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Use and Care Manual
Built-In Dishwasher
Models EDWH24S and IDWH24
®
Style varies. Model EDWH24S with Epicure style handle shown.
Table of Contents
Important Safety Instructions ............................1
Getting to Know Your Dishwasher ....................3
Loading Your Dishwasher ...............................4
Operating Your Dishwasher ...........................8
Care and Cleaning .....................................12
Before You Call for Service ..........................16
Warranty
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Important Safety Instructions Installer: Leave these instructions with the appliance. About Safety Instructions Consumer: Read this use and care manual completely before using this appliance. Save it for The Important Safety Instructions and warnings future reference. It contains important use and care in this manual are not meant to cover all possible information. Keep your sales receipt or canceled problems and situations that can occur. Use common check. Proof of original purchase date
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Important Safety Instructions General Safety Precautions WARNING - To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, serious injury or death when using your appliance, follow basic safety precautions, including the following: warning warning • Read all instructions before using the • Do not operate the dishwasher unless all dishwasher. Use the dishwasher only for its enclosure panels (guard plate, access panel, intended purpose (to wash dishes, flatware, toe kick etc.) are in place. pots and pans
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Getting to Know Your Dishwasher Top rack Top spray arm Silverware basket Dish washing compartment Bottom rack Bottom spray arm Detergent dispenser Filter system (under bottom rack) Main power switch Toe kick Door switch Rinse agent dispenser Control panel Dish Washing Compartment (shown with door open) CYCLE Dry cycle button and START/STOP button button indicator light Wash temperature Cycle START/END Cycle indicator lights button and indicator light indicator lights Control Panel on To
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Loading Your Dishwasher warning • Place sharp objects in the silverware basket or knives in the knife stand (see page 6). If it is not possible to load sharp objects in the silverware basket, load them with the sharp end toward the back of the dishwasher. Locate these items where they will not damage the door seal or cause personal injury. • When loading the silverware basket, insert all sharp or pointed objects with the handles up. caution Do not wash plastic items unless they are m
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Loading Your Dishwasher Loading the Silverware Basket important • To prevent damage, do not load utensils and silverware made of different materials (for example silver and stainless steel) in the same compartment of the silverware basket. • For best results: ◊ Do not nest utensils in the silverware basket. X ◊ Load silverware with the handles down. Covered Compartment Pull up on tab in center, Silverware slots in top then fold down (see note) To prevent small, light items from falling ou
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Loading Your Dishwasher Loading the Racks Do not block spray arms! caution • Always place large or heavy items (such as pots, pans and large dishware) in the bottom rack. • To avoid damage to the racks, do not let sharp edges come into contact with them. • To minimize breakage and chipping, do not allow fragile items to touch each other. important X • The spray arms must spin freely. Do not allow X items sticking out of the racks to block them. • Do not load cookie sheets and large platt
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Loading Your Dishwasher • Place glasses, cups, bowls, small plates and saucers in the top rack. Hang wine glasses from the wine glass shelf or lean them against it. Place long knives in the knife stand. • Scrape off leftover food items and non-food items, like toothpicks and napkins, before loading. It is not necessary to rinse the dishes under running water. • Do not stack dishes, glasses or pots and pans. Stacking will prevent water from getting to soiled surfaces. • Load all items so
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Operating Your Dishwasher • Water hardness is measured in grains per Filling the Detergent Dispenser gallon (gpg). Contact your water company for the water hardness in your area. 12 gpg and higher is extremely hard water and detergent caution alone may not be enough. You may need to use a water softener to maximize the dishwasher • Do not use hand dish washing detergents. performance at a water hardness above 12 They will create excessive foaming that gpg. Also, in areas with 9 gpg an
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1 1 2 2 M M 3 3 Operating Your Dishwasher 2. Carefully pour the rinse agent into the filler hole Filling the Rinse Agent until the rinse agent level is even with the top of the hole. Do not overfill. Dispenser important • Rinse agent is important to the drying process of the dishware. It also reduces spotting. Dacor recommends that you keep the rinse agent dispenser full at all times. However, some customers with soft water may not need rinse agent. If you have soft water, your dishes
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Operating Your Dishwasher Saving on Water and Energy Costs Starting Your Dishwasher • To save energy, wait to run the wash cycle until the dishwasher is full. important • Use the normal temperature and/or dry setting. If the dishwasher drain line is connected to For best results after the normal dry cycle, leave the door open slightly after the end of the cycle. a garbage disposal, run the disposal before operating the dishwasher for proper drainage. • If the dishes are only lightly soiled
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Operating Your Dishwasher Wash Cycles DAILY: Use for dishes that are washed on a daily basis. This cycle can also deal with dried food, though the short pre-washes are not designed for dishes with burned on food. HEAVY: Use for heavily soiled dishes like pots, pans, casserole dishes, etc. Additional smaller items may be added after the larger items, if there is still space, to conserve water and energy. NORMAL: Use for normally soiled plates, glasses, bowls, serving dishes and lightly soiled
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Care and Cleaning warning Cleaning the Interior Clean only those parts of the dishwasher • The dish washing compartment of your Dacor listed in this manual. Clean them only in the dishwasher is constructed of high quality manner instructed. Use only the cleaning stainless steel. It remains clean during normal solutions specified in this manual to clean the use. However, if you have hard water, deposits dishwasher. Other cleaning solutions could may form in the machine. To remove hard
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Care and Cleaning Cleaning the Strainer Basket 4. Pull the strainer basket and the attached tubular filter up and out. 1. Lift the strainer basket straight up by the handle. 2. Rinse it out under running water in the sink. Replace it by pressing it firmly into the hole in the center of the filter assembly. The handle goes toward the front of the dishwasher. 5. Pull the strainer basket free from the tubular filter. Cleaning the Entire Filter System warning To avoid an electric chock hazard,
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Care and Cleaning 11. Center the fine particle filter over the hole in the Cleaning the Filter System bottom of the dishwasher. (Continued) 8. Remove the drain outlet cover located to the left of the drain bottom (see the diagram below). To remove it, grasp it and pull it to the right, out of the hole. 12. Re-attach the strainer basket to the tubular filter. 13. Insert the tubular filter assembly into the hole with the handle Drain outlet pointing toward the front of the cover dishw
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Care and Cleaning 5. To release the top spray arm, first remove the Cleaning the Spray Arms top rack. Pull the top rack out until it stops. Turn The holes and bearings on the spray arms can both rack stops outwards on the rack mounting sometimes become blocked. Clean them as follows rails (see diagram). Pull the rack toward you to to restore proper operation. remove it. 1. Open the door and remove the bottom rack. 2. Pull the bottom spray arm straight up to release it. Rack stop 6. Remov
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Before You Call for Service Problem Solution Guide Before you call for service, please review the Problem Solution Guide below. Problem May Be Caused By What to Do Flashing lights on HEAVY, NORMAL, LIGHT, Call for service. control panel QUICK and RINSE lights flashing: Too much water in dishwasher LIGHT light flashing: Water Make sure water valve is turned on. Make sure inlet problem water supply line to dishwasher is not kinked. QUICK light flashing: Valve Shut off water supply valve and ca
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Before You Call for Service Problem May Be Caused By What to Do Unusual noise Improper loading Utensils may not be secure or something small may have dropped from the rack. Water may cause utensils to rattle. Make sure dishware is secure. Spray arms not rotating Make sure that both spray arms rotate freely. Make properly sure that items do not obstruct movement of spray arms. If necessary, clear any obstructions. Make sure holes in spray arms are not blocked. If necessary, clean spray arms
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Before You Call for Service Problem Solution Guide (Continued) Problem May Be Caused By What to Do Dishes not dry (cont.) Improper loading or Do not overload or nest items. Make sure dishwasher unloading is loaded according to instructions starting on page 4. Larger loads tend to dry better. Dry cycle interrupted Door opened too soon. Make sure dry portion of cycle is complete before opening door. Chipping or breaking Improper loading Do not overload. Load between rack prongs, not of glassw
