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Samsung Dishwasher

Nicecupoftea — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 17:01:02 GMT

The dishwasher repairman just told my husband we should rinse off the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher! I haven't done that in years. We do scrape off the food but do not rinse. Perhaps I'll buy a different brand next time.

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GCR18 — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 17:29:39 GMT

Good to know. I don't rinse dishes.

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violann — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 17:35:57 GMT

My Kenmore "Elite" (LOL) does an absolutely SPLENDID job on my dishware just as long as I pre-wash them in hot soapy water before putting them in !!!

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Mz iMac — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 19:06:34 GMT

I thought all dishwashers had a "pre wash" setting.

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glb613 — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:57:18 GMT

@Nicecupoftea wrote:
The dishwasher repairman just told my husband we should rinse off the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher! I haven't done that in years. We do scrape off the food but do not rinse. Perhaps I'll buy a different brand next time.

Do you wash dishes everyday? I don't so I rinse mine because if I didn't, the dishwasher would smell.

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Nicecupoftea — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 01:56:23 GMT

I think he thought we just threw plates and leftovers right into the DW! We told him we scraped food off plates into trash can. He finally decided we are using too much DW detergent, which is clogging up the pipes. I still prefer washing dishes myself. I wasn't raised using a DW!

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Reba055 — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 02:03:22 GMT

I know they've always said not to rinse as the "sensors" (for lack of a better word) work better when they are just scraped. I could never do it. I always rinse mine (ok, pretty much wash) before loading. Didn't they recently make changes in automatic dishwashing detergents for the environment? It probably doesn't work as well now. I've had top of the line dishwashers that never got everything off without rinsing unless you turned the water heater way up over 140. Did that for awhile but it wastes money and you could just about scald yourself if you weren't careful.

I rinse and and add a little Lemon brite and a rinse agent, and they come out great. I also imagine most people don't clean the filter like they should if they are just scraping.

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1MrsT — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 05:12:44 GMT

@Nicecupoftea wrote:
I think he thought we just threw plates and leftovers right into the DW! We told him we scraped food off plates into trash can. He finally decided we are using too much DW detergent, which is clogging up the pipes. I still prefer washing dishes myself. I wasn't raised using a DW!

@Nicecupoftea, we learned from our repairman (Frigidaire Gallery) to only fill the soap cup 1/2 full and to not put any soap in the pre wash cup. He said that he's unsure why they make the cups so large, when dishwashers don't need that much soap AND too much soap can cause problems, like leaking - which we were experiencing. We were even get soap build up on the seal around the door. Anyway, once we reduced the amount of soap we put in, we haven't experienced any other issues.

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mima — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:47:46 GMT

A DW is no good if you have to wash or rinse the dishes first.

I have a GE Profile that gets my dishes sparkling clean with no rinsing.

If you have a DW, please use the sani-cycle or steam cycle. A regular cycle does not kill salmanella if the water isn't hot enough. I found that info. when I was researching dog dishes believe it or not.

Also hand washing does not get dishes near as clean as a DW for those that don't like using them.

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PINKdogWOOD — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:52:49 GMT

@Nicecupoftea Hence the reason I do not have a mechanical dishwasher. What's the oint of almost needing to 'wash' the dishes before loading up the dishwasher? On the other hand if I had one I'd for sure be scraping off leftovers and rinsing the remaining food off prior to loading it up.

I AM the dishwasher, always have been. There's only two of us so I'd be running a dishwasher maybe twice a week for it to be worth it, including my big thanksgiving dinner day.

What I do chuckle about is my husband rinsing off the dishes before he hand washes. Not necessary to do this honey, just wash the darn things! ONCE!

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novamc1 — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 19:50:58 GMT

Don't know whether this will apply to your dishwasher, but my relatively new LG dishwasher has a feature (or flaw, depending on how you look at it) that no dishwasher in my past has ever had.

I was told that my old machines could literally grind up any stray food solids and send them down the drain. When I bought my LG, the salesman explained the 2-piece filter that needs to be removed periodically and cleaned. It catches the debris, instead of allowing it to be ground up and disposed of.

I"m not crazy about this feature and originally thought this would be no big deal, because my dishes are practically clean before they go into the machine. However, I've found that some barely visible sort of scum collects along the edge of the filter, so I do take it apart and clean it periodically.

If you have a filter system in your machine instead of a grinding operation, this might be why the repairman said to rinse thoroughly first.

Oddly enough, however, my manual says the dishwasher and the detergent works best without first rinsing the dishes so thoroughly. I don't know who to believe, but I know I don't like the LG and am wishing for a good old KitchenAid.

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CatsyCline — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 16:45:39 GMT

@Nicecupoftea i have a Samsung DW and we had the repaireman here 3 x since February when it was delivered. each time we got error codes after the cyle has started and ran for at least 30 minutes. blinking lights and beeps, then the DW just stopped.

First, we had to have a sensor part replaced. Another visit, he told us to rinse the dishes, use a rinse aid, another one said we were using too much detergent. for the past few weeks, i have been runnning the Heavy cycle (over an hour) and there is still food stuck here and there and some of the silverware has food stuck.

the water is hot enough and i think it is a lemon but the person here who bought the DW won't ask for a replacement, even though we had worked up the channel from Home Depot to Samsung corporate.

just wondering if you experienced the same or similar