I wrote last month about the problem I was having with the dishwasher and how I hate to hand wash dishes.
Efforts to eliminate the problem were to no avail, and Monday my husband came home with a new Kitchen Aid dishwasher.
It had a stainless steel interior, whereas the old one was plastic.
However, by the third load, it wasn't rinsing well, either. I haven't told my husband as he will, undoubtedly, go out in the yard and give birth to a cow.
What I did do was buy some new detergent, a completely different brand. I was using Cascade Complete. I have used Cascade in some form or the other for 24 years without problem, but maybe they changed the formula. The dishwasher came with a sample of Electrosol so I will try that.
The other thing that may be the problem is the water heater, because this not-rinsing-well issue started right after we had to replace the water heater in August. I thought the water temperature set to low but my husband has adjusted that and now it should not be a factor. I don't know why the hot water heater would keep the dishwasher from rinsing the dishes well, though.
I washed the dishes last night with the new soap powder and it seems to have helped. My fingers are crossed.
Mine is over 20 years old and on its last leg. God forbid I should have to start handwashing dishes along with all the other kitchen chores I don't do.
ReplyDeleteI have had four dishwashers in the last 20 years. I am envious.
ReplyDeleteMine died briefly today, but my husband was able to resusitate it. All its little green lights were flashing in a random order while it did nothing, so I suspect the dishwasher equivalent of Alzheimers.
ReplyDeleteIt's six and a half, in an era where appliances can only be expected to live for five years. Plus the mud clumps that stained its interior when the well went low a few years ago didn't help. And it's one of the models recalled by GE, and if I get another one soon, I get a nice rebate.
Might as well finish it off. . . .