BEKO DW600 doesn’t use salt?

[JohnDJasper]

This dishwasher never seems to use salt. Washes fine for awhile after a maintenance wash but then sporadically bakes on white powder/scale. Not sure if the two items are related even though I suspect that the latter is an issue with the d/w tablets not dissolving properly.

[Seamy]

Re: BEKO DW600 doesn’t use salt?

How often do you put in salt, does it show red warning light on the display where the salt indicator is for instance (which is an indicator for you to refill).
Somtimes if water is not filled into the regeneration tank as the user manual tells you to do when you first get & the salt is not stirred when put into the container it solidifies, this can mean that the salt does not get used up as its not turned to brine but rather solid.

[JohnDJasper]

Re: BEKO DW600 doesn’t use salt?

Thanks, Seamy. there is water in the regeneration tank but perhaps the solid salt at the bottom is blocking up the intake. I’ll make an attempt at freeing it up. I’ve owned the machine for several years and it seems to fly through rinse aid while never consuming salt. I don’t believe that it’s actually used any in all that time. My previous machine, (different brand use to need a refill monthly if memory serves correctly.)

[MurkyGrom]

Re: BEKO DW600 doesn’t use salt?

Had a similar problem with my BEKO DW600. The problem was that the clear pipe which runs from the salt/resin tanks to the base of the machine was completely blocked with limescale or grease or something.

Symptoms for me were poor rinsing, film of grease on plastics and a bad smell – cleaned absolutely everything else (there was grease collected under the interior plastic pipe which carries water to the upper spray arm – removing this requires undoing 3 screws down by the drain then tilting/pushing up on the pipe)

Fixing the blocked pipe required pulling the dishwasher out (turn off water and electricity), removing the front inspection panel (mine had torx screws for some reason), the white left side panel and undoing the rear lower panel so it could tilt down and give access.

Then you need to use some hose clip pliers or circlip pliers or similar to remove the clips from both ends of the see-through plastic pipe – it’s a bit cramped but is possible to push the clips off while using the pliers. Get some kitchen paper or rags to catch the water which comes out when you pop the pipe off. Now poke something through the pipe to push all the gunk out, and also out of the little hole into the bottom of the machine where the lower end of the pipe plugs in. Then put everything back together (a bit of a pain), push the machine back in and turn electricity/water back on and check it works (good time to run some cleaner through it, the Finish oblong tank thing is by far the best one I’ve tried).

Hope that helps someone.

[JohnDJasper]

Re: BEKO DW600 doesn’t use salt?

Thanks, MurkyGrom.

I’ll keep that in mind. At the moment, the machine is working very well and the only real difference to my routine is that I stir up the salt with a long-handled spoon every now and then. Hard to tell but it might actually be using some it.

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