods such as mustard, mayonnaise,
"" preparation your dishes need. vinegar, lemon juice andother foods
Actually very little. Pre-rinsing of that can cause discoloration of
OPEN normal food soils is not necessary, stainless steel if allowed to remain
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_ MAIN CUP
With common sense and a little on dishes for a long period of time.
Ok[._[_MAIN CUI__ practice, you'll soon know what
foods to remove. Here are some When using the SUPER SCRUB
guidelines: cycle, less preparation is required
before loading. The SUPER SCRUB
1. Scrape offbones, seeds, skins, cycle can wash heavily-soiled
toothpicks and other hard solids. It dishes and remove dried-on and
See "'DetergentUsage Guide" below, is also best to remove hard shelled baked-on soils from pots, pans and
(Be sure the Cycle Indicator Dial vegetables, meat trimmings, leafy casseroles. Items with burned-on
is at OFF position before adding vegetables and crusts. Remove soils may not come clean. And the
detergent. Otherwise, the detergent excessive quantities of oil or dishwasher cannot remove burn
cup lid will not close and latch
properly.) grease, marks or restorefading caused by
GRASP H ANDLE, /- -" 2. Remove large quantities of any overheating during cooking.
ROTATE
/ food. Yourdishwasher has a built-in
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soft food disposer that pulverizes
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soft food bits and flushes them away.
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soft foods, but large amounts will
be difficult to handle.
3. Try to remove food scraps and
place dishes in dishwasher before
soil has a chance to dry and become
Always close the main cup tightly, hard. Dishes with dried-on soil are
When it is firmly latched, you will more difficult to wash and may
hear a clicking sound. Do not not come clean in the NORMAL
overtighten. WASH cycle. Remember to use
your RINSE & HOLD cycle for
NOTE: Detergent cup may be opened small "holding" loads.
manually with no harm. Turn handle
counterclockwise until it releases.
A snapping sound is normal when
it opens.
Detergent Usage Guide
SOFTWATER MEDIUM WATER HARDWATER
(0-3grains hardness) (3-7grains) (7-12 grains*)
CYCLES MainCup* OpenCup* MainCup* | OpenCup* MainCup* OpenCup*
SUPER SCRUB and 1Tablespoon . 1Tablespoon HalfFull 4.1 HalfFull Completely . Completely
NORMAL WASH cycles minimum minimum I Full Full
LIGHT WASH and 1Tablespoon None HalfFull None Completely None
SHORT WASH cycle minimum Full
RINSE &HOLDcycle Usenodetergent Useno detergent Usenodetergent
"12 grains andupisextremely h ard water. A water softener is recommended. Without i t,
limecanbuildupinwatervalve. W ater v alvemaystickwhileopenand causeflooding.
_'.Filled MainCupholds3 tablespoons. FilledOpen Cupholds2 tablespoons.