GE Monogram ZBD3000 - Manual (Page 14)

INSTRUCTIONS
(continued)
How to choose and use the right detergent. (continued)
Too much detergent with soft water not only wastes
You’ll find two detergent
money, it can be harmful. It can cause a permanent
dispensers on the inside OPEN
cloudiness of glassware, called “etching.” An outside
door of your dishwasher.
CUP
layer of glass is etched away! Of course, this takes
Two, because some cycles
some time. But why take a chance when it’s easy to
—
find out the hardness of your water?
use two washes.
See “Detergent
@ ~ .
your detergent fresh and dry. Under Guide” below.
the isn’t a place to store detergent.
Too much moisture. Don’t put powder detergent
Always close the main cup
tightly. When it is firmly
into the dispenser until you’re ready to wash dishes,
latched you will hear a
either. (It won’t be fresh OR dry).
clicking sound. It is not
If your powder detergent gets old or lumpy, throw
necessary to
away. Old detergent often won’t dissolve. If you use
a liquid dishwasher detergent, these precautions are not
necessary because liquid detergents don’t “lump” as
GRASP HANDLE, ROTATE
AND CLOSE TIGHTLY
they age or come in contact with water.
Detergent Usage Guide (powder of liquid)
SOFT WATER MEDIUM WATER HARD WATER
(O-3 grains hardness) (3-7 grains) (7-12 grains*)
CYCLES Main Cup Open Cup Main Cup Open Cup Main Open
Half Full Half Full Completely Half Full Completely Completely
NORMAL WASH Full Full
SHORT WASH Half Full None Half Full None Completely None
CHINA CRYSTAL Full
RINSE & HOLD Use no detergent Use no detergent Use no detergent
*12 grains and up is extremely hard water. A water softener is recommended. Without it, Filled Main Cup holds 3 tablespoons;
lime can build up in the water The water valve may stick while open and cause flooding. Filled Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons.
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.
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
pulverizes soft food bits and flushes them away.
It can
small amounts of 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 hard. Dishes with dried-on
are more
difficult to wash and may not come clean in the
NORMAL WASH
Remember to use your
RINSE & HOLD for small “holding” loads.
NOTE: The foods mentioned are examples only. Other
foods not mentioned may also need to be removed from
your dishes. You may
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.
When using the cycle, less
preparation is required before loading. The
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
and the dishwasher cannot
remove burn marks or restore fading caused by
overheating during cooking.
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