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How to Improve Your Dishwasher's Performance

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Improve Your Dishwasher's Performance
Improve Your Dishwasher's Performance

Is your dishwasher misbehaving? Try these simple tips to make your dishwasher run more efficiently.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • thermometer
  • dishwasher cleaner
  • rinse aid
  1. Step 1
    don't overload your dishwasher.
     
    don't overload your dishwasher.

    Firstly make sure that you are not overloading your dishwasher. All of the arms need to be free flowing and the jets of water need to be able to reach all of the dishes. All of the dishes need to be addequately scraped or rinced as excess food will block the jets.

  2. Step 2
     

    Next, make sure that their are no kinks or holes in your water intake pipe, and make sure that when adding water that the hose is not leaking where it screws onto the machine. and take the water temperature and make sure it is about 120.

  3. Step 3
     

    Clean all the jet holes and the arms making sure that they are free of debris and trouble shoot any problems you may have discovered by changing hoses or adding washers.

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