Bosch dishwasher cycles
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Dishwashers - Miele & Bosch "Express" Cycle and other issues
Comments (16)I had a Miele Novotronic for 8 years and it worked great when we replaced it purely based on looks (dh wanted stainless). Now we have the Miele Crystal and it is even more wonderful (and looks awesome too). I ADORE how quiet our Mieles have been and that is very very important to me as we have an open concept kitchen and my "office" is the dining table near the dishwasher. Programming - read the manual...it is not rocket science, just takes a little fiddling. You do it once then it's done. Salt - find out whether you even need it. We don't due to soft domestic water supply and we have programmed our dishwasher accordingly. Rinse Aid - dishwasher works fine without it, but dishes don't dry as well. With our new dishwasher I have the rinse aid setting programmed to the lowest setting and will work up until I am satisfied with the drying. You can disable the rinse aid indicator/setting if your tabs include rinse aid - mine don't. I think having separate rinse aid makes sense so you can calibrate it. Tabs - Method Smarty tabs are easy to cut in half, but require a little pressure. Some of the "eco" tabs available to me in supermarkets and specialty food stores seem like they have less soap to begin with so they probably don't need to be cut in half. None of these have rinse aid built in. All of these tabs are cheap and readily available to me. Rinsing/scraping - I doubt rinsing will cause damage to normal dishes, but I never rinse, only scrape. The Miele manual specifically says that rinsing is not necessary. Stuff I put in the dishwasher - EVERYTHING! Even the worst pots and baking pans go in the dishwasher. Occasionally something doesn't come off 100%, in which case a 10 second scrub with a brush finishes the job. 3rd tray - LOVE Express - mine is 35 min...See MoreBosch Dishwasher Auto Cycle Time Increase?
Comments (28)My Bosch is about 6 years old so things may have changed. My dishwasher only has auto times, pots n pans, normal, rinse hold, drain rinse. The one thing I have found that really matters on time is the temp of the water going into the machine. If I run the hot water to the sink until its hot and then start the dishwasher the average wash time on regular will be 96-103 minutes. If I don't then its 116-125. If the times make a big jump and stay there say 150-199 then the water heater in the dishwasher is not working. On my particular machine this means the solder joint on the main logic board to the heater has broken/melted away yet again. Its happened 3 times in all these years. Luckily I found a site that explained this the first time and said it can be repaired. Repair is not to hard if you can solder and don't mind taking the front of the machine apart. Open it up, remove the back panel from the control board, its easy to see what solder joint has melted away, and resolder it. After that the dishwasher is happy and the times drop back to normal....See MoreHow to safely interrupt leaking Bosch DW mid-cycle?
Comments (9)Yes you can hit the off button to stop the beeping. But I recommend that you disable the audible signal completely. What is so darned important about the machine being done with the dishes? It's like there's an annoying little German taskmaster in there demanding that you put the dishes away NOW! How annoying is that? It's not like the dishes are going to climb out of the machine and take off on you because you were too lazy to put them away before bedtime. To turn off the alarm, first turn the machine off. Then, press and hold the right cancel button and then press and hold the on/off button until the cancel light comes on blinking. Release both buttons, now push the right cancel button to cycle through the various beep volumes. You will hear the annoying screech get progressively louder until, finally, a push of the button yields blessed silence. You press the on/off button once more to memorize the silent setting. Also, when you are down there poking around for that leak, just be careful. Remember that even though you have the power button off, 120V still lurks underneath the machine. If you have to stick your fingers or tools down there, unplug the machine or cut the breaker first....See MoreBosch dishwasher cycle timing screwed up
Comments (5)CME10AE: I think that for certain Bosch models--including yours--there is a "Smart Control" feature that senses soil levels and water temperature and adjusts the time for the loads. This is supposed to be an energy saving feature. See p.18 of your manual under "Wash Cycle Information." For our own Bosch d/w (different model) I had noticed that the load times would increase or decrease from time to time based on how heavy or light our recent loads had been. Also, if I turn the water heater down while away for vacation, when I come back I might not reset it to be exactly where it had been previously. The d/w times would then vary. So this is a long-winded way of suggesting that your d/w is probably fine. As for my Bosch d/w, it's finally given up the ghost after ~7 or 8 years. Switching to a Miele.......See Morefurnitureshopper
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