Left salt compartment lid open in the dishwasher whoops- damage caused?

minibbb

In my haste to use my new dishwasher I inadvertently either left the salt compartment lid off or didnt screw it on well enough. Two washes later and moaning about poor washing performance and residue inside the machine I've noticed the lid was off!

The salt indicator light is on as its obviously dissolved all the salt in there, what I worried about is whether im likely to have caused any damage to the machine?

Southend1

Run a hot wash straight away with the salt lid on properly to stop the salt from corroding anything. I doubt there would be any other damage caused if you only used it a couple of times like that.

mummyroysof3

I did that once and a baking tray and all the cutlery looked rusty

zaax

Don't use seperate salt and rinse aid just use the Lidl's W5 All in 1 Dishwasher tablets

Alias_Omega

We dont fill the salt thing up, we leave it empty and ignore the light.

The tablets we buy have salt already in them...

Southend1

Alias_Omega wrote: »

We dont fill the salt thing up, we leave it empty and ignore the light.

The tablets we buy have salt already in them...

But the salt is meant to be in the water softener part not in with the wash?

I always think separate salt, rinse aid and powder are cheaper than tablets and give a better wash.

minibbb

Thanks everyone, the inside of the machine looks clean and residue free so hopefully I've got away with it!

yangptangkipperbang

Alias_Omega wrote: »

We dont fill the salt thing up, we leave it empty and ignore the light.

The tablets we buy have salt already in them...

The salt is to regenerate the water softener in the dishwasher - putting salt in the tablets does nothing except make the wash water slightly salty !!

You only ignore the salt low light if you have a stand alone water softener.......................

MoneyMate

Should be no damage to your machine, looks like you would have very poor or no fresh water rinse after wash has finished.
Please check local water hardness and compare with machine manufacturers recommendation reference using Salt in Softener compartment.

Alias_Omega

Well we have been doing this for 7 years. The machine is a Bosch/Hotpoint...

Old skool...just runs forever..

ohreally

yangptangkipperbang wrote: »

You only ignore the salt low light if you have a stand alone water softener.......................

Or the supply water is soft.