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My Siemens SE25M575GB is not drying properly every time plates are ok but cups and glasses are wet,It goes through the drying cycle,also it is intermittent.
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tally wrote:It goes through the drying cycle
Some programme options do not have a drying cycle, best check your operating instructions for further info on that?
tally wrote:also it is intermittent
Especially if you use different programmes I guess? (check that user booklet) 😉
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It can also depend upon the detergent used. Those multifunction tablets are supposed to dissolve at certain points in the cycle, unfortunately they don’t always. Jack of all trades, master of none.
Dishwashers are designed to use softened water at certain points in the cycle, detergent at other points, and rinse aid in the final rinse.
For best results use separate detergent and rinse aid, and top up the salt reservoir (especially in hard water areas).
The Which? magazine did a test on dishwasher detergents recently. The best were:
Finish “Classic” Tablets (with RED Powerball); Fairy Activebursts (dissolvable pouches). Both require use of separate rinse-aid, and salt.
Finish had the edge on tea stains, but Fairy was better on starch stains.
Which? also said that Finish “5 in 1” Tablets were good, but glasses weren’t as sparkling as they could be. (Rinse aid is incorporated into the PEARL Powerball).
Apparently the worst tablets on test were Waitrose Supermarket’s own brand.
You might be tempted by Finish Quantum dissolvable ‘packs’. I have tried them, and found that they sometimes leave a gooey deposit: not fully dissolved. They are also quite expensive.
As for separate Rinse Aid, I still think Finish gives that extra sparkle that the shops’ own brands cannot.
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Trilobite wrote:Finish “Classic” Tablets (with RED Powerball); Fairy Activebursts (dissolvable pouches). Both require use of separate rinse-aid, and salt.
Hi
The Fairy Active Burst have a built in rinse aid and salt action but may require the use of additional salt and rinse aid in very hard areas. 😀Greg
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gegsy wrote:
Trilobite wrote:
Finish “Classic” Tablets (with RED Powerball); Fairy Activebursts (dissolvable pouches). Both require use of separate rinse-aid, and salt.Hi
The Fairy Active Burst have a built in rinse aid and salt action but may require the use of additional salt and rinse aid in very hard areas. 😀Greg
Thanks for the correction! 😉
You would think that by the first (cold) rinse, any rinse aid would be flushed down the drain, making the final rinse not as effective as it could be.
The Which? magazine actually found that separate detergent, rinse aid and salt, gave much better performance than “all in ones”.
Their verdict on “soil-sensing” programmes wasn’t that great either… 🙁
Re: Siemens SE25M575GB not drying properly every time
Hi
I definately believe in seperate Rinse aid and salt action.
This is more critical in certain BSH appliances which have a turbidity /fuzzy logic sensor, where the times of the wash can vary dramatically depending on water quality. The tablet decay has no way of knowing this and there maybe instances where the tablet decays into rinse action when the dishwasher may still be in the wash cycle for the afore mentioned reason.Greg
Re: Siemens SE25M575GB not drying properly every time
I have one of those: SGS09L08
When fully loaded, wash time can swing between 2hrs 15mins, and 2hrs 45mins! 😯
When it starts at first, the top spray arm always sounds as if it never has enough water. It is only after 15 mins of washing and miserly topping-up by the machine itself, that it sounds normal.
Extremely quiet, compared to previous Hoover 😀
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