GE GSD1130 Use And Care Manual

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You’ll find two detergent dispensers on the insidedoor of your dishwasher. Two, because some cyclesuse two washes.See “Detergent Usage Guide ’’below. ~P~~(Be sure the CYCLE INDICATORDIAL is at OFF position beforeadding detergent. Otherwise,the detergent cup will notclose and latch properly).$CUPL\~Q !MAINCUP~Close the main cup.Indicator Dial. This will help ROTATE ANDreduce the amount of detergent CLOSE TIGHTLYand rinse aid agent spillage into the tub.Detergent Usage Guide (powder or liquid)CYCLESPOTSCRUBBERNORMAL WASHLIGHT WASHI SOFT WATER I MEDIUM WATER I HARD WATERI (0-3 grains hardness) I (3-7 grains) I (7-12 grains*)Main Cup Open CupHalf Full + Half FullHalf Full NoneMain Cup Open CupCompletely + Half Full+Main Cup$ Open Cup*Completely ~ CompletelywI I IRINSE & 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 valve. The water valve may stick while open and cause flooding. Filled Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons.How to Prepare the Dishes for WashingIf this is your first dishwasher, or if you’re replacinga much older model, you may wonder how muchpreparation your dishes need. Actually very little.Prerinsing of normal food soils is not necessary.With common sense and a little practice you’ll soonknow what foods to remove. Here are some guidelines:1. Scrape off bones, seeds, skins, toothpicks and otherhard solids. It is also best to remove hard-shelledvegetables, meat trimmings, leafy vegetables andcrusts. Remove excessive quantities of oil or grease.2. Remove large quantities of any food. Yourdishwasher has a built-in soft food disposer thatpulverizes soft food bits and flushes them away.It can handle small amounts of soft foods, butlarge amounts will be difficult to handle.3. Try to remove food scraps and place dishes indishwasher before soil has a chance to dry andbecome hard. Dishes with dried-on soil are moredifficult to wash and may not come clean in thePOTSCRUBBER cycle. Remember to use yourRINSE & HOLD cycle for small “holding” loads.NOTE: The foods mentioned are examples only.Other foods not mentioned may also need to beremoved from your dishes. You may also want toconsider removing foods such as mustard, mayonnaise,vinegar, lemon juice and other foods that can causediscoloration of stainless steel if allowed to remainon dishes for a long period of time.When using the POTSCRUBBER cycle,less preparation is required before loading. ThePOTSCRUBBER cycle can wash heavily soiled dishesand remove dried-on and baked-on soils from pots, pansand casseroles. Items with burned-on soils may not comeclean, and the dishwasher cannot remove bum marks orrestore fading caused by overheating during cooking.7