Bosch Hydrosensor Dishwasher not taking salt

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  • March 25, 2008 at 1:52 pm #35511
    SarahA
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    Hello,

    I have noticed that my dishwasher is not using the Salt put into the machine. I thought my husband had been topping it up and he thought I had, but it seems neither of us have the machine simply isn’t using it as the level has hardly, if it all, altered.

    The machine itself is probably about 5 years old.

    We moved to a hard water area several months ago, not sure if this has had an impact on it.

    Thank you.

    March 25, 2008 at 3:37 pm #246869
    gegsy
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    Re: Bosch Hydrosensor Dishwasher not taking salt

    Model number off door inner would really help but I would surmise a regenertion valve fault.
    You will of course need to contact your water supplier for their hardness readings so that you can adjust accordingly (Unless you are using those 3 or 4 in 1 tabs. You may need additional salt in cases of extreme hardness areas)

    Greg

    March 25, 2008 at 7:08 pm #246870
    SarahA
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    Re: Bosch Hydrosensor Dishwasher not taking salt

    Hello,

    Thank you for replying. The model number is SGS5342GB/17.

    Thanks very much.

    March 25, 2008 at 8:26 pm #246871
    gegsy
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    Re: Bosch Hydrosensor Dishwasher not taking salt

    Hi
    If required the regeneration valve (should read 2-3K ohms, unplug appliance when attempting this) is p/no 166875 and is available by emailing spares@ukwhitegoods.co.uk 😉
    Another thought is that for some unknown reason, the hardness setting (adjusted electronically IIRC) may have turned itself off or onto a very low setting.
    You will have to refer to your manual, it will entail holding a button in whilst powering up IIRC 😉

    Greg

    March 25, 2008 at 10:55 pm #246872
    SarahA
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    Re: Bosch Hydrosensor Dishwasher not taking salt

    Ok, thank you very much for your help.
    We were given the dishwasher but not the manual so will try and locate both of those.

    Thanks again.

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