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Toget dishes clean and dry you
need hot water. Tohelp you get
water of the proper temperature,
your General Electric dishwasher
automatically senses the temperat-
ure of the water in the wash cycle
and heats it, if necessary,to the
proper temperature. Forgood
washing and drying, the entering
water must be at least 120°ETo
prevent dishware damage inlet
water should not exceed 150”E
Check your water temperature
with a candy or meat thermome=
W. Turn on the hot water faucet
nearest the dishwasher. Put the
thermometer in a glass and let the
water fill the glass until the tem-
perature stops rising. if the water
temperature is below 120°Eadjust
yourwaterheater.
Helpful hints: If outside tempera-
tures are unusually low or if your
water travels a long distance from
heater to dishwasher you may
need to set your heater’s thermo-
stat up. If you have not used hot
water for some time, the water in
the pipes will be cold. Turnon the
hot water 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,
giveyour
waterheatertime
to recover before
operating the dishwasher.
Youcan helpprevent
spottingwitha Irhlse
agent.
A rinse agent makeswater flow off
dishes quicker than usual.This
lessens water spotting. Makes
drying faster, too.
Rinse agents come in either liquid
orsolidform.Yourdishwasher’s
dispenser (on models so equipped)
uses the liquid form.
Here’s how to fill the rinseagent
dispenser.Unscrewthecap.
Add the liquid rinse agent until
it just reaches the bottom of the
lip inside the dispenser opening.
Replace the cap. Thedispenser
automatically releasesthe rinse
agent into the final rinse water.
Hyou accidentally spill:Wipe up
the rinse agent with a damp cloth.
Don’t leavethe spill in the dish-
washer. It can keep your detergent
from working.
Uyou can’t find any rinse agent,
write:
ECONOMICS LABORATORYINC.
(“JET DRY”)
Osborn Building
St. Paul, Minnesota 55102
First,useonlydetergent
specificallymade foruse in
dishwashers.Othertypeswill
cause oversudsing.
Second, check the
phosphate
content.
Phosphate helps prevent
hard-watermaterials from forming
spots or film on your dishes. If
your water is hard (10grains or
more),your detergent has to work
harder.Detergentswith a higher
phosphate level will probably work
better. If the phosphate content is
low
(8.7?40or less),you’ll haveto
use extra detergent with hard
water.
If your water company says your
water is hard, try detergent with a
higher phosphate content.
Your water department can tell
you how hard yourwater is. So
can your rural county agent. Or
your area’s water softener com-
pany.Just call and askthem how
many “grains” of hardness is in
your-w~ter.
l-knv much detergent shouk! you
use?That depends. Is your water
“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 glass-
ware, called “etching.” An outside
layer of glass is etched away! Of
course, this takes some time. EM
why take a chance when it’s easy
to find out the hardness of your
Your dishwasher’s rinse agent
water.
container holds 4% ‘ounces.This
should last about 3 months. Fill as
Keep your detergent fresh and
needed.
dry. Under the sink
isn’t a good
placeto storedetergent.Toomuch
moisture.Don’tputdetergentinto
the dispenseruntil
you’re ready to
wash dishes, either. (It won’t be
fresh OR dry.)
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