Washing Machines

[leakyroof]

I’ll see if I can figure that out. 

I have removed the top grill and fished around for obstructions, but I have not disassembled anything.

I will give it a go when my back is feeling a little better.

Understand. Do research the YouTube videos out there for some nice video on exactly the part you need to slide or pop out of the lower drain area. It's a weird looking part, more of a guard or restrictor I think, to prevent large items from getting into the Extraction/Drain pump inlet.  Not very big either, a couple of inches long maybe.
If you're NOT getting error codes on the machine readout, this may be a rabbit hole that won't help you, so keep that in mind.

 

[Cheese]

Just curious...does the Bosch red light turn green when the wash cycle is complete?

 

[squall_line]

Without Youtube and internets and video cameras built into slim form-factor devices like smartphones, my last leaky dishwasher would likely have cost significantly more than the $5 and 30 minutes of my time that it took to order a new O-ring off of Amazon and install it.  Probably would have ended up just getting a whole new unit, if I'm being honest.

 

[Packard]

Just curious...does the Bosch red light turn green when the wash cycle is complete?

Not on my machine.  It just goes dark.  It is so quiet that it is necessary.

 

[leakyroof]

Just curious...does the Bosch red light turn green when the wash cycle is complete?

. No change of color, as noted, Red light just goes out and you get a series of beeps signifying the cycle is over.

 

[Packard]

Just curious...does the Bosch red light turn green when the wash cycle is complete?

. No change of color, as noted, Red light just goes out and you get a series of beeps signifying the cycle is over.

I never noticed the beeps.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen the actual moment when the red light went dark. 

It is always, “Ah, the red light is off.  The dishes are done.”

I do note that plastic storage containers always come out still wet and covered in water.  Annoying.

 

[leakyroof]

Just curious...does the Bosch red light turn green when the wash cycle is complete?

. No change of color, as noted, Red light just goes out and you get a series of beeps signifying the cycle is over.

I never noticed the beeps.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen the actual moment when the red light went dark. 

It is always, “Ah, the red light is off.  The dishes are done.”

I do note that plastic storage containers always come out still wet and covered in water.  Annoying.

  Yes, there's that... [big grin] [big grin]
BUT, the dishwasher doesn't seem prone to overheating and warping Plastic containers either. So there's that too... [thumbs up]

 

[Packard]

Many manufacturers list their products as “top shelf dishwasher-safe”.  I presume because the water source originates from the bottom on most dishwashers.

On my Bosch, there are two sets of spinning blade spray sources.  One is just below the bottom shelf.  The other is just below the top shelf.

As noted above, none of the Rubbermaid containers or similar containers have been damaged from the heat.

An amusing sidebar:

There is a mail order company that sells hunting equipment.  I believe it is called “Sportsman’s Warehouse”.

They sell hunting blinds that allow you to shoot from high in a tree.  The problem with that is if you have to pee, the odor will scare off the deer.

So they borrowed from the small aircraft industry and sell a “portable urinal” , which is just a long-neck (and presumably water-tight) plastic bottle. 

The amusing part (to me) is that they listed it as “dishwasher-safe”. [eek]

I wonder how many housewives would be OK with that.

 

[squall_line]

Many manufacturers list their products as “top shelf dishwasher-safe”.  I presume because the water source originates from the bottom on most dishwashers.

On my Bosch, there are two sets of spinning blade spray sources.  One is just below the bottom shelf.  The other is just below the top shelf.

As noted above, none of the Rubbermaid containers or similar containers have been damaged from the heat.

The water source for both arms (or even a third one on the top of the unit) should be the same.  Most dishwashers have a resistive heating element in the bottom of the unit for the "heat dry" cycle, which is what usually leads to damage for those items that are listed as "top rack safe".

I generally run our dishwasher on a normal cycle without any extra heat, and try to time it so that it completes after the kids are in bed but before I am.  I will then open the dishwasher, shake off any plastic or silicone pieces, and turn the kitchen ceiling fan on low to accelerate and assist in air drying overnight.

 

[Michael Kellough]

My procedure for dealing with still wet storage containers is to pull out the lower rack and then give the top rack a good shake. That will bump out much of the water that fills the rims of the containers.

Then it’s safe to push the lower rack back in without it getting wet from drips from above and I go ahead and pull out the upper rack, turn the storage containers right side up so the rest of the water in the rims drains down, and leave the rack out in the open to dry.

 

[Packard]

I remove the plastic containers and give the several solid raps against the side of the sink.  That kicks off about 90% of the remaining water.

I then put them on the drying rack and they dry in about an hour.

Alternatively, if the red light goes out before I go to sleep, I open the machine’s door about 1/3 of the way using the pull-out shelves to keep it from closing.  The pieces will all be dry by morning.

But considering all the extra fussing attendant to the plastic containers, I will often hand wash them.  Usually one or two containers and the hand wash time is not much longer than the fussing about getting the machine washed pieces dry.

I wear gloves for hand washing.  Usually the decision to machine wash/hand wash is decided by whether I have the gloves on or not.

 

[squall_line]

I think Miele, Fisher & Paykel, and some of the other higher-end units will prop the door open slightly at the end of a cycle to aid in drying.  That feature may have trickled down to other manufacturers as well.