Need tips for using dishwasher

seraphina

purpleivy wrote: »

Unlike the OP I never run my dishwasher at night or if I'm out. The reason for this is they do overheat and catch fire. Same with the tumble dryer.

The chances of that happening are so infinitesimally small, I hope you don't ever go out. You might get hit by a bus! And besides, if it were going to catch fire, I'd rather I was out;)

culpepper

I think there is not much risk of your dishwasher burning your house down as it is in a metal cabinet and the element is in the water or suspended in air.

wendy52

Mrs E

It comes in a strong poly sack.
I keep mine in the garage and tape the opening closed.
I have done this for years and never had a problem.

MrsBartolozzi

To those who say dishwashers don't catch on fire - mine did just that last week. We were off to bed when there was a noise from the kitchen - I thought it was some recycling settling as I'd just chucked a lot of plastic in a big box. Oh said just a have a look to be sure. I opened the kitchen door to a strong smell of burning and the DW display glowing brightly. Once it was disconnected I opened it and there was a burnt plastic smell and smoke inside.
I'm so glad we put the DW on early that night, as we sleep at the other end of the house and wouldn't have noticed anything until the smoke alarm woke us!
Sadly it was going to cost not much less than a new one to fix, so we are getting a new one tomorrow! I can't wait, I'm remembering all over again why I hate dishwashing.:)

purpleivy

seraphina wrote: »

The chances of that happening are so infinitesimally small, I hope you don't ever go out. You might get hit by a bus! And besides, if it were going to catch fire, I'd rather I was out;)

Well, it did happen to a family over the road. If they had been in then maybe they wouldn't have had to move out of their house for so long. Another friend is in temporary accommodation for 6 months while her house is fixed after a house fire.

Google dishwasher fires and you'll find plenty of incidences.

So I'm afraid that I shall continue to run both when I'm in where possible, TD hardly goes on any way.

I take the precaution of looking both ways before crossing the road, so am rather unlikely to be hit by a bus. I take the precaution of not running those two appliances when it's possible to be around.

purpleivy

MrsBartolozzi wrote: »

To those who say dishwashers don't catch on fire - mine did just that last week. We were off to bed when there was a noise from the kitchen - I thought it was some recycling settling as I'd just chucked a lot of plastic in a big box. Oh said just a have a look to be sure. I opened the kitchen door to a strong smell of burning and the DW display glowing brightly. Once it was disconnected I opened it and there was a burnt plastic smell and smoke inside.
I'm so glad we put the DW on early that night, as we sleep at the other end of the house and wouldn't have noticed anything until the smoke alarm woke us!
Sadly it was going to cost not much less than a new one to fix, so we are getting a new one tomorrow! I can't wait, I'm remembering all over again why I hate dishwashing.:)

Hope you get it sorted out soon Mrs B. I bet you don't run your dishwasher at night in the future. Be sure to look both ways when you cross the road too! :rotfl:Can't believe that OP was so flippant about the whole thing.

allydowd

Put your washing up sponges in the dishwasher to keep them clean.

Also you can put lego in a net bag and wash it in the dishwasher to kill germs.

Jei70

I buy own brand supermarket (Asda, Tesco or Lidl) salt, rinse aid and the cheapest (value) tablets.

I keep the salt topped up as we're in a hard water area; if I run out of rinse aid I use distilled vinegar; and I halve the tablets and add up to a teaspoon of washing soda, depending on how greasy/dirty the load is. The dishes always end up sparkling, there's no cloudy glass, and the dishwasher itself is clean and fresh smelling - no need for expensive DW cleaners!

greenbee

allydowd wrote: »

Put your washing up sponges in the dishwasher to keep them clean.

Also you can put lego in a net bag and wash it in the dishwasher to kill germs.

And your toothbrush... and your mooncup

cdodd

that's the same dishwasher that I have, i find that 9/10 asda DW powder and the quick wash is more than adequate, I only use the other cycles if the pots are particularly dirty, can't understand why those cycles are so long why on earth would it take 2 hrs to wash some dishes, especially as the quick wash is only 30 mins, i do use rinse aid and salt (supermarket own) though!