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What your manual says is common to most dishwashers. You can tell if your dishwasher has a pre-wash cycle if it does a short run, then you hear it draining, an
by totallymike 11mo ago
What your manual says is common to most dishwashers.
You can tell if your dishwasher has a pre-wash cycle if it does a short run, then you hear it draining, and then it does a longer full run. I expect it probably does.
Also, you can always add a bit of detergent to the main compartment of the dishwasher for prewash. The normal detergent compartment has a lid so the the detergent stays dry until the main wash cycle, and most prewash compartments are just an open tray.
Come to think of it, if there is a latching door on the detergent tray, your dishwasher definitely has a prewash cycle, or else they’d skip the door entirely
- felbane 11mo ago> Come to think of it, if there is a latching door on the detergent tray, your dishwasher definitely has a prewash cycle, or else they’d skip the door entirely Alec also mentions this briefly in the linked video; if manufacturers could avoid the cost of a latching mechanism, they absolutely would. Its presence means a pre-wash cycle exists.
- badc0ffee 11mo agoThe default program on my Miele pops the door open like 2 minutes into the cycle. Maybe the slower ones don't?
- ryukoposting 11mo agoMy GE seems to skip the prewash cycle on the default setting for whatever reason. It does use a prewash on its "heavy duty" cycle though. Incidentally "heavy duty" also works infinitely better, with no more damage done to my dishes. YMMV of course.
- rb666 11mo agoThat sounds like the behavior of the Eco program, which is often the default.
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