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Thread Number: 3812
Dishwasher re-heat and other "hidden" features |
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Post# 91577 , Reply# 1 10/31/2005 at 15:59 (6,750 days old) by dadoes  (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Let the machine run for a few minutes into the cycle, then open it and check if the heating element is hot. Or, if you have a volt meter, take off the lower panel or toekick, check if the element terminals are accessible and use the meter to check for current on it. Except for some of the Euro-designed machine, you'd be pretty hard-pressed nowadays to find a dishwasher that doesn't have a self-flushing filter of some sort. Even those may have a two-stage filter that strains the recirculated wash/rinse water, then flushes that part but has another manual-clean filter to catch larger debris from passing through the pump. | ||
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Post# 91593 , Reply# 2 10/31/2005 at 16:53 (6,750 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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If your Frigidaire (or any dishwasher, for that matter) has a 'High Temp Wash' button or a 'Sani Rinse' option (exact wording may vary), it heats the water using the element at the bottom of the tub. I think your Mom's choice of a mid-line Whirlpool is a good one. They clean well and you can put the silverware basket on the door to make room in the lower rack for more items. However, the silverware sometimes doesn't come quite as clean when you opt to do that, especially if the basket is quite full. | ||
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Post# 91613 , Reply# 4 10/31/2005 at 18:10 (6,750 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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To answer both of your questions, if this mid-line Whirly is a "tall-tub" model, then it does purge the filtering process is electronic sensor detects a certain amount of food soil collected in its filtering (this would be during certain phases of the pre-wash & main wash aside from the normal draining/backwashing). Secondly, if the unit has a "high-temp scrub" or "wash temp boost" option, it will heat the water in the mainw wash cycle to 140 or 145 degrees when the option is selected. This WP would also heat the final rinse water to 140 degrees automatically and if there is a sani-rinse option, the final rinse water will be heated to 155 degrees. You can get the potential model number from your mom and go to the whirlpool web site, or get the model numbe3r and email me privately and I'll give you a litany of its features LOL.
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| Post# 92112 , Reply# 7 11/3/2005 at 18:00 (6,747 days old) by cybrvanr () | ||
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I got the model number from her. It's a Kenmore mode 74362. Oddly enough though, I couldn't get a picture of it up on Sear's web page to take a look at it | ||
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Post# 92143 , Reply# 8 11/3/2005 at 20:54 (6,747 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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