Whirlpool LA9800XK User manual

SOLID STATE Mark II Series

ELECTRONIC TOUCH CONTROL

Model LA9800XK

Super Capacity

Whirlpool

AUTOMATIC WASHER

Use& Care

Guide

LAUNDRY

INFORMATION CENTER

LOAD SIZE SELECTOR

POWER ON /OFF LEVER

LID STATE ELECTRONIC

TOUCH CONTROL

LIQUID FABRIC

SOFTENER DISPENSER

Copy Your Model and Serial Numbers Here

When you need service, or call

with a question, have this information

ready:

1. Complete Model and Serial Numbers

[from the plate under the lid near the

hinge).

2. Purchase date from sales slip (or date

installed).

Copy this informatton in these

spaces. Keep this book in the Laundry

Information Center with your Laundry

Guide, sales slip and warranty.

Before using

your Washer

Please read t?is booklet to be

sure your washer ISITstalled and used

properly It will help you get the best

results and longest life your washer was

designed to give

You are personally responsi-

ble for making sure that your

washer...

Is installed by a quaIlfled Installer.

Is properly installed and leveled on a

floor that can support the weight

Is connected to the right kind of outlet,

electric supply, water supply and drain

Is properly electrically grounded ’

Is used only for jobs normally

expected of home automatic washers

Is properly maintained

Is protected from the weather.

Is not run by children or anyone

unable to operate it properly,

Remove

the Consumer Buy

Guide label. It WIII be easier to remove

before the washer ISused

You may want to wipe out the

basket with a damp cloth before using

to remove dust from storing or shipping

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: See the

laundry Guide for tips on deter-

gents, other laundry aids and

instructions for washing special

items.

See the lnstallatlon InstructIons for

complete information

CAUTION: Store laundry deter-

gent and additives in a cool, dry

place where children can’t

reach them. I

Contents

Before Using Your Washer

Loading Your Washer

Understanding Your Washer

Using Your Washer

Water Levels and Load Sizes

Important Detergent

Information

Restarting Your Washer

Selections

Using FABRIC Selections

REG HEAVY

PERM’T PRESS

KNITS GENTLE

Using WASH OPTIONS

SOAKCYCLE

SUPER WASH

Wash Time Options

Wash Temperature Options

Using RINSE OPTIONS.

WARMRINSE :’

2nd RINSE

RINSE SPIN

SPIN ONLY

Using the Dispensers

Liquid Bleach Dispenser

L/quid Fabric Softener

Dispenser

Removing the Dispenser

MAGIC CLEAN’ Lint Filter

If You Need Service or Help

1 Before Calling for Service

2 If You Need Service

3 If You Have a Problem

‘5

‘6

loading ,_-

your

Washer

For best washing results and

energy savings, sort the laundry

carefully.

1. Sort the Laundry into loads.

Group the laundry into loads that

can be washed and dried together.

See the Laundry Guide for informa-

tion and samples of typical loads.

Try to mix large and small items for

best movement in the washer.

2. Measure Detergent; Add to

Washer Basket.

See detergent information on

page 6 and in Section IV of the Laun-

dry Guide.

0 Add dry bleach or water condi-

tioner [not fabric softener) if used.

Follow the package directions

carefully.

3. Pour liquid Blpach into the Dis-

penser Before loading Washer.

See Page 14 and the “Laundry Aids”

section of the laundry Guide for more

information.

4. load the Washer.

Spread the load evenly [Don’t put

all the towels on one side and a few

wash cloths on the other.) An unbal-

anced load can cause the washer to

shake during spinning.

Load without packing so items can

move freely for best cleaning and

least wrinkling.

5. Add Diluted Fabric Softener to

the Dispenser.

. DO NOT ADD FABRIC SOFTENER TO

THE WASH. Fabric softeners can com-

bine with soap or detergent to form

greasy stains on fabrics

Understanding

your Washer

This automctlc b1.‘as7ev has SOIIC

State Clectr=nic C ~-~+*nls The controls

can De set for an c rz~narc load with

a touch Another ?(\uc’- ?r t\\o ‘v~ll set

VCU’ Aos?e’ for sp:50 ‘2 -1:

This Use & Crrre Guide includes

sections on

FABRIC

SelectIons,

WASH

OPTIONS

and

RINSE OPTIONS like

the

Control Console Each section has

details on the ‘what and wh) of each

selection

Touch one

FABRIC

Selector and

the washer

deslgned to do

the rest [If

you don’t touch one, the washer IS

designed to start In REG HEAVY)

Each

FABRIC

Selection IS

designed to wash a certain way. To

change the way a selection washes,

you

can use the

WASH OPTIONS

and

RINSE OPTIONS.

The

WASH OPTIONS

Include a

SOAK CYCLE, a SUPER WASH you can

use two ways SHORT WASH, EXTRA

SHORT, HOT WASH and COLD WASH to

shorten washing times and change

+~asi\ water temperature are also handy.

RINSE OPTIONS

Include WARM

RINSE (to change from the automatic

cold rinse) and 2nd RINSE Then, there’s

RINSE SPIN, for a rinse only, and SPIN

ONLY for the few times you might want

to drain and spin out water

With lust a selection or two, your

washer

ready to work For complete

information on each selectIon, read this

.,e & Care Gc/lde carefullv

Using your Washer

Start vour \vosher If!er VOL put 1~8

detergent the loacl 3rIl arIy other

laundry ads according tc ~7formatlcr~

or pages 3

and ?4

Set the LOAD SIZE SELECTOR.

Select the water level that matches

the size of the looa See page 6 for

more lnformatlon

To chor,ge the settlrlg cn the LOAD

SIZE SELECTOR,

fl:st move It to RESET

Then move it back to thP setting you

want

2. Move switch to POWER ON.

The REG HEAVY Indicator Light will

come on It shows that power ISon and

reminds you t!lat your washer WIII start In

REG HEAVY unless yob iouch o differ

ent

FABWC Selector

You have eight seconds to touch o

selector [or to touch the H@LD Selector

for more time)

you

do not:

~ The washer will flil with warm water

to the level shown

+he

LOAD SIZE

SELECTOR.

-The washer

,wII

select REG HEAVY

(see page 8 for detoi!s)

Touch a FABRIC Selector.

Touch selectors on the

lower half.

4n ndlcotor light WIII g’ow or ‘he

FABRIC Selector you touched

If you want more than eight sec-

onds to make a selection:

~ Touch HC)LD Then take as muc’-

time as vou want

~ Touch a Selector or Selectors

-Touch RUN to cancel HOLD The

washer WIII start to fill eight seconds

after vou touch RUN

Touch OPTION Selectors.

If you did not touch a FABRIC

Selector,

you have eight seconds after

the power ISturned on to touch optlop

selectors. The washer will select REG

HEAVY and odd the options you

selected.

The Electronic Controls are pre-set for

a warm wash and cold rinse in every

FABRIC

SelectIon Change water

temperatures by touching Option

If you did touch a FABRIC Selector,

you have eight seconds to touch the

option seleciors you want Every time

you touch one, you have eight seconds

to touch

anoiher...UNLESS YOU TOUCH

SPIN ONLY.

SPIN ONLY cancels all

selectlons and starts draining and spin-

ning right away [See page 13 )

SOAK CYCLE will cancel any FAB-

RIC Selection touched before it.

SUPER WASH can be added to any

FABRIC

Selection Touch tt before the

FABRIC

Selection

Touching RINSE SPIN before the

washer starts will cancel all selections

except COLD WASH

Indicator Lights.

The light on eat h selector you touch

~111glow to show t”lot your selection,ls

recorded They w10 glo\$ urtll the moaa IS

finished

Four Indicator Lights below the selec-

tors (SOAK SUPER WASH, WASH, RINSE

2nd RINSE and FINAL SPIN) go on and

off to let you knob what the dasher IS

doing

The light on the HOLD Selector glows

when you hove stopped the washer

by touching HOLC

The light on the RUN Selector goes off

only when the washer ISOFF, on HOLD,

or during the eight second selection

oerlcd

6. Ch anging a selection.

Before the washer starts, touch an-

other selector That cancels the one you

don’t want. See page 7 for details.

After the washer starts, move the

switch to POWER OFF

- Start back at Step 1

- Or, If you want to drain any water

before making new selectlons

1 Move switch to POWER ON

Touch SPIN ONLY

3 Start at Step 1 when spinning

stops

7. HOLD and RUN Selectors.

Touch HOLD if you want to stop the

washer for any reason, but want to start

it again where it left off

Touch HOLD If you want more than

eight seconds to make selectlons

Touch RUN to start the washer only

when It’s on HOLD.

POWER FAILURE. If the electricity

goes off or a fuse blows while the

washer is running, all selections

are canceled. See instructions on

page 7.

To Stop the Washer:

- During spin...touch HOLD or lift

the lid.

-Any time...touch HOLD or

switch to POWER OFF.

Water levels

and load Sizes

The

LOAD SIZE SELECTOR

lets

you control the amour)+ of water that fills

the washer The selector can be set at

any water level between

HANDWASH-

ABLE

and

EXTRA LARGE.

Setting Gallons/liters

HANDWASHABLE

78 295

MEDIUM

139 526

EXTRA LARGE

205 776

Approximate fill wltr load

To change the water level setting,

move ?he

LOAD SIZE SELECTOR

RESET Then move it to the setting VOL

wont

To save water and energy,

match the water level to the load

size.

F,r th+ best cleonirg resul+s the

oa-J sho&z move freely IP the bhdater

Watch for ‘cllover An Item (like a sock]

s”ould sink

II,

the middle and c3me

L~p later or. t?e outside

Important Detergent Information

Detergents and soaps clean

by loosening SOII, and by holding it or

the water so it drains away If not

enough detergent

used, soli and

lint con settle back on +he items in

the

load

SOAP

works best n soft woter

(O-4 grains hardness] In horder water,

both the wash and rinse water should

be softened. Use enough soap to

make about I1 2 to 2 in&es (3 8 to 5 5

cm] of suds.

DETERGENT

works In i-iord or

soft water Package directions are

usually based on soft water and

washers with normal-size tubs

Use

more detergent...

1 for hard water

2 for loads and water levels

larger than MEDIUM

3. for heavy greasy or

oily SOI/S

4 if the detergent

low

prosphate

5 for cold-water ;yashes

DETERGENT SUDS.

There are

high, normal and low sudslng pow-

dered detergents If the recom-

mended amount of detergent makes

tot much suds, switch to a lower

sudstng brand

DO NOT REDUCE THE

AMOUNT

of detergent

Use the following chart as

beginnIng suggestions for powdered

and liquid detergent amounts See

your louncfry

Guide

for more infor-

mation (pages 14-22).

WATER HARDNESS IN GRAINS

O-4 Grains 4-10 Grains lo-20 Grains

Powdered Detergents

Low Suds 1 -I cups (300 rnL) 1 2 cups (350 mL) l’A.2 cups

(425475 ml]

Normal Suds l’% cups(425mll 2 . cups (600 mL) 3 cups (700 ml)

High Suds 2 cups (475 ml] 3 cups [700 mt) 3 2 cups (825 ml)

No phosphate -Follow packagerecommendahons-

ilquld Detergents to 1 , cups [ 80 to 325 ml] depending on the brand

and amount of so11 Follow package recommendations

* These recommendations do not apply

In areas where phosphates are banned

In areas with laws limiting (by weight or percentage) the amount

of detergent used In CI wash load

Restarting your

Washer

If you stop your washer by touch-

ing HOLD, you earl restart it by touching

RUN The washer remembers”and

starts from where I: stopped

However, if :/ou stop your washer

by movrng the swatch to POWER OFF,

every selection

cancelea They are

also canceled rf a blown fuse or power

Interruption stops the washer

The way you restart the washer

depends on what the washer was doing

when it stopped

Filling for (or beginning of) the

wash cycle:

Move switch to POWER ON

Touch

FABRIC Selector

and options.

The washer will flnrsh fillrng

[If needed] and wash according to the

new selections

End of the wash cycle:

Move switch to POWER ON

Touch SPIN ONLY to drain and spin.

After the washer stops, again move

switch to POWER ON

Touch RINSE SPIN to fill. rinse, drain

and spin the load

Filling for (or beginning of) the rinse

cycle:

Move switch to POWER ON

Touch RINSE SPIN to frnrsh filling or to

finrsh the rrnsing cycle

Using Selections

Together

Your washer has Electronrc Con-

trols that let many selections work

together for the kind of wash you want.

There are many possible combr-

natrons of selections .so many that

there isn’t room to tell about each com-

brnatron possible

The Indicator lights will tell you

what you need to know. If the Indicator

lrght glows when you touch a selector,

the Electronic Controls accept the

selection. If it does not glow, the Elec-

tronic Controls reject the selection.

1 The indicator //ght WI// glow and stay

glowing. When this happens, your

selection has been accepted. The

washer will use that selectron or

option while it

operating

2. The ind/cotor light w//i giow, but

another WI// go off This means that

your second selection cancelled the

first. For example, if you touched

REG/ HEAVY and decide you want

PERM’T PRESS, lust touch PERM’T

PRESS. The REG /HEAVY Selection IS

cancelled and Its indicator light

goes off

3 The indicator hght w//i not glow, The

Electronrc Controls are designed

to reject any option that shouldn’t be

used for the wash you selected. For

example, if you touched KNITSi

GENTLE, you won’t be able to get the

HOT WASH indicator light to glow.

Pages 8 through 13 of this Use

& Care Guide tell what happens during

each selection. For each selectron,

there are details on which can and

can’t be used together.

Using FABRIC

Selections

On the cc $” ? I ‘rsL)le, under the

wore: FABRIC, a’? tn’e:d FABRIC Select

tlons Each 1sprt +>I I( ,i/xh

outomat~cally lr :: _-2’. 1117my You con

chap,ge the autc jr- (2.1% ;ettlng by touch-

Ing other op+~or~ t II ‘.) bvant to

Each FABRIC Selectron has pre-

set agrtatior and spin speeds designed

for the fabric type All cycles are pre-

set to use warm water for washrng and

cold water for rrnsrng Water tempera-

ture settings can be changed by

touchrng CI WASH OPTION or RINSE

OPTION Selectcx

WASH OPTIONS rnclude SOAK

CYCLE and SUPER WASH, SHORT WASH,

WHAT HAPPENS IN EACH FABRIC SELECTION

Use for sturdy white and colorfast cottons. and for heavy work

clothes High agitation and spin speeds ore pre-set for best

cleanrr,g results

TOUCH FABRIC ,

AND OPTIONS I I

8 Sees 8 Sea

Jse tar permanent press fabrics Coolrng of the wash water and

low spin speeds help prevent the setting of wrinkles.

w w

Sets

Use for delicate Items and washable synthetrc knits such as

polyester, nylon. acrylic. To wash nylon hose or panty hose, put

them In a net laundry bag.

w w

Sets

8 Sets

HIGH RI ~_~

SPEED

SPIN e $t; ) ?!$f~ ) Agikon ) safe

Spray

Rinses Option

OPTIONS:

HOT I;: C3LD bVASti SKRT ‘WASH (8 77 rs b;~sp og ‘a* cr 1c EXTR’

SPORT (5 mans bosh ag!tatlor) 2vd VNSE SUPER WASH can be ,Isec cs c ::‘s-

.h.ms’? See page 10

1.1.

LOW RINSE RINSE

SPEED

SPlN + :;i + ;;;;I;

Spray

Rinses Option

COOL

DCWN

OPTIONS:

COLD WAS4 onI\; SHORT WASt- (6 mans wash agltat,on) or EXTRA SHCRl

!5 mns wasn agitation) 2rd RINSE SUPER WASH can be cased as a pre-v,cst- See

t3age 10

DRAIN

) Agi!%on )

Using WASH

OPTIONS

and rinse with cold If you want not wash

water, touch HOT WASH after touching

FABRIC

Selector (KNITS GENTLE ~111

not allow the HOT WASH Option ) If you

Use

WASH OPTIONS

to change want CIcold wash. touch COLD WASH.

settings that are automatrc in selectIons Each

FABRIC

Selectron 01s~ nas a

For example, all

FABRIC

Selections pre-set agrtarlon time for the wash To

automatically ,wash with warm water shorten the agltatron time. touch SHORT

This cycle ISrot for washing It soaks, spins out water and stops

Use It for stained, yellowed, grey or heavily soiled laundiy tiith

a detergent or presoak product Chlorrne bleach, if wanted,

should be added orly to the

FABRIC

Selection you use after

SOAK CYCLE ISover

w w

Sets.

Sets

w w

0 Sets

aSecs

Use

as a

double wash

for heavily sollea loads. Use enough

detergent for two washes (pre-wash plus the

FABRIC

Selection).

w w w

aSecs. 8

Sets

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