Good
dishwashing
starts
with HOT water.
To get dishes clean and dry, you
need hot water. To help you get
water of the proper temperature,
your dishwasher automatically
heats the water in the wash cycle.
For good washing and drying, the
entering water must be at least
120°F.
To prevent dish damage,
inlet water should not exceed
150°F.
How to test water temperature:
Higher water temperature is
needed to dissolve grease and
activate powder detergents.
Check you water temperature with
a candy or meat thermometer. Turn
on the hot water faucet nearest the
dishwasher. Put the thermometer in
a glass and let the water run
continuously into the glass until
the temperature stops rising. If the
water temperature is below
120°F.,
adiust
your water heater.
How to use a rinse agent...
A rinse agent makes water flow off
dishes quicker than
usual.
This
lessens water spotting and makes
drying faster, too.
For best
dishwashing
performance,
use of a rinse agent such as JET-
DRY brand is recommended.
Rinse agents come in either
liquid
or solid form. Your dishwasher
uses the
liquid
form.
How to fill the rinse agent
dispenser. Unscrew the cap. Add
the liquid rinse agent
until
it just
reaches the bottom of the lip inside
the dispenser opening. Replace the
cap. The dispenser automatically
releases the rinse agent into the
final rinse water.
If you accidentally spill: Wipe up
the rinse agent with a damp cloth.
Don’t leave the spill in the
dishwasher. It can keep your
detergent
from
working.
How to choose and use the
right detergent.
First, use only powder or liquid
detergent specifically made for
use in dishwashers. Other types
will
cause oversudsing.
Second, check the phosphate
content.
Phosphate helps prevent
hard-water materials from forming
spots or film on your dishes. If
your water is hard (7 grains or
more), your detergent has to work
harder. Detergents with a higher
phosphate level will probably work
better. If the phosphate content is
low (8.7% or less), you’ll have to
use extra detergent with hard water,
Your water department can tell
you how hard your water is. So
can your county extension agent
or your area’s water softener
company. Just call and ask them
how many “grains” of hardness is
in your water.
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Helpful hints:
If outside
If yo;”can’t find any rinse agent,
How much detergent should you
temperatures are unusually low, or if
write:
use?
That depends. 1s your water
your water travels a long distance
from water heater to dishwasher,
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you may need to set your water
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heater’s thermostat up. If you have
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not used hot water for some time,
the water in the
ui~es
will be cold.
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Turn on the hot
w;ter
faucet at the
sink and allow it to run until the
water is hot. Then start the
dishwasher. If you’ve recently done
laundry or run hot water for
showers, give your water heater
time to recover before operating the
dishwasher.
To improve washability if the
water is less than
120°F.
and you
cannot adjust your water heater:
Select a longer cycle and fill both
detergent cups at least half-full
with detergent.
“hard” or “soft’”? With hard water,
you need extra detergent to get
dishes clean. With soft water, you
need less detergent.
Too much detergent with soft water
not only wastes money, it can be
harmful. It can cause a permanent
cloudiness
of glassware, called
“etching.” An outside layer of
glass is etched away! But why take
a chance when it’s easy to find out
the hardness of your water.
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