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Thread Number: 72380
/ Tag: Other Home Products or Autos
Using your dishwasher as a waterproof safe |
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Post# 956608 9/8/2017 at 09:02 (2,419 days old) by parunner58  (Davenport, FL) |
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Hi Guys, in the wake of hurricane Irma, I have seen many post on local facebook pages telling people to use thier dishwashers to store any vauluables as it is waterproof. My thoughts are its a stupid idea. My reason is some of the older ones with forced air drying like the older Hobart made Kitchenaid had the fan on the side water would enter, the bottom of the door is not really a tight seal like the sides may be. any vents could leak in water. One time the wash arm on the bottom of one of our dishwashers got blocked and water leaked out the bottom of the door. What are your thoughts?
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Post# 956611 , Reply# 1 9/8/2017 at 09:26 (2,419 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 956614 , Reply# 4 9/8/2017 at 09:36 (2,419 days old) by parunner58 (Davenport, FL) |
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| Post# 956637 , Reply# 6 9/8/2017 at 13:32 (2,419 days old) by cehalstead (Charleston, WV) | ||
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water tight? During the flood last year that destroyed everything in my lower level, the dishwasher filled with muddy flood water. The door was latched. I wouldn't depend on any dishwasher being water tight....... | ||
| Post# 956641 , Reply# 7 9/8/2017 at 14:19 (2,419 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
Agreed! | ||
| Post# 956652 , Reply# 8 9/8/2017 at 16:39 (2,419 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
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Post# 956661 , Reply# 9 9/8/2017 at 18:00 (2,419 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 956669 , Reply# 10 9/8/2017 at 19:00 (2,419 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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water tight plastic tote bins. Unless they float out of a broken window or wall, will stay dry. | ||
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Post# 956678 , Reply# 11 9/8/2017 at 19:58 (2,419 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Maybe use your freezer or fridge--that is AIR tight, too! | ||
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Post# 956727 , Reply# 12 9/9/2017 at 04:50 (2,418 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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Post# 956729 , Reply# 13 9/9/2017 at 05:04 (2,418 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Refrigerators interiors aren't necessarily secure from taking some water. SxS and bottom-freezer with evaporators mounted lower can take water through the defrost drains into the freezer sections, which could get into the refrigerator section depending how air baffles between the sections are arranged. Topfreezer units are more secure but some of them have an air pressure relief tube under the crisper drawers at bottom of the fresh food section. Those may have a one-way (out) mechanism involved but it may not be fully secure against inflow. | ||
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