GE GSC580 Use And Care Manual page 9

You'll find 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
OFF position before adding
detergent. Otherwise, the
detergent cup will not close
and latch properly).
Detergent Usage Guide
(O-3 grains hardness)
CYCLES Main Cup
POTSCRUBBER Half Full
NORMAL WASH
LIGHT WASH Half Full
RINSE & HOLD
*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,
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.
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, 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.
3. 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
POTSCRUBBER cycle. Remember to use your
RINSE & HOLD cycle for small "holding" loads.
OPEN
4&
(powder or liquid)
Open Cup
I
None
Use no detergent
Close the main ~sup,
NOTE: To open the detergent
cup after it has been closed,
unlatch the door and rotate
the Cycle Indicator Dial a
full turn to the OFF position.
When the closed cup contains
soap it is best that the door be
in a partially open position
before rotating the Cycle
Indicator Dial. This will
help reduce the amount of
detergent and rinse aid agent spillage into the tub.
MEDIUM WATER
(3-7 grains)
Main Cup Open Cup
Completely ~ Half Full
Full
I
Half Full None
Use no detergent
NOTE: The foods mentioned are 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 before loading. The
POTSCRUBBER cycle can wash heavily soiled dishes
and remove dried-on and baked-on soils from pots,
pans and casseroles. Items with burned-on soils may
not come clean, and the dishwasher cannot remove
burn marks or restore fading caused by overheating
during cooking.
ROTATE AND
CLOSE TIGHTLY
HARD WATER
(7-12 grains*)
Main Cup~ Open Cup*
Completely ~ Completely
Full
Completely None
Full
Use no detergent
Filled Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons.
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