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Re: [PLUG] OT: Dishwasher
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This is about as off-topic as you can get without being vulgar or
offensive. There must be a few mailing lists out there for people who
have similar interests.
White residue - coming from the detergent, perhaps, or the failure of
the rinse cycle to wash off the detergent. Have you tried using
different detergent? :)
--
Jim
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:42 AM, JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote:
> OK, OK, I know this is way off topic. But I know some of you are
> do-it-yourselfers and I hope some of you are appliance hackers.
>
> My reasonably fancy, stainless steel interior, Consumerreports.org
> recommended dishwasher (circa 2001 Kenmore (i.e. Whirlpool or GE) Elite
> 665.16912001) isn't working very well. It leaves white residue all over
> everything and just generally isn't cleaning well. Per Googling the
> heck out of it I've:
>
> * Cleaned the inside
> * Disassembled the inside and made sure nothing (that I can find) is
> blocked or clogged
> * Run cycles with white vinegar
> * Made sure it has "rinse aid"
>
> Nothing has helped much, or for long. AFAICT, it is filling, heating,
> and working OK, except that it doesn't clean right. The only thing I
> haven't done is pulled it out from the cabinet and taken it totally
> apart and I'm not sure I want to blow half a day doing that.
>
> Any suggestions or guidance?
>
> Thanks, and I now return the list to the usual F/OSS and flamewars,
> JP
>
> PS--In the interest of full disclosure I'll note that the control panel
> buttons(?) simply stopped working one day in 2005 and had to be replaced.
>
> PPS--And it start nuking thermal fuses circa 2006 and after replacing a
> number of them I just wired around it. (Yes, I understand why that
> might be a Bad Idea and no, I don't run the thing unattended. This is
> apparently a known issue that goes back to the mid 1990's, which really
> annoys me that a) they haven't fixed it and b) ConsumerReports liked the
> unit.)
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