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Use and Care Manual
Built-In Dishwasher
Model DDWF24S
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 and Service ....................
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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 Detergent Bottom spray arm dispenser Filter system (under bottom rack) Main power switch Door switch Rinse agent dispenser Control panel Child Safety Lock This dishwasher is equipped with a child safety lock. To activate the lock, push in on the door handle cover Door handle and use a screwdriver to turn the screw slot inside to the vertical position. Turn the slot to the hori
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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 Silverware slots in top Pull up on tab in center, (see note) then fold down To prevent small, light items from falling o
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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 dish-ware) 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 note Starting Your Dishwasher • The indicators around the START/STOP button gradually light up as the cycle important progresses. When the cycle finishes, all the If the dishwasher drain line is connected to indicators are lit. They turn off automatically a garbage disposal, run the disposal before after two hours. operating the dishwasher for proper drainage. • If power to the dishwasher is switched off at the main power switch or there is a power 1. Open th
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Operating Your Dishwasher Wash Cycles Use for heavily soiled dishes like pots, pans, casserole dishes, etc. Additional Heavy Wash smaller items may be added after the larger items if there is still space to conserve water and energy. Use for normally soiled plates, glasses, bowls, serving dishes and lightly Normal Wash soiled pans. This cycle is best for normally soiled mixed loads. Use for very lightly soiled loads that are washed immediately after use. This Quick Wash cycle can also be us
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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 Dishwasher will not start Main power switch is off Open door and turn on main power switch on top (control panel is not lit) of door before selecting cycle. See page 10. Power is disconnected Make sure power is on at the circuit breaker panel and that the power plug is properly connected to electrical outlet (if applicable). Blown
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Before You Call for Service Problem May Be Caused By What to Do Water left in bottom of Dish washing cycle not Allow dishwasher to complete cycle. dishwasher near filters, complete dishwasher will not drain Obstruction in the drain hose Check for kinked drain hose. Disconnect end of or air gap is plugged drain hose. Check for debris in hose or any other part of drain system/plumbing. NOTE: The cone- shaped part of the hose must be at least 5/8” (1.6 cm). Filter system clogged Clean entire fi
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Before You Call for Service Problem Solution Guide (Continued) Problem May Be Caused By What to Do Dishes are not clean Cycle selected is too short Select normal or heavy wash cycle. (cont.) Incorrect loading Make sure dishes and flatware are loaded properly. See Loading Your Dishwasher section. Make sure all items are loaded securely and do not tip over. Filter system clogged Make sure filter system is clean and properly installed. See page 12. Detergent build-up in Pour a teaspoon to table
