Sorting And Loading - Fisher & Paykel AquaSmart Instructions D'installation Et Guide De L'utilisateur

Sorting and loading

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Fully automatic water level
You may notice that your AquaSmart™ clothes washer behaves differently from your previous washer.
Your AquaSmart™, like all High Efficiency washers, has a fully automatic water level. This means
that, like Front Loaders, the selection of the water level is left entirely up to the washer. This
ensures optimum wash performance and water savings.
Should you wish to use more water, simply select a Conventional cycle (refer to Conventional
mode page 17).
Sorting and loading explained
You have bought a High Efficiency washer, like Front Loaders your AquaSmart™ uses much less
water and energy than traditional Top Loading clothes washers. It is important to sort your wash
load to ensure optimum wash performance.
BED SHEETS – Separate out bed sheets and comforter covers and use the SHEETS cycle
which has been especially designed for these items. Ensure that comforter covers are
buttoned or zipped up. To get the best possible wash for bed sheets, drop these items
directly into the washer, do not wrap them around the low profile agitator.
COLORED ITEMS – Dye or color run can be a problem with High Efficiency washers, so
separate highly colored garments especially when they are new and choose the COLORS
cycle. Most dye transfer occurs when clothes are left too long in the washer at the
completion of the cycle so try not to leave your colored clothes lingering in the washer.
BULKY ITEMS – Comforters, sleeping bags, ski jackets , blankets and throws are all items
which tend to behave unusually in a clothes washer. The lighter ones tend to float, while
a large blanket can get very heavy and make spinning difficult. Your AquaSmart™ has
specific BULKY cycles designed to take care of these washing challenges.
ITEMS THAT WRINKLE – When you are concerned about creasing or wrinkling we
recommend you use the EASY IRON cycle. Alternatively select one of the Conventional
cycles. The extra water used by these cycles will help to reduce wrinkling. Reducing the
spin speed of the wash may also help (refer to page 26).
JEANS – These heavy items can be responsible for damaging other items in the wash
and require their own specific wash action to get clean. We feel strongly that they should
be washed separately, so we created a special JEANS cycle which can be found in the
Lifestyle menu. Select LIFESTYLE, SPECIAL CARE, JEANS.
SOIL – Very dirty, sandy, or linty loads are best washed separately to prevent transfer
onto other garments. It may be that you have new towels that create lots of lint or very
sandy beach gear. We suggest using the Conventional mode in this circumstance, eg. on
a heavy cycle.
DELICATES – To take extra care of delicate items, we suggest using the DELICATE , or
HANDWASH cycles. For HANDWASH select LIFESTYLE, SPECIAL CARE, HANDWASH.