Caring For Your Dishwasher

1.    Rinse your dishes

Rinse your dishes before you put them into the dishwasher. Garbage in garbage out. I have recently seen where manufactures are claiming that if you leave the food on the dishes it will help get them clean. Not so much. If you rinse the dishes before you put them in the dishwasher, I guarantee that this will keep your dishwasher cleaner and if your dishwasher is cleaner it will smell better and it will last longer. If there is less food debree building up in the dishwasher your plates will be cleaner 

2.    Soap    

Don’t buy cheap soap it will clogged up your dishwasher. It will cost you more in repair bills than you will ever save on cheap soap. 

3.    Rinse Agent  

 To days dishwashers need rinse agent as much as they need soap. Do to the energy efficiency of the units they don’t get as hot as they once did. The heat was what dried the dishes and still does just not as good. They need help to keep from spotting up your dishes. 

4.    Things To Check  

Check your filter. There is a filter or a strainer in the bottom of your unit. It is there to catch food or broken glass, toothpicks, coins, screws, I’ve seen it all. Check and clean the filter on a monthly basis. Spray arms will catch anything that gets past the filter and will clogged up the little holes and keep the spray arms from spinning 

5.    Water Temperature 

Cold water will not clean your dishes. Soap cannot dissolve in cold water. Run the water in the sink next to the unit until it is hot then turn on the dishwasher. There is a lot of cold water in the line going to your dishwasher. 

6.    Clean your dishwasher 

Run a cup of vinegar by itself to clean your dishwasher without dishes in it. If you are getting a lime or a chalky type of build up on the heater coil or spray arms use CLR to get it out before it turns your dishwasher into a dish cabinet. 

Attempting to repair a Dishwasher without proper training and safety standards is dangerous.

Dishwashers should only be repaired by skilled professionals who have the knowledge and experience to safely bring them out of disrepair. Repairs performed by unqualified people risk serious injury or even death. Keeping your dishwasher in top running condition 

A Standard 115 volt wall outlet can easily carry 150 times the current needed to kill a person.

Attempting to repair a Dishwasher without proper training and safety standards is dangerous.

Dishwashers should only be repaired by skilled professionals who have the knowledge and experience to safely bring them out of disrepair. Repairs performed by unqualified people risk serious injury or even death. Keeping your dishwasher in top running condition 

A Standard 115 volt wall outlet can easily carry 150 times the current needed to kill a person.