What is this?

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  • February 22, 2007 at 1:47 pm #25282
    jtc
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    I’m the guy with the topic about the Whirlpool/Ikea problem – topic is viewtopic.php?f=33&t=22330

    …I have now detached the side panel of the dishwasher to have a look at the internals, and I noticed something that I just don’t understand. Figuring a picture to be worth a thousand words, I took some:

    Now, what exactly is this I am seeing? It looks like (as far as I can tell) solidified gravy or something like that. Is this normal? If not, what can I do about it? Is it likely to be the cause of my problems?

    I’m wondering how easy it would be to remove this (is it a sump of some sort?) and clear it, but I have no real experience of fixing dishwashers and am trying to be careful.

    Can anyone advise?

    Thanks,

    John

    February 22, 2007 at 2:03 pm #205227
    kwatt
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    Re: What is this?

    Hi John,

    It’s the water softening unit you’re seeing there and that’s the resin container, a fuller explanation of how it works is available from this link

    K.

    February 22, 2007 at 2:14 pm #205228
    jtc
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    Re: What is this?

    OK, thanks. Doesn’t look pretty, though, eh?

    We live in a soft-water area (Fife, in central Scotland) and I don’t think we’ve ever added salt – could this be connected to our problem with the machine not draining?

    I’m running out of ideas…

    February 22, 2007 at 2:23 pm #205229
    kwatt
    Keymaster

    It is extremely unlikely that the softener unit has anything to do with a drain problem, different water circuit totally.

    K.

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