GE GSD970 User Manual

You’ll find two detergent dispensers on the inside
Close the main cup.
door of your dishwasher. Two, because some cycles
NOTE: To open detergent cup after it has
use two washes.
been closed, unlalch the
the Cycle Indicator Dial
to the OFF position.
When the closed cup
contains soap it is
best that the door
be in a partially
open position before
NDLE,
rotating the Cycle Indicator
ROTATE AND
Dial. This will help reduce the amount cLosE “GHTLY
of detergent and rinse aid agent spillage into the tub.
Detergent Usage Guide (powder or liquid)
CYCLES
POTSCRUBBER
NORMAL WASH
LIGHT WASH
RINSE & HOLD
SO~ WATER
MEDIUM WATER HARD WATER
(O-3 grains hardness) (3-7 grains)
(7- 12 grains*)
Main Cup
Open Cup
Main Cup
Open Cup
Main
Cup*
Open Cup$
Half Full + Half Full
Completely
+ Half Full
Completely
+ Completely
Full Full Full
Half Full None Half Full
None Completely
None
Full
II
Use no detergent Use no detergent
Use no detergent
*12 grains and up is extremely hard water. A water softener is recommended. Without it, lime
~Filled Main Cup holds 3 tablespoons;
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 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.
Pre-rinsing 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 handle 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
soil are more
difficult to wash and may not come clean in the
NORMAL WASH cycle. Remember to use your
RINSE & HOLD cycle 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 also 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 of time.
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GE GSD970 Specifications

General

Brand	GE
Model	GSD970
Category	Dishwasher
Language	English