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Tip for the pro when buying a dishwasher. Make sure the distance between so lower and upper drawer is big enought that the "washing wheels" can still spin if yo
by fitbitq 6y ago
Tip for the pro when buying a dishwasher. Make sure the distance between so lower and upper drawer is big enought that the "washing wheels" can still spin if you have your plates inside.
My new Whirlpool dishwasher is nearly useless.
- Scoundreller 6y agoAre all of your plates oversized? Or square so they don’t sit a bit below the level of the bottom rack? Not that there’s an iso standard for plate size, but I have a hard time imagining this being a common issue.
- aidenn0 6y agoMost Bosch washers have adjustable racks. It's great.
- wombatmobile 6y agoHow often do you clean the sump filter in your Bosch? If you don't do it often, do you get Error 24?
- aidenn0 6y agoI've only had to do it once (3yr old machine), maybe every 2 years or so? Never seen error 24; I can just tell by ear when it's slowing because our air-gap seems to amplify the sound of draining water.
- piceas 6y agoNot often enough and yes. And then error 9 after the heater shorts out when the top up salt warning stops working :/ Fortunately the pump with integrated heater strip is relatively easy to replace.
- bserge 6y agoI hated those heaters. The most common failure point. Made a lot of money selling them, though :D And replacing the pump/heater assembly on a Bosch/Siemens is harder than on Indesit/Beko/Whirlpool. Have to fiddle with a screwdriver and a flashlight from the side. On that note, the drainage needs cleaning often (or the sensor whines about it), and I liked the water flow sensor (which they use instead of a pressure switch) on Bosch/Siemens.
- bserge 6y agoYou mean the filter at the bottom? Ideally you want to do it every time. Bosch/Siemens have an interesting way of measuring the amount of water: Other manufacturers (and older BSH appliances) use a simple pressure switch. Bosch went all German engineering with a fully electronic system. The intake has a propeller with magnetized blades and a reed switch that counts the rotations, so it knows exactly how much water goes in, which is pretty damn cool. The turbidity sensor in the drain plays a vital role in this - it assures the mainboard that the dishwasher is, in fact, empty. Otherwise it would overfill. And because of that, BSH dishwashers are very trigger happy with the drain errors. They could also be caused by pieces of food/glass in the drain pump, btw. Surprisingly, this over-engineered solution is more reliable on a dishwasher because a traditional pressure switch gets clogged more often and is harder to fix.
- Ma8ee 6y agoAll recent dishwashers I have own have had adjustable upper drawer so you can move it up or down a few centimeters depending on where your load requires extra height.
- prawn 6y agoCan be hopeless with modern wine glasses also.
- bserge 6y agoMost dishwashers have either adjustment handles or two sets of wheels/rollers on the upper tray. You can adjust the height by taking it out completely and switching to the other set of wheels. Though I have seen ones that can't be adjusted. You could try getting an adjustable upper tray from a similar make/model. Usually they are interchangeable.