How needy is your dishwasher?

[Bakerposs]

Mine seems to demand salt and rinse aid weekly?
I also have to regularly (like more than once a week) clean the arms and the filter.
It still regularly punishes me by not properly cleaning things but ‘burning’ on the mess so it then needs scrubbing. Or by not draining properly so I have to dig around in the water to get the filter etc.
we do scrape the plates etc before putting them in but dont rinse them. Is this where we’re going wrong?

Ours is pretty low maintenance although maybe three times a year it likes to decide the little cover thing that covers the spinny bit in the filter will pop off stopping it draining. This means I have to manually get all the stinky greasy water out the put the fiddly cover back in place.

Same. And thank him

hes called Dave. Dave the dishwasher

Wtf does the salt go 🫪

Usually in a well at the bottom which you unscrew but if your water isn't too hard and you use 3 in 1 tablets you probably won't need it. Mine needs salt because our water hardness is about 300ppm, under about 150-200ppm I probably wouldn't bother because the tablets will cope with it.

Not needy at all - mid range Bosch. We have a water softener so don’t need to use salt and I’d sort of forgotten rinse aid exists. I do clean the filters and run a cleaning cycle regularly though. We don’t rinse anything before it goes in.

@Dbank I think if there’s grease and gunk of the plates it’s really best to get that off as it can clog the filters very easily. Miele says do this but you don’t need to pre wash. We simply don’t have clogged filters by ensuring the dishwasher doesn’t have a hard time.

Yes remove anything solid, but not need to wipe or rinse. Any grease will be dissolved by the heat and detergent.

See your manual for confirmation .

I have had a dishwasher since the 80’s, so long long user. I never put salt or rinse aid in, lol. Just bung the plates in, put a tablet in and hit the on button. I have to occasionally leave something in for a second cycle but it’s not often. I do clean the filter out which is a gungy job but if I do it regularly it’s not too bad. Google says my area is soft to slightly hard water, whatever that means!

edit: not the same dishwasher since the 80’s, I might add!

I spray Fairy soak spray in mine, it’s a great degreaser.

Oh, I had a defective model like that. The dishes never came out properly clean.

I kept him for decorative purposes and got a Bosch to do the job properly.

OP was saying she has a problem with her drain pipes. If yours is not filling it will be a different issue. I wonder if you have an aquastop pipe to fill it where the leak-detector thing has got triggered accidentally, they are a pain. Look at where it's connected, probably under the sink, and see if it has a little window like this which has turned red.

https://community.medion.com/t5/FAQs/How-do-I-know-if-the-Aquastop-has-been-triggered/ta-p/130785

Sick of mine as much as I love it. No blockages, filters cleaned, rinsed and sacred up but have to now wipe off some items coming out.

Thank you. I will check that.

Where do you put the salt? I have never even heard of such a thing and I've had decades of dishwasher use. A bottle of rinseaid lasts us for ages too. Not in the UK though.

Salt hole is usually at the bottom of the dishwasher

Salt is once in a blue moon.

Gave up on rinse aid

I run hot empty wash once a week

If you're not in Europe Darklady your machines might not take salt. I watched an interesting (OK...) youtube video about dishwashers and the presenter was American and he mentioned that in North America they don't have salt but in Europe it is common.

No salt dishwasher where I am in Australia just sayin..

Oh I'm going to try that. Thank you.

I have a beko, it’s really needy
or maybe I’m just a shit dishwasher mum