dishwasher salt cloudy dishes?

[admin]

hi, my dishwasher salt light keeps coming on to let me know to add salt i have filled it up and the next day the light is on again my dishes come out very cloudy and tasteing salty, someone told me that i dont really need to add salt as i live in a soft water area (cornwall) any ideas on what could be the problem would be great

thanks 🙂

[Washman]

Re: dishwasher salt cloudy dishes?

Hi

When you fill the salt container do you clean away all salt from the filler cap. As it sounds as though the cap is not sealing and the salt is being washed out of container during the wash cycle . If you are in a soft water area you probibly don’t need to use salt, and don’t use 3in1 or 4in 1 tablets ,use individual powder and rinse aid.

[Dave_Conway]

Re: dishwasher salt cloudy dishes?

A make and model would be useful 😉

It sounds like the salt dispenser settings are wrong (if they are adjustable) or there is a fault where the salt is being dispensed for too long or too much.

Dave.

[Del]

Re: dishwasher salt cloudy dishes?

Check that the salt container cap is screwed on correctly and that it is not cracked or damaged in any way, as you should not get any salt water in the cabinet.

Even in a soft water area you should use salt at its lowest setting to keep the regeneration unit in good condition.

If the machine has been used with the cap off, it may have damaged the unit.

HTH

Del

[admin]

Re: dishwasher salt cloudy dishes?

hi guys, the make is blomberg dw122 i cant find a manual for this and the salt is set at number 1 the lowest, the cap looks fine no cracks and is fitted on tightly, i also didnt say that it has made all my cutlery rusty? 🙁

[admin]

Re: dishwasher salt cloudy dishes?

Hi,

Rust on stainless steel can be down to the presence of salt or acid, discolouration of silver (tarnishing) can also be down to sulphides or chlorides. Both can be present in Salt.

So its engineer time to determine if the salt pot is leaking too much solution through or the metering tank is faulty.

Try the repairs at section for one of our members near you. Its easy and cost free to you, to use the referral system.

Kevin

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