UseAndCare COMPACT TWO SPEED AUTOMATIC. A Note to You... 2 Washer Safety... 3 Parts and Features... 4 Operating Your Washer... 8

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1 UseAndCare A Note to You... 2 Washer Safety... 3 Parts and Features... 4 Operating Your Washer... 8 Starting your washer Stopping/restarting your washer Seecting a cyce and time Using Spin Ony Manua cean int fiter Understanding norma washer sounds Understanding what happens in each cyce Using the iquid chorine beach dispenser Using the iquid fabric softener dispenser Caring for Your Washer Laundry Tips Removing Stans Troubeshooting Requesting Assistance or Service Warranty COMPACT TWO SPEED AUTOMATIC WASHERS PART NO

2 A Note to You Thank you for buying this appiance. You have purchased a quaity word-cass appiance. To ensure that you enjoy years of troube-free operation, we deveoped this Use and Care Guide. It contains vauabe information about how to operate and maintain your washer propery and safey. Pease read it carefuy. Aso, pease compete and mai in the Ownership Registration Card provided with your appiance. The card heps us notify you about any new information on your appiance. Pease record your mode s information. Whenever you ca to request service on Mode Number your appiance, you need to know your Seria Number compete mode number and seria number. You can find this information on the mode Purchase Date and seria number pate (see diagram on Deaer Name page 4 for ocation of pate). Pease aso record the purchase date of Dea er Address your appiance and your deaer s name, Deaer Phone address, and teephone number. Keep this book and the saes sip together in a safe pace for future reference. Our Consumer Assistance Center number is to-free from anywhere in the U.S.A. 2

3 Washer Safety Your safety is important to us. This guide contains safety statements under warning symbos. Pease pay specia attention to these symbos and foow any instructions given. Here is a brief expanation of the symbo. This symbo aerts you to hazards such as fire, eectrica shock, or other injuries. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING - To reduce the risk of fire, eectric shock, or injury to persons when using the washer, foow basic precautrons, foowing: incuding a instructions before using As the gas is fammabe, do not the washer..do not wash artices that have smoke or use an open fame during this time. been previousy ceaned not aow chidren to pay on washed in, soaked in, or spotted or in the washer. Cose super- with gasoine, dry-ceaning sovents, other fammabe, or exposive substances as they give off vapors that coud ignite or expode. ADO not add gasoine, dry-ceaning sovents, or other fammabe, or exposive substances to the wash water. These substances give off vapors that coud ignite or expode. aunder certain conditions, hydrogen gas may be produced in a hot water system that has not been used for 2 weeks or more. HYDROGEN GAS IS EXPLO- SIVE. If the hot water system has not been used for such a period, before using the washing machine, turn on a hot water faucets and et the water fow from each for severa minutes. This wi reease any accumuated hydrogen gas. vision of chidren is necessary when the washer is used near the washer is removed from service or discarded, remove the door. ado not reach into the washer if the tub or agitator is not insta or store the washer where it wi be exposed to the not tamper with contros. *Do not repair or repace any part of the washer or attempt any -SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS - servicing uness specificay recommended in this Use and Care Guide or in pubished user-repair instructions that you understand and have the skis to carry Instaation Instructions for grounding requirements.

4 Parts and Features The parts and features of your washer are iustrated on this page. Become famiiar with a parts and features before using your washer. Page references are incuded next to some features. Refer to those pages for more information about the features. Liquid chorine Liquid fabric Mode and seria Water eve seector beach dispenser \s$$er diy nser nutr pate (P. 14) / Basket ATUb To order Stand Kits: Washer Stand Kit for permanent instaation, secured to the wa: - #49971, White - #49978, Amond NOTE: The wa must be strong enough to support the washer s weight. (Do not use in mobie homes.) Manua cean int fiter (attached to bottom of fabric softener dispenser - not shown) (P. 12) 4

5 Washer Instaation Use this section to hep you insta your compact washer. If you need assistance, ca our Consumer Assistance Center, , from anywhere in the U.S.A. Portabe one-faucet connection NOTE: Make sure the id is cosed before moving the washer. Use the hose connector provided with the Faucet adapter washer for a one-faucet connection.. Set the Temperature Seector to Warm/Warm or to Warm/Cod. Attach the hose connector to the faucet adapter by puing down on the ocking coar whie ifting up on the connector unti it snaps into pace. 9 Sowy turn the water faucet on a the way. Hose connector Eectrica Shock Hazard Pug into a grounded 3 prong outet. Do not remove ground prong. Do not use an adapter. Do not use an extension cord. Faiure to foow these instructions can resut in death, fire, or eectrica shock. Pu the eectrica power cord from the storage area in the back of the washer. Pug the power cord into a 3-prong grounded outet. Water temperature adjustment: Adjust water temperature as foows: Wash Water: Adjust faucets for wash water temperature prior to the fi for wash. continued on next page 5

6 Rinse Water: Adjust faucets for temperature prior to fi for rinse. NOTE: Aways use cod rinse water for permanent press fabrics. To disconnect washer: Unpug the eectrica power cord and put it back in its storage area. Turn the water faucet off. Press the red water fow button to reease the water pressure. Move the ocking coar down and pu the hose connector down to disengage from the faucet adapter. Drain water from the hoses through the hose connector. Hose connector Hang the hoses on the storage rack. Portabe two-faucet connections IMPORTANT: Service Kit # must be purchased when using portabe mode on two-faucet connection. NOTE: Make sure the Id Is cosed before moving the washer. If you have two separate water connections, your washer can be connected to both the hot and cod water faucets. For more information about a service kit, contact your authorized deaer. 6

7 To connect the washer: Connect the hot and cod water inet hoses to the hot and cod faucets. Secure the drain hose to the sink or standpipe. Sowy turn the water faucets on a the way. Pug the power cord into a 3-prong grounded outet. To disconnect the washer: Unpug power cord and return it to the storage area. Turn water faucets off. Disconnect the drain and water suppy hoses. Hang them on the storage rack. 7

8 Operating Your Washer To obtain the best washing resuts, you must operate your washer propery. This section gives you this important information. Page references are incuded for more information. Exposion Hazard Never pace items fn the washer that are dampened with gasoine or other fammabe fuids. Do not wash or dry items soied with vegetabe or cooking ois because they may contain some oi after aundering. Doing so can resut in death, exposion, or fire. Starting your washer 1. Add measured detergent to the washer. Then pace a sorted oad of cothes in the washer. Load a few items in the washer, or fi aundry to the top row of basket hoes. Sort and oad cothes as described on pages If desired, you may aso add coor safe beach to the wash oad. 2. (OPTIONAL STEP) If desired, add measured fqud chorine beach to the iquid beach dspenser (see page 14). Use ony iquid chorine beach in the beach dispenser. 3. (OPTIONAL STEP) If desired, add measured iquid fabric softener to the fabric softener dispenser (see page 14). 4. Cose the washer id.

9 n I urn me water Leve seector fo me setting that corresponds with the size of your wash oad. To change the Water Leve setting after the washer has started to fi, turn the seector to the desired new setting Seect a wash-rinse temperature with the Temperature seector. Match the water temperature with the type of fabric and sois being washed. See page 18 for water temperature guideines. Set the Temperature Seector to Warm/Warm or to Warm/Cod. Water temperature adjustment: Adjust water temperature as foows: Wash water: Adjust faucets for wash temperature prior to the fi for wash. Rinse water: Adjust faucets for rinse temperature prior to the fi for rinse. Turn Cyce Seector Knob to the desired setting. See page Push the Start/Pause button to start washer. The Cyce Seector Knob wi NOT rotate as the cyce progresses. The Cyce Status ights indicate the operation being performed within the cyce. When the cyce is compete, a Cyce Status ights wi be Off. NOTE: Once a cyce has been started, the Cyce Seector Knob MUST be turned to Off before a new cyce can be seected. 9

10 Stopping/restarting your washer To pause the washer at any time, push the Start/Pause button. The Cyce Status Lights wi fash whie the washer cyce is paused. If eft in pause, the cyce wi terminate after 2 hours. To restart the washer, cose the id (if open) and push the Star-t/Pause button. To cance cyce, turn Cyce Seector Knob to Off. Cyce Status Lights wi turn off. NOTE: When id is opened during a cyce, a machine operation wi stop. Cyce wi resume when id is cosed. Seecting a cyce and time This section iustrates and describes the NOTES: wash cyces you can seect with the Cyce At the beginning of a spin-cyces, the Seector Knob. Use this information to hep washer wi cyce on and off. This is you make the best cyce seections for your norma. wash oads. Each cyce is designed for different types of fabrics and soi eves. Refer to page 13 to hep you understand what happens during a wash cyce. During agitation, the washer basket wi move. This is norma. Norma Reguar cyce The Norma Reguar cyce features high agitation and onger spin speeds to shorten drying time. Use this 1 O-minute cyce for ceaning sturdiy-constructed cotton and inen fabrics. Permanent Press Reguar Cyce The Permanent Press Reguar cyce features high agitation, a coo-down rinse and ow spin speeds to reduce wrinking. Use this 1 O-minute cyce to cean permanent press and some synthetic fabrics that are moderatey soied. 10 Permanent Press Deicates Cyce The Permanent Press Deicates cyce features a reduced agitation speed for gente soi remova, and ow spin speeds to reduce wrinking. Use this 8-minute cyce to cean deicate items and washabe knits that are ighty to moderatey soied.

11 Soak Cyce The Soak cyce features brief periods of agitation and soak time. Use this 30-minute cyce to remove heavy sois and stains that need pretreatment. NOTE: During the agitation and soak time, the wash Cyce Status Light wi be on. Use warm water when soaking aundry. (Hot water can set stains.) See pages for stain remova information. Use the amount of detergent or presoak additive recommended by manufacturer. The Soak cyce shoud aways be foowed by a wash cyce. When soaking with coor safe beach, you may extend the Soak cyce for up to 2 hours by ifting the id. When using iquid chorine beach, never extend the Soak cyce. Proonged soaking with iquid chorine beach may damage cothes. When soaking with detergent aone, soak for at east 5 minutes. Aways foow Soak cyce with a reguar wash cyce. Using Spin Ony The Spin Ony cyce heps shorten drying times for some heavy fabrics or specia-care items by removing excess water. 1. Turn the Cyce Seector Knob to Spin Ony, as iustrated. 2. Push the Start/Pause button. The washer drains for 4-5 minutes and then proceeds to spin. 11

12 Manua cean int fiter Cean fiter after every oad. 1. To remove, grasp the top of the fabric softener dispenser with both hands. Pu upward to remove top of fabric softener dispenser. Lint fiter is attached to the end of the shaft. 2. Wash or wipe the int fiter cean, 3. Push int fiter and fabric softener dispenser firmy back into agitator. Understanding norma washer sounds Your new washer may make sounds that your od one didn t. Because the sounds are unfamiiar, you may be concerned about them. The foowing describes some of the norma sounds you may hear and what causes them. During Drain The rate that water is drained from your washer depends on your instaation. If water is drained quicky from the washer, you may hear air being pued through the pump. This happens during the end of draining. After Wash and Before Drain When the cyce changes from washing to draining, you may hear a noise as the gearcase shifts. During Spin The washer wi cyce on and off. 12

13 Understanding what happens in each cyce When the Cyce Seector Knob is set to a number and the Start/Pause button is pushed, the washer fis (to the seected oad size) before agitation and timing start. The washer begins agitating immediatey after fiing: agitation occurs ony with the washer id down. WASH NOTES: Cyce Seector Knob wi NOT rotate as the cyce progresses. The Cyce Status Lights wi change as the cyce progresses. RINSE Fi Fi Wash seected time Rinse The washer basket moves during agitation. This is The washer basket moves during agitation. This is norma. norma. Drain* - No agitation Drain - No agitation * The Permanent Press cyce partiay drains, fis, agitates briefy, and drains. 13

14 Using the iquid chorine beach dispenser Aways measure iquid chorine beach. Do not guess. Never use more than 1 cup (250 ml) for a fu oad. Use ess with ower oad size settings. Foow manufacturer s directions for safe use. Use a cup with a pouring spout to avoid spiing. 1. Load the washer. 2. Pour measured chorine beach carefuy into the dispenser. Do not et beach spash, drip, or run down into washer basket. Undiuted beach wi damage any fabric it touches. 3. Start the washer. Beach is distributed during wash part of cyce. NOTE: Do not use this dispenser to add powdered chorine or coor safe beach to your wash oad. The dispenser is for iquid chorine beach use ony. Using the iquid fabric softener dispenser 1. Add detergent and oad cothes into the basket. 2. Pour iquid fabric softener into the dispenser using the amount recommended on the package. Avoid dripping or spiing any fabric softener on the oad. 3. Diute fabric softener with warm water. Fi dispenser with warm water unti iquid reaches the opening. 4. Start the washer. Diuted fabric softener is distributed during the rinse cyce. NOTE: Do not stop the washer before the rinse part of the cyce begins. Staining can occur. Fush dispenser periodicay with warm water. To remove the dispenser, grasp the top of the dispenser with both hands. Squeeze and push upward with thumbs to remove. Cean dispenser by hoding under water faucet. Repace after ceaning. NOTE: Do not add detergent or beach to dispenser. The dispenser is for iquid fabric softener use ony. Fush to cean 14

15 Caring for Your Washer Proper care of your washer can extend its ife. This section expains how to care for your washer propery and safey. Ceaning your washer Exterior Wipe up detergent, beach, and other spis with a soft, damp coth or sponge as they occur. Occasionay wipe the outside of the washer to keep it ooking ike new. Do not put sharp or meta objects in your washer. They can damage the finish. Check a pockets for pins, cips, money, bots, nuts, etc. Do not ay these objects on your washer after emptying pockets. Winter storage or moving care Interior Cean interior with 1 cup (250 ml) of chorine beach mixed with 2 cups (500 ml) of detergent. Run washer through a compete cyce using hot water. Repeat process if necessary. NOTE: Remove hard water deposits using ony ceaners abeed as washer safe. Insta and store your washer where it wi not To use washer again: freeze. Because some water may stay in the 1. hoses, freezing can damage your washer. If 2 storing or moving your washer during freezing weather, winterize it. To winterize washer: Shut off both water faucets. 2. Disconnect and drain water inet hoses. 3. Put 1 quart (1 L) of R.V.-type antifreeze in the basket. 4. Run washer on a spin ony setting (see page 11) for about 30 seconds to mix the antifreeze and water. 5. Unpug the power suppy cord. Non-use or vacation care Operate your washer ony when you are at home. If you wi be on vacation or not using your washer for an extended period of time, you shoud: Unpug the power suppy cord or turn off eectrica power to the washer Fush water pipes and hoses. Reconnect water inet hoses. Turn on both water faucets. Reconnect power suppy cord. Run the washer through a compete cyce with 1 cup (250 ml) of detergent cean out antifreeze. Turn off the water suppy to the washer. This heps avoid accidenta fooding (due to a water pressure surge) whie you are away. to 15

16 Laundry Tips This section reviews proper aundering techniques and gives you additiona washing information. Preparing cothes for washing Cose zippers, snaps, and hooks to avoid Tie strings and sashes so they wi not snagging other items. Remove tange. pins, buckes, and other hard. _,.., Mend tears, oose hems, and seams. objects to avora scratcnrng tne Treat spots and stains. (See Removing washer interior. Remove non- Stains on pages ) washabe trim and ornaments. Stained or wet garments shoud be. Empty pockets and turn them inside out. washed prompty for best resuts.. Turn down cuffs, brush away int and dirt. Turn synthetic knits inside out to avoid piing. For unstabe dyes, India ink, denims, noncoorfast garments, turn items inside out. Sorting Separate heaviy soied items from ighty Separate dark coors from ight coors, soied ones, even if they woud coorfast items from noncoorfast items. normay be washed together. Sort by fabric and construction (sturdy Separate int givers (towes, cottons, knits, deicate items). chenie) from int takers (corduroy, synthetics, permanent press). When possibe, turn int givers inside out. Loading Drop items into washer oosey. Fi to the q top of the basket (top row of hoes). Do not wrap items around the agitator. Items shoud move easiy through wash water for best ceaning and wrinke-free resuts. Items shoud sink and reappear ater. Load washer propery and seect correct oad size setting. Overoading or packing the machine, and seecting a setting too sma for the wash oad can: -cause poor ceaning. - increase wrinking. - create excessive int. -wear out items faster (because of piing). 16 Load by the amount of space items take up, not by their weight. Mix arge and sma items in each oad. Load eveny to maintain washer baance. An off- : baance oad can make the \ washer vibrate during spin. H Use a arge oad size setting to reduce wrinking with permanent press cothes and some synthetic knits. These items shoud have more room to move in the water than heavy items (towes, jeans). Reduce wash time when using a sma oad size setting. Loads with ony a few sma items need ess wash time.

17 Loading suggestions For these suggested fu-sized oads, set the Water Leve seector to the highest oad size setting. r COMPACT WASHER i 1 Heavy Work Cothes 3 work shirts 2 pair pants Towes 9 bath towes - or - 6 bath towes 3 hand towes 6 wash coths For better ceaning oad size settings. Saving Knits 2 sacks 2 shirts -or- 3 dresses Decates 1 camisoe 2 sips 2 panties 2 bras 1 nightie 1 haf sip Mxed Load 1 pair sacks 2 piowcases 2 shirts 1 T-shirt Permanent Press 6 shirts - or - 2 doube sheets 2 piowcases - or - 2 singe sheets 2 piowcases and fabric care of deicate items and heaviy soied cothes, use smaer energy Use warm or cod wash water for most oads. Use hot water ony when washing heavy, greasy sois or whites. Use cod rinses. Wash fu oads. Use ower oad sizes when washing sma oads. Avoid rewashing. Use enough detergent and pretreat stains or heavy sois. Use the cyces and wash times recommended for the fabric and soi. Use your washer during off -peak hours - usuay eary morning and ate evening. (Ask your power company.) 17

18 Water guideines Seecting water temperatures WASH WATER TEMPERATURE* SUGGESTED FABRICS COMMENTS HOT Work cothes 130 F (54 C) Sturdy whites/coorfast or above pastes DiaDers 1 WARM** F 1 (32-44 C) I COLD F (21-32 C) Dark/noncoorfast coors Permanent press items Nyon, poyester, acryics, siks, wooens Knits/deicate fabrics Extra-sensitive coors Noncoorfast items Hand washabes Best ceaning for heaviy soied items Removes ois, perspiration, greasy sois, and stains Prevents graying or yeowing Best for moderatey soied to ighty soied items Safe for most fabric finishes Less fading and dye beeding Reduces wrinking Best for very ighty soied items Saves hot water Best rinse water temperature Your washer features cod rinses for a wash temperatures. In addition, on some modes, warm rinses are avaiabe with warm washes. Warm rinse water provides better water extraction than cod rinse water, but may increase wrinking when ine drying. In cod cimates, warm rinse water aso provides a more comfortabe temperature for handing the wash oad. * In coder cimates, incoming water is much coder. In this case, better resuts occur when using a warm temperature setting. Checking hot water temperature Your hot water shoud be 130 F (54 C) or above. If you do not know your hot water temperature, you can check it easiy. You may need to raise the temperature of your water heater. To check your hot water: 1. Fi a pan with the hottest water avaiabe from the faucet that fis your washer. NOTE: If you do not have a faucet at your washer site, coect the water from the faucet cosest to your washer. 2. Pace a candy thermometer or cooking thermometer in the water to check the temperature. NOTE: In wash water temperatures coder than 70 F (21 C), detergents do not dissove we. Aso, sois may be difficut to remove, and some fabrics may retain wear wrinkes and may have increased piing. 18 Water hardness Many poor washing resuts can be traced to the hardness of the wash water. To check your water hardness: City water - ask the city water company. We water - ask the oca water authority. Ask for the minera content in grains/gaon or parts/miion. If your water is more than 8 grains/gaon or more than 137 parts/miion, you shoud consider: Instaing a water softener. Using more detergent. Using a packaged water conditioner. Not using soap.

19 Washing specia-care items Most garments and househod texties have care abes with aundering instructions. Aways foow care abe directions when they are avaiabe. Beow are genera washing instructions for some specia washabes. ITEM Bankets (eectric or wooen) Curtains, drapes, sipcovers CARE INSTRUCTIONS Pretreat spots and stains. Seect water temperature, cyce, and time according to the type of banket being washed. Two rinses may be necessary. Check care abe to see if manufacturer recommends machine washing. Wash sma oads. Crowding may cause wrinking. Repace sipcovers whie sti sighty damp. They wi dry to fit tighty. NOTE: Sun-damaged curtains and draperies wi tear whether hand or machine washed. Diapers When using chorine beach for soaking, add extra detergent to the oad. Avoid overuse of fabric softeners - absorbency wi be reduced. Eastic, spandex Fame-retardant cothing Knits Eastic picks up oi from the body. Oi can damage eastic. Wash often to reduce the damage. Use warm water and sufficient detergent to remove ois. Do not use chorine beach. Items wi be ceary abeed as fame-retardant. Foow manufacturer s instructions to retain fame-retardant quaities. Knits are comfortabe to wear because they stretch. However, this means that knits are more ikey to be stretched and damaged when washed (especiay buky knits). Knits made of synthetic fabrics such as poyester, nyon, and acryic tend to keep their origina shape more than knits made of cotton or ramie. Piows, stuffed toys Washing feather piows is not recommended uness they wi be dried in a dryer. Pastic, rubber items Quits, bedspreads Scatter rugs Snowsuits, jackets Treat as deicate items. Wash in warm water. Wash sma items in a mesh bag. Do not wash cotton-fied comforters uness they are quited or stitched. Tucked cotton batting tends to sip and become umpy. An extra rinse may be necessary. Shake or vacuum rugs to remove oose dirt. Wash more than one rug at a time. If washing ony one rug, add bath towes to baance the oad. Wash ony one or two items at a time. You may need to stop the washer occasionay to press air from the items being washed. An extra rinse may be necessary. 19

20 Removing Stains Stained, heaviy-soied, or greasy items may need to be prewashed or soaked for best resuts. Soaking heps remove protein-type stains ike bood, mik, or grass. Prewashing heps oosen soi before washing. Stain remova rues Use warm water for soaking or prewashing stained aundry. Hot water can set stains. Most stains are easier to remove when they are fresh. Od or set stains may not come out. Foow package directions for pretreatment products. Before treating any stain, find out what kind of stain it is, how od the stain is, what kind of fabric it is, and if the fabric is coorfast. (Check the care abe.) Washing and drying can set some stains. Start with cod or warm water. Hot water can set some stains. Stain remova guide STAIN TO REMOVE When beach is recommended, use a beach that is safe for the fabric. Test stain removers on an inside seam or hidden corner of the item to see if the coor is removed. Put the stained area face down on a paper towe or white coth. Appy the stain remover to the back of the stain. This forces the stain off the fabric instead of through it. Meat tenderizer or enzyme presoaks hep break down some protein stains so they are easier to remove. Acohoic These stains turn brown with age, so treat immediatey. Sponge or soak beverage fresh stains with cod water. Wash. If stain remains, soak 15 minutes in a soution of ukewarm water, iquid detergent, and a few drops of white vinegar. Rinse. Wash. Bood Rinse immediatey or soak in cod water with enzyme presoak for 30 minutes or onger. Rinse. Rub detergent into any remaining stains. Rinse. If stain remains, put a few drops of 3% hydrogen peroxide on stain for 3-5 minutes. Rinse thoroughy. Wash. Chewing gum Use ice to make gum hard. Scrape off what you can. Sponge with a nonfammabe fabric ceaner. Let dry. Wash. Chocoate or Sponge immediatey with a nonfammabe fabric ceaner or appy a prewash coffee soi and stain remover. Rinse. Wash. If stain remains, appy a iquid detergent to stain or soak in warm water with an enzyme presoak. Rewash. Crayon and cande wax Scrape off excess with a du knife. Pace fabric between two botters or facia tissue. Press with warm iron. Remove coor stain with nonfammabk fabric ceaner. Hand wash unti stain is gone. If fu oad is crayon stained, take to ceaners or coin-operated dry ceaning machine. Cream, mik, Sponge with a nonfammabe fabric ceaner, or a prewash soi and stain or ice cream remover. Rinse. Wash. Repeat if necessary. If stain remains, appy a few drops of iquid detergent and a few drops of ammonia. Bot dry and rinse. If stain remains, soak in an enzyme presoak. Wash. 20

21 STAIN Deodorants and antiprspirants TO REMOVE Light stain: Treat with iquid detergent or your reguar aundry detergent. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric. H eavy stain: Pace face down on towe and treat with a paste of ammonia and coor safe beach. Let stand for 30 minutes. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric. Fire Hazard Do not wash or dry items soied with vegetabe or cooking ois because they may contain some oi after aundering. I 1 Doing so can resut in death or fire. I Fat, grease, Items soied with vegetabe or cooking oi shoud not be washed or dried. or oi For other types of greasy stains, use one of the methods beow: Use pretreatment stain remover. Foow abe directions. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric. Use tacum powder to absorb as much grease as possibe. Sponge with a nonfammabe fabric ceaner. Rinse. Wash. Treat with iquid detergent or rub a detergent paste on the stain. Wash using hottest water safe for fabric. Fruit stains Fresh stains: Soak immediatey in coo water. Wash. If stain remains, cover area with a paste made of coor safe beach, a few drops of hot water, and a few drops of ammonia. Wait 15 to 30 minutes. Wash. Od stains: Sponge with white vinegar. Rinse. Repeat procedure for fresh stains. Grass or Soak in warm or cod water with an enzyme presoak for at east 30 green veg- minutes, or sponge with denatured acoho. Wash in water temperature and etabies beach safe for the fabric. For coored fabrics, check coorfastness before appying acoho. For acetate, sponge with a nonfammabe fabric ceaner. If stain remains, beach with 3% hydrogen peroxide. Rinse. Rewash. ink or bapoint pen ink Spray stain with an aeroso hair spray or rubbing acoho. Sponge stain continuousy unti a beeding stops. Let dry. Repeat if necessary. Wash. If stain remains, beach if safe for fabric. (India and other indeibe inks are amost impossibe to remove competey.) iron or rust Coored or noncoorfast items: Appy emon juice and sat. Pace in the sun to dry. Rinse thoroughy. Repeat if necessary. White or coorfast items: Try a rust remover. Test first on inside seam or hem. Some rust removers are not washer safe. Foow package directions. Ketchup or Sponge immediatey with a nonfammabe fabric ceaner or appy a tomato prewash soi and stain remover. Rinse. Wash. If stain remains, appy a products iquid detergent to stain or soak in warm water with an enzyme presoak. Rewash. continued on next page 21

22 STAIN TO REMOVE Lipstick Appy nonfammabe fabric ceaner or prewash soi and stain remover. Bot with absorbent materia. Repeat if necessary. Rinse. If stain sti remains, rub with iquid detergent. Wash. Meat juice, WI Midew Scrape off excess with a du knife. Soak in cod or warm water with enzyme presoak at east 30 minutes, or treat stains with a nonfammabe fabric ceaner. Wash. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric. If stain remains, soak in warm water and coor safe beach for 15 to 30 minutes. Rewash. (Od midew stains are amost impossibe to remove. Midew fungus destroys or weakens fabrics.) An aternative to beach is to treat with sat and emon juice and dry in direct sunight. Rinse and rewash. Midew may form if wet or damp aundry remains in your washer for extended periods of time. To prevent midew, prompty dry aundry after washing. Mustard Treat immediatey. Scrape off excess mustard. Sponge with a nonfammabe fabric ceaner or a prewash soi and stain remover. Rinse. Work iquid detergent and a few drops of vinegar into stain. Rinse. If stain remains, appy 3% hydrogen peroxide. Rinse and wash. Paint Hand wash paint-stained items. Water base: Treat stains whie sti wet. (These paints cannot be removed after they have dried.) Rinse in warm water to fush out paint. Sponge with a nonfammabe fabric ceaner. Rinse. Wash. Oi base: Scrape off fresh paint. Sponge with a nonfammabe fabric ceaner. Whie stain is sti wet with sovent, rub iquid detergent into it. Wash with hottest water safe for fabric. PersPfratton Remove stains before ironing. Perspiration stains may weaken fabric. Wash or sponge stain thoroughy with detergent and warm water. If perspiration has changed the coor of the fabric, use one of the foowing treatments: Fresh stains: Appy ammonia to stain. Rinse. Launder to remove ammonia odor. Od stains: Appy white vinegar to stain. Rinse. Launder to remove vineaar odor. Scorch Severe scorch cannot be removed. Wet stain with 3% hydrogen peroxide. Cover with a dry coth and press with an iron as hot as is safe for fabric. Rinse we. Wash. OR Wet with emon juice and spread in the sun to dry. Wash. Soft drinks Sponge immediatey with cod water and acoho. Heat and detergent may set stain. 22

23 Troubeshooting Most aundering probems are easiy soved if you understand the cause. Check the foowing ist for common aundry probems and the next page for common washer probems. If you need further assistance, see page 25. Common aundry probems PROBLEM Brown, yeow stains Dye transfer Gray whites, dingy coors Greasy ooking spots Lint Load too wet after spin Shrinking Snags, rips, and hoes CAUSE Chorine staining Iron in water heater or pipes; iron and manganese in water Improper sorting Load not immediatey removed from washer after end of cyce Improper sorting Water temperature too ow Not enough detergent Using soap in very hard water (use detergent in hard water) Fabric softener poured directy on cothes Not enough detergent Improper sorting Paper or tissue in pockets Piing being mistaken for int Not enough detergent Cod rinses Cyce stopped before spinning is compete Fabric type (some knits stretch during manufacturing - aundering returns fabric to origina size) Care abe directions not foowed Items damaged before washing Misuse of chorine beach (do not pour directy on cothes); dispenser not used Sharp items not removed from pockets; fasteners not fastened Stiff, rough Using soap in very hard water (use detergent in hard water) fabrics Not enough detergent Line drying Twisting/Tanging Overoading Cothes wrapped around agitator Wrinking Overoading (eave more room for permanent press and knits) Load not immediatey removed from washer after cyce Warm rinse water Cyce seection incorrect Yeow areas (from body ois) Water temperature too ow Not enough detergent 23

24 Common washer probems Before caing for service, check these: Is the id cosed? Is the Cyce Seector Knob set and the Start/Pause button pushed? NOTE: The Cyce Seector Knob does not rotate as the cyce advances. E!! Is the power cord firmy pugged into a ive outet with proper votage? Have you bown a househod fuse or tripped a circuit breaker? Are both the hot and cod water faucets turned on? Are the water hoses kinked or cogged? Is the drain hose higher than the water eve in the washer? for proper operation. It must be higher Is the washer making noises or vibrating? Is the wash oad propery distributed around the agitator? If none of these items was causing your probem, see Requesting Assistance or Service on page

25 Requesting Assistance or Service in the U.S.A. Before caing for assistance or service, pease check Troubeshooting on pages It may save you the cost of a service ca. If you sti need hep, foow the instructions beow. 1. If you need assistance*... Ca our toi-free number. Dia toi-free from 1-1 anywhere in the U.S.A.: and tak with one of our trained consutants. The consutant can instruct YOU in how to obtain satisfactory operation from your appiance or, if service is necessary, recommend a quaified service company in your area. 2. If you need service*... Contact the deaer from whom you purchased the appiance or the authorized servicer in your area. For hep finding an authorized servicer in your area, ca our to-free teephone number in Step If you need repacement parts... To ocate repacement parts in your area, refer to step 2 or ca our Consumer Assistance Center number in step If you are not satisfied with how the probem was soved... Contact the Major Appiance Consumer Action Program (MACAP). MACAP is a group of independent consumer experts that voices consumer views at the highest eves of the major appiance industry. Contact MACAP ony when the deaer or authorized servicer have faied to resove your probem. Major Appiance Consumer Action Program 20 North Wacker Drive Chicago, IL MACAP wi in turn inform us of your action. When asking for hep or service: Pease provide a detaied description of the probem, your appiance s compete mode and seria numbers, and the purchase date. (See page 2.) This information wi hep us respond propery to your request. 25

26 Automatic Washer Warranty LENGTH OF WARRANTY I WE WILL PAY FOR FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANTY FROM DATE OF PURCHASE LIMITED FIVE-YEAR WARRANTY FROM DATE OF PURCHASE LIMITED TEN-YEAR WARRANTY FROM DATE OF PURCHASE WE WILL NOT PAY FOR Repacement parts and repair abor to correct defects in materias or workmanship. Service must be provided by an authorized service company. Repacement parts for any part of gearcase assemby if defective in materias or workmanship. Repacement parts for any id rust. Repacement of outer tub shoud it crack, or fai to contain water, due to defective materias or workmanship. A. Service cas to: 1, Correct the instaation of your washer. 2. Instruct you how to use your washer. 3. Repace house fuses or correct house wiring or pumbing. B. Repairs when your washer is used in other than norma, singe-famiy househod use. C. Pickup and deivery. Your washer is designed to be repaired in the home. D. Damage to your washer caused by accident, misuse, fire, food or acts of God. E. Any abor costs during the imited warranties. F. Repairs to parts or systems caused by unauthorized modifications made to the appiance. 796 WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEGUENTIAL DAMAGES. Some states do not aow the excusion or imitation of incidenta or consequentia damages, so this excusion or imitation may not appy to you. This warranty gives you specific ega rights, and you may aso have other rights which vary from state to state. Outside the United States, a different warranty may appy. For detais, pease contact your authorized distributor or deaer. If you purchased wi NOT appy. your washer in the United States, for use in a foreign country, this warranty If you need service, first see the Troubeshooting section of this book. After checking Troubeshooting, additiona hep can be found by checking the Requesting Assistance or Service section, or by caing our Consumer Assistance Center teephone number, , from anywhere in the U.S.A. PART NO Whirpoo Corporation Printed 7196 in Mexco