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Dishwasher Pre-Wash Cycle |
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Post# 588725 , Reply# 2   4/12/2012 at 06:33 (4,368 days old) by washer111 ()   |   | |
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Limescale is not my fault! Our house has a water softener, so the DishDrawer is very happy :) 25 grains hardness here... |
Post# 588734 , Reply# 3   4/12/2012 at 08:43 (4,368 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains )   |   | |
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He wasn't being rude or mean or anything by saying that about your dishwasher.I have terrible hard water also and mine or anybodies do that steel shows the worst of it. I use Citric Acid dishwasher cleaner you can buy them at any grocery store, and your machine will sparkle on the inside like new and run better because that is also inside the arms and can restrict your cleaning.The cleaner is a bottle you just plop in there and run while empty on the longest cycle.They have a wax plug that will melt away.I use Dishwasher Magic or Finnish Dishwasher cleaner but I don't have much problems with build up cause I have a lot a phosphates in my detergent but it also cleans grease out of your arms and pumps. |
Post# 589123 , Reply# 15   4/13/2012 at 19:47 (4,366 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Set our Frigidaire portable to "Water Miser" setting (flush,wash, flush, rinse, dry)instead of "Normal" (wash, flush, wash,flush, rinse, dry), but used heated wash as per usual.
Results this morning were quite good, mind you one normally places a small amount of detergent (older formula Cascade "Complete" with phosphates) in the pre-wash cup, and fills the detergent cup to the lower line. This time filled the main wash cup full to the higher line, just to be sure. Also as per always one resets the timer after the machine fills for the final rinse to the last portion of the main wash cycle. This way the machine will give two rinses. Have found this cuts down on yibbles from all the grains (oats, rice, and flax seeds) we consume. Still one wonders if the results were so good because due to the rather cool weather recently the boilers are still set to "Winter", thus the hot water out of the taps is >130F. As it was the machine stayed longer during the heating cycle than one remembers when using the "Normal" cycle. One assumes this because hot as the water was the dishes and dishwasher are "cold" from sitting, this obviously cools the water. |
Post# 589354 , Reply# 21   4/14/2012 at 15:38 (4,366 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Our Siemens from 2006 does a warm pre-wash on the autoNormal and autoHeavy cycles.
Now, I like clean dishes but I also think seven water changes are a little too much. I'm sure if you open the door of that GE after two or three water fills, most dishes will already be clean. The current TOL Frigidaire dishwasher even has four washes and four rinses on the P&P cycle - that's like 10 gal. or 40 liters! The most frugal dishwashers use six times less water and still clean dishes. I mostly used the autoNormal on the Siemens and it worked flawlessly. Usually, it ran a pre-wash, main wash, purge, rinse, rinse, dry. Light loads would be wash, rinse, dry and heavy loads eliminate the purge(s) for a full extra rinse. It also varied the water pressure throughout the main wash. Sometimes it would wash only on high pressure or start of on normal, go down to low and then finish off on high. Very smart dishwasher and the best I ever used. My current one is a builders-grade unit and... I'm looking on eBay every day. ;) Alex |
Post# 589751 , Reply# 30   4/15/2012 at 19:44 (4,364 days old) by mielerod69 (Australia)   |   | |
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except the super expensive Miele's, which have to be absurd to find more water savings (could it be running just one spray arm at a time, or just a low powered pump?)
I load mine right up and it cleans anything I throw at it. See the photos. Mainly use the Sensor wash programme and it varies the water from anywhere from 7 to 17 litres, on average it uses around 10 to 12. 17 litres would be hit with 5 water changes. Has a water softener but the water in Melbourne is soft 3 degrees so no salt is needed. CLICK HERE TO GO TO mielerod69's LINK |
Post# 590011 , Reply# 33   4/16/2012 at 18:18 (4,364 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains )   |   | |
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It is amazing the differences in the amount of water used in all these machines from different countries.The new 2012 Maytag Jetclean says in the manual that it can use up to 13 gallons of water with a wash time of about 3.5 hours.That is if you have it on the longest cycle of course but I was floored when I caught that water usage.I have TONS,of G.E. Potscrubber parts some guy on ebay had a box that said G.E. dishwasher parts not sure whats in it but want it gone.I got it all for 30 bucks it had 5 new pumps and motors,wheels,spray,everything in it.There is a old Magic chief down in the basement kitchen at our farm that we got in 83 and that dishwasher still runs perfect but is loud as hell.I can hear that tower hit that door vent always I guess that is why I have always loved those Potscrubber dishwashers well the noise puts me to sleep I can't stand a quite room. |