Hotpoint HDA959M Use And Care Manual page 7

You'll find two detergent
dispensers on the inside door of
your dishwasher. Two, because
some cycles use two washes.
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See "Detergent Usage Guide"
Dial is at OFFposition before
adding detergent. Otherwise, the
detergent cup will not close and
latch properly, )
Close the main cup.
opened manually with no harm.
SOFT WATER
(O-3 grains hardness)
Main Cup
1 Tablespoon ~ 1 Tablespoon
NORMAL WASH cycles
minimum
LIGHT WASH cycle 1 Tablespoon
minimum
RINSE HOLD cycle
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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.
What you can
leave on dishes.
And what you shouldn't.
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.
With common sense and a little
practice you'll soon know what
foods to remove. Here are some
guidelines:
toothpicks and other hard solids. It
is also best to remove hard shelled
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vegetables, meat trimmings, leafy
vegetables and crusts. Remove
excessive quantities of oil or
grease.
2. Remove large quantities of any
food. Your dishwasher 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.
MEDIUM WATER
(3-7 grains)
Main Cup
Half Full
minimum
None Half Full
no detergent
Use
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
WASH cycle. Remember to use
your RINSE HOLD 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 fds
that can cause discoloration of
stainless steel if allowed to remain
on dishes for a long period of time.
When using the Pm& PANS
cycle, less preparation is required
before loading. The P~S & PANS
cycle can wash heavily-soiled
dishes. Items with burned-on and
baked-on soils may not come
clean. And the dishwasher cannot
remove burn marks or restore
fading caused by overheating
during cooking.
None
no detergent
Use
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HARD WATER
(7-12 grains*)
Main Cup~
Completely
Full Full
Completely
None
Full
no detergent
Use