GE Dishwasher Use And Care Manual page 5

How to prepare the
dishes for washing.
If your detergent gets old or
lumpy, throw it away. It won't
wash well. Old detergent loses its
power. Lumpy detergent often
won't dissolve.
You'll find two detergent
dispensers on the inside door of
your dishwasher. Two, because
some cycles use two washes.
OPEN CUP
See "Detergent Usage
Guide"
below. (Be sure the Cycle Indicator
Dial is at OFF position bekve adding
detergent. Otherwise, the detergent
cup lid will not close and latch
properly)
GRASP HANDLE,
ROTATE
AND CLOSE
TIGHTLY
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If this is your first dishwashe~ or if
you're replacing a much older
model, you may wonder how much
pre-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:
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 pulver-
izes soft food bits and flushes
them away. It can handle sma//
amounts of soft foods, but large
amounts of food as soft as
mashed potatoes or applesauce
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 hard. Dishes with dried-on
soil are more difficult to wash and
may not come clean in the Normal
Cycle. Remember to use your
Rinse & Hold or 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 (on models so equipped)
less preparation is required before
loading. The Potscrubber cycle can
wash heavi Iy-soiled dishes and
remove dried-on and baked-on
soi Is from pots, pans and casse-
roles. Items with burned-on soils
will not come clean. And the
dishwasher cannot remove burn
marks or restore fading caused by
overheating during cooking.
Always close the main cup tightl~
When it is firmly latched, you will
hear a clicking sound. It is not
necessary to overtighten.
NOTE: Detergent cup may be
opened manually with no harm.
Turn handle counterclockwise until
it releases. A snapping sound is
normal when it opens.
Detergent Usage Guide
SOFT WATER MEDIUM WATER HARD WATER
(O-3grains hardness)
(3-7 grains)
(7.-12 grains")
CYCLES Main Cup I Open Cup Main Cup I Open Cup Main Cup$
I Open Cup*
POTWRUBBER and 1 Tablespoon ~ 1 Tablespoon
Half Full ~ Half Full g:lnpletely
NORMAL
~CkX
minimum
J G3npletely
minimum
SHORT cycle 1 Tablespoon None
Half Full None Completely None
minimum
I
I
I
Full -
I
RIRISE & HOLD or
RINSE ONLY cycles
Use no detergent Use no detergent Use no detergent
*12
grains and up is extremely hard wate~ 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.
*Fi//ed Main Cup holds 3 tablespoons; Filled Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons.