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[OT] My Favorite Thing...NOT BEI Design 04-02-2008
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Posted by BEI Design on April 2, 2008, 5:00 pm
Put my lunch dishes in the DW, getting ready to go
downstairs and start sewing. See a big puddle in the middle
of the kitchen floor. SCOLD the (usually beloved) dog! BAD
DOG! Shoo him outside. Discover the puddle is waaaaay
bigger than a little 11 pound dog should produce. Open the
dishwasher. EEEK! It failed to completely drain after the
last load, and water is leaking out the bottom of the door.
Bigger puddle forming fast. Grab towels to dam the flow,
and search for a reason. Starting the DW seems to drain the
standing water, but what caused it to retain water????
Fiddled around with the basket that's supposed to direct
"soft food" to the built-in disposer. YUCK!!! Big old
mess, I'm not sure I've ever removed it in the 4+ years it's
been in use. Cleaned it out, finally figured out how it all
goes back together, running a test load.

Beverly, <sigh> I'm supposed to be downstairs sewing.



Posted by Sharon Hays on April 2, 2008, 5:52 pm
BEI Design wrote:

> Put my lunch dishes in the DW, getting ready to go
> downstairs and start sewing. See a big puddle in the middle
> of the kitchen floor. SCOLD the (usually beloved) dog! BAD
> DOG! Shoo him outside. Discover the puddle is waaaaay
> bigger than a little 11 pound dog should produce. Open the
> dishwasher. EEEK! It failed to completely drain after the
> last load, and water is leaking out the bottom of the door.
> Bigger puddle forming fast. Grab towels to dam the flow,
> and search for a reason. Starting the DW seems to drain the
> standing water, but what caused it to retain water????
> Fiddled around with the basket that's supposed to direct
> "soft food" to the built-in disposer. YUCK!!! Big old
> mess, I'm not sure I've ever removed it in the 4+ years it's
> been in use. Cleaned it out, finally figured out how it all
> goes back together, running a test load.
>
> Beverly, <sigh> I'm supposed to be downstairs sewing.


Oh no fun at all!!! And now you have some making up to do to the little
man. Poor puppy.

The rules the repairman told my DMIL: Never put chunky food in the
dishwasher, even if you have one with a disposal in it; Run the water in
your kitchen sink till it's as hot as it gets before you turn on the DW;
and while the water is running to get hot, run your garbage disposal till
it makes a whooshing noise and you know it's empty. He said doing those 3
things will make your DW work longer, and clean better. Running the
disposal makes sure there is nothing in there to clog the pipe when the DW
drains.

A little late, but well intentioned.... ;)

Sharon
--
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the
pig.

Posted by BEI Design on April 2, 2008, 10:54 pm
Sharon Hays wrote:
> BEI Design wrote:
>
> Oh no fun at all!!! And now you have some making up to
> do to the little man. Poor puppy.

Yeah, poor little guy must have wondered why Mommy was so
ticked off. :-} He'll get extra banana chips and Science
Diet bones for a few days.

> The rules the repairman told my DMIL: Never put chunky
> food in the dishwasher, even if you have one with a
> disposal in it;

Well, mine is supposed to take care of chunks, but I always
scrape off the big stuff.

> Run the water in your kitchen sink till
> it's as hot as it gets before you turn on the DW;

This DW has it's own extra hot water heater built in, but
I'll give that a test.

> and
> while the water is running to get hot, run your garbage
> disposal till it makes a whooshing noise and you know
> it's empty.

I've been doing that for years, after learning the hard way.

> He said doing those 3 things will make your
> DW work longer, and clean better. Running the disposal
> makes sure there is nothing in there to clog the pipe
> when the DW drains.
>
> A little late, but well intentioned.... ;)

And appreciated. The test load went through just fine, so I
guess I took care of it. One more of those little chores DH
used to do, and I just didn't think about it.

Beverly, off to sew the navy slacks.



Posted by Janice G on April 11, 2008, 8:31 am
Sharon,

Your repairman told you wrong about the water temp. and your garbage
disposer. Run only COLD WATER when using the disposer. This allows any
grease or soft, sticky food to harden and be carried away through the
drain pipes. If you run hot water the grease and food soften and cling
to the pipes and created a sludge downstream when and where they cool
and re-harden. Not good, from a maintenance point of view.

Janice

Sharon Hays wrote:
> BEI Design wrote:
>
>> Put my lunch dishes in the DW, getting ready to go
>> downstairs and start sewing. See a big puddle in the middle
>> of the kitchen floor. SCOLD the (usually beloved) dog! BAD
>> DOG! Shoo him outside. Discover the puddle is waaaaay
>> bigger than a little 11 pound dog should produce. Open the
>> dishwasher. EEEK! It failed to completely drain after the
>> last load, and water is leaking out the bottom of the door.
>> Bigger puddle forming fast. Grab towels to dam the flow,
>> and search for a reason. Starting the DW seems to drain the
>> standing water, but what caused it to retain water????
>> Fiddled around with the basket that's supposed to direct
>> "soft food" to the built-in disposer. YUCK!!! Big old
>> mess, I'm not sure I've ever removed it in the 4+ years it's
>> been in use. Cleaned it out, finally figured out how it all
>> goes back together, running a test load.
>>
>> Beverly, <sigh> I'm supposed to be downstairs sewing.
>
>
> Oh no fun at all!!! And now you have some making up to do to the little
> man. Poor puppy.
>
> The rules the repairman told my DMIL: Never put chunky food in the
> dishwasher, even if you have one with a disposal in it; Run the water in
> your kitchen sink till it's as hot as it gets before you turn on the DW;
> and while the water is running to get hot, run your garbage disposal till
> it makes a whooshing noise and you know it's empty. He said doing those 3
> things will make your DW work longer, and clean better. Running the
> disposal makes sure there is nothing in there to clog the pipe when the DW
> drains.
>
> A little late, but well intentioned.... ;)
>
> Sharon

Posted by Pogonip on April 11, 2008, 4:24 pm
Janice G wrote:
> Sharon,
>
> Your repairman told you wrong about the water temp. and your garbage
> disposer. Run only COLD WATER when using the disposer. This allows any
> grease or soft, sticky food to harden and be carried away through the
> drain pipes. If you run hot water the grease and food soften and cling
> to the pipes and created a sludge downstream when and where they cool
> and re-harden. Not good, from a maintenance point of view.
>
> Janice
>
Generally very true, but sometimes it's good to pour boiling heavily
salted water into a drain. Lots of it. That's true of my drains, but
they are cast iron, not plastic.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

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