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Thread Number: 95240
/ Tag: Other Home Products or Autos
Does your dishwasher smell like fish? |
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Post# 1198804 , Reply# 1 2/8/2024 at 14:50 (302 days old) by RP2813  (Sannazay) |
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 Hard water in my part of town too. Mostly sourced from ground water. When we lived out near Los Gatos, a larger portion of our water was sourced from mountain runoff, but it still had its share of mineral content.
Now that I'm back in a neighborhood that's over 100 years old, I'll add some Lemishine to a load of dishes periodically and that takes care of the Miele's stainless interior. So far I haven't had any smell issues.
I've smelled a sort of wet dog/fish smell in hot water out of the tap at a friend's apartment. Hand-washed cups and glasses stunk. I think the source of that was a shot anode in the heater. | ||
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Post# 1198811 , Reply# 3 2/8/2024 at 16:15 (302 days old) by marky_mark (From Liverpool. Now living in Palm Springs and Madrid) |
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Post# 1198826 , Reply# 4 2/8/2024 at 18:30 (302 days old) by littlegreeny (Milwaukee, WI) |
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Post# 1198877 , Reply# 5 2/9/2024 at 10:28 (301 days old) by JoeEkaitis (Rialto, California, USA) |
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Post# 1199132 , Reply# 7 2/12/2024 at 14:15 (298 days old) by marky_mark (From Liverpool. Now living in Palm Springs and Madrid) |
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| Post# 1199139 , Reply# 8 2/12/2024 at 15:29 (298 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
Dang
That sucks the original gel has been discontinued, I really liked that detergent. Guess I'll have to get plenty of them if I ever see any left. Or I'll have to try something else instead to replace it. Unless the demand comes for Cascade to bring the gel back.
My dishwasher in the house never smelled, probably because we're using good detergent and dish soap, we always rinse our dishes out before loading them in the dishwasher, and we have soft water. Once in a while I'd put vinegar in with the hottest setting to completely self clean the dishwasher out. But we did had one problem with our dishwasher up at our last cabin before. Just shortly after we got it when the cabin was built, it had some kind of burning smell coming out from the dishes whenever we'd run a cycle through them. It took a while to figure out that the odor was coming from the heating element. What happened was is that a plastic utensil fell down in there and melted on top of the element. | ||
| Post# 1199143 , Reply# 9 2/12/2024 at 15:43 (298 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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Post# 1199145 , Reply# 10 2/12/2024 at 15:59 (298 days old) by marky_mark (From Liverpool. Now living in Palm Springs and Madrid) |
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| Post# 1199182 , Reply# 12 2/13/2024 at 05:52 (297 days old) by me (Essex, UK) | ||
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Neither of the dishwasher I've had have ever smelt of fish, might have been a problem for Vincent Price:- | ||
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Post# 1199184 , Reply# 13 2/13/2024 at 06:10 (297 days old) by marky_mark (From Liverpool. Now living in Palm Springs and Madrid) |
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Well the dishwasher I grew up with (branded Hotpoint, but essentially a Bosch) was the absolute BOL model and it only had three cycles:
1. Prewash 2. Super Wash 65º 3. Normal Wash 65º The only difference between the two wash cycles was that Super Wash did 2 prewashes and Normal did 1 prewash. Both cycles then did a main wash at 65 ºC (150 ºF), purge, two full rinses (final rinse was 65C/150F) followed by a heated dry. There was no way to reduce the wash or rinse temp and no way to turn off the heated dry. We used to fill the dispenser full of powder (which contained phosphate). Results were excellent and the dishwasher never smelled. Now, my parents have a modern Bosch that defaults to the eco cycle every time it is switched on, unless you select a high-temp cycle, which they don't bother to do. Every time I go to their house, the dishwasher is disgusting. The filter is absolutely full of really thick grease. As well as only ever using the low temp eco cycle, it could be that they are using poor detergent tablets, which they stockpile and they may get old and damp. I have used modern Bosch dishwashers and mine have always remained pristine. But I use good detergent and high temps. Their washing machine always used to be pristine too, with regular boil washes. Now, it's a disgusting, smelly, mouldy mess. They now wash exclusively at low temps. So, at least in some cases, I'd say it's down to how the machine is (mis)used. | ||
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Post# 1199186 , Reply# 14 2/13/2024 at 06:23 (297 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Reply number 13
Hi Mark, you are very correct I think a big part of the problem today is people are so far removed from knowing how to clean clothing and dishes, etc. because they haven’t done it by hand in a generation or two and they don’t realize what needs to happen to get clothing and dishes clean.
You actually can wash clothing and cold water if you use enough good detergent enough rinses enough mechanical agitation But people have no clue and I suppose you could probably wash dishes and fairly cool water by hand but again it would take a lot more mechanical work and a lot more rinsing, etc. to get things to come out reasonably well. In our business we constantly see dishwashers that aren’t even fit to take the garbage out in they so disgusting inside and yet people are running their dishes through them every week and eating off of them. I guess it proves that the body is pretty resilient and it doesn’t kill you , lol | ||
| Post# 1199193 , Reply# 16 2/13/2024 at 08:34 (297 days old) by me (Essex, UK) | ||
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Hotpoint branded Bosch Meant to say the liquid detergent ate through the dispenser flap seal and the seal between the dispenser and door, letting the detergent get into the wiring. Not the door seal. | ||
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Post# 1199203 , Reply# 17 2/13/2024 at 12:55 (297 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA) |
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dishwasher smell My dishwasher doesn't have that smell. If anything, it smells like the food covered dishes I put in it, until I start it. | ||
| Post# 1199206 , Reply# 18 2/13/2024 at 13:16 (297 days old) by yuccadew ( US / East Coast ) | ||
Does anyone know if buying cleaning tablets like that is worth it, or can plain citric acid do the trick?
We have well water, and I go through a lot of citric acid, including in the dish washer, as a hair rinse, to clean out the tea kettle... It does seem to help, and I haven’t noticed any weird smells from the water. The last time I noticed a smell like that was when I went through a “natural” laundry detergent phase; the clothes really did come out smelling foul. I also like the brand Lemi Shine, their products are citric acid/ citrus/ lemon based. | ||
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Post# 1213881 , Reply# 21 9/5/2024 at 08:01 by chetlaham (United States) |
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Post# 1213926 , Reply# 23 9/5/2024 at 18:03 by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula) |
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Good practices, maybe?
I have one of the crappiest dishwashers ever (kenmore portable, modern) and I NEVER had any issues with smelly dw. OTOH, the racks probably won't survive until the end of the year and replacement racks are more expensive than replacing the dw. I've never seen such cheaply-made racks. It feels like Whirlpool did that intentionally. They're literally dissolving in rust. | ||
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