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Post# 54949 , Reply# 3   1/27/2005 at 11:50 (6,999 days old) by Joe_in_Philly (Philadelphia, PA, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 54961 , Reply# 6   1/27/2005 at 13:18 (6,999 days old) by Joe_in_Philly (Philadelphia, PA, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 54980 , Reply# 9   1/27/2005 at 15:41 (6,999 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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Post# 54984 , Reply# 10   1/27/2005 at 16:07 (6,999 days old) by Joe_in_Philly (Philadelphia, PA, USA)   |   | |
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Jon, Yes, that must be it! I have never seen a dishwasher with a salt compartment, though I have read that Mieles sold in the US have one. The Bosch dishwashers sold here do not have a water softener, thus no salt compartment. Chachp, On my Bosch, with the unit off, if you hold the left "cancel drain" button down and press the power button, a 1 or 0 will show in the display. Pressing the left "cancel drain" button will toggle between the 1 and 0. A 1 setting will heat the rinse water to a higher temperature, which will aid drying. Press the power button again to save the setting. Your model may work the same way, or have a similar setting. Joe |
Post# 55104 , Reply# 11   1/28/2005 at 10:31 (6,998 days old) by Joe_in_Philly (Philadelphia, PA, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 55172 , Reply# 13   1/28/2005 at 20:08 (6,998 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Venus Veus Venus!!!! Tsk Tsk Tsk!!! I can't believe a member applianceville is such a flagrant violater of the dishwasher code. NO Pre-rinsing. Scrape off teh big chunks with a knife and put the stuff in. It's a great dishwasher. Hmm, TCOX6912 has the same model as yours. He loads it over the gills and stuff comes out perfect. He uses power scrub cycle a lot and also finds normal does a kick booty job too.
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Post# 55178 , Reply# 14   1/28/2005 at 20:54 (6,998 days old) by cehalstead (Charleston, WV)   |   | |
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convincing someone not to pre-rinse is not one of the easiest things to do.....I pre-rinsed, until I got a Maytag machine in '98....won't ever pre-rinse again.... |
Post# 55191 , Reply# 17   1/28/2005 at 22:25 (6,998 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 55194 , Reply# 18   1/29/2005 at 00:01 (6,998 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 55201 , Reply# 20   1/29/2005 at 03:25 (6,998 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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A loooooong time ago, I think it was even on our Yahoo club, Jason posted a drawing of a woman (with a cigarette?) who said something like: "Their should be support groups for women who still prerinse" or something like that. I couldn't find it on my computer, it's probably on my old one and I don't have access to those files anymore. Does somebody have it?
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Post# 55207 , Reply# 23   1/29/2005 at 06:40 (6,998 days old) by wringingwet (Walterboro South Carolina)   |   | |
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When I was a loyal Kitchen Aid Dishwasher owner before they basterdized it. My supurba would never have a wet dish or wet plastic piece in it especially when the sani rinse was used. The fan drying was one of the better features on that machine with the best washing action also. But alas when my KD died I went looking for parts and found an ASKO top of the line at Salvation Army for 10.00 and it workes beautiful with only five gallons of water total for the heavy cycle. Since I am on a septic tank and live in a swamp the Asko became the indoor dishwasher since it was also so very very quiet ( very open floor plan two stories high) so quiet in fact that my partner opened it a couple of times while it was running. Now he feels the dishwasher for vibrations to see if it is running. The kitchen aid is in my outdoor kitchen with a new motor going strong
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Post# 55221 , Reply# 25   1/29/2005 at 09:20 (6,997 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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Post# 55264 , Reply# 26   1/29/2005 at 19:54 (6,997 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Hi Guys, In AU, the Whirlpools, Bosch, AEG, all lack the salt dispenser. In the last series TOL Whirlpool DW I picked up last weekend, there is a plastic plate where the salt filler goes but nothing underneath. it only seems to be Miele that gets a water softener in AU. |
Post# 55284 , Reply# 27   1/29/2005 at 22:13 (6,997 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 55327 , Reply# 28   1/30/2005 at 12:23 (6,996 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK)   |   | |
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Venus/Austin, So how's it going with your new DW? Any pics yet? Jaune, All the Bosch and AEG dishwasher I've used have managed to get the plastic dry, and thats in a 20 min condenser drying cycle without heat. Jon |
Post# 55332 , Reply# 29   1/30/2005 at 15:22 (6,996 days old) by super32 (Blackstone Massachusetts)   |   | |
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Retro, Unless I missed it in someones post, sorry if I did. Are you using rinse aid? If you are not then you should. Its not really an option but with most of todays newer dishwashers its a must. The bosch will not dry with out it. If you are using it then you may want to try a higher number setting. As far as dring plastics, mine never did thoroughly dry them. But it cleans great, its very quiet so I can live with that small short comming. |
Post# 55568 , Reply# 32   2/1/2005 at 09:41 (6,994 days old) by Joe_in_Philly (Philadelphia, PA, USA)   |   | |
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Jon, I did not see any mention in my manual about adding additional detergent for a prewash. If you want to see the American Bosch dishwasher manual, you can download it from the link below. The way mine works, it starts with a brief, 1 minute quick rinse at the beginning of the cycle. I guess it would rinse the majority of any additional detergent down the drain anyway. I initially thought that prewash detergent may interfere with the water sensor, but I don't think that is the reason why there is no prewash dispenser. I think that it is just not needed. The way the normal cycle seems to always run is first the very brief 1 minute quick rinse. Then, it will "rinse" for about 20 minutes, and the detergent cup opens. I assume if the load was dirtier, there would be a water change before the detergent cup opens and the wash starts. It washes for about 35 minutes. Then it has two rinses, the first lasts for about 8 minutes, the second is much longer, I assume because it has to heat the water. Don't forget, we only have 110v power to the dishwasher, so it takes longer to heat the water, though we don't start with cold water. My hot water is around 120F (49C) at the faucet. Joe CLICK HERE TO GO TO Joe_in_Philly's LINK |