First "Maiden" Wash With Dishes
Finally managed to fill up the MM and thus was able to put it through it's paces this evening. Will post "before" and "after" photos later once one has taken the latter. This probably won't be until the kitchen cools down from all the steam and heat this DW gives off. *LOL*
A few off the bat observations:
Noise? Not much worse or different than the 18" Kenmore (Frigidaire) unit, so nothing new a Moi.
Following directions in owners manual used a full detergent cup of detergent(Cascade Complete powder, the old stuff full of STPP) and about two tablespoons sprinkled into the tub/sump for the first "pre-wash" cycle. Everything was going well except several minutes into the main wash after the detergent was dumped could hear what one knows are the telltale sounds of a pump struggling with too much froth. Can only assume today's automatic dishwashing detergents especially those with built in rinse aids pack more of a froth punch than that of old. Also am assuming between the pre-wash then rinse that proceeded the main wash one does not need so much detergent. After two water changes one with detergent there probably was precious little for the stuff to work on to contain froth. Will make a mental note to use less next time and see what there is.
Otherwise the cycle was pretty uneventful. Rinse aid pump button slowly rose during the final rinse indicating it was working and thus far no leaks.
*Just Peeked*
Inside DW and am that well chuffed! Overall would give the Mobile Maid an "A" grade. At least from what one saw everything is clean without a yibble in sight. Will know the real nitty-gritty when things are unloaded later tonight. Will qualify this grade by saying two baking pans were less then clean. One Pyrex had tiny stuck on bit of brunt food, the other is one of those microwave "browning" dishes by Corning used to prepare chicken. It was barely touched it seemed still much covered with residue. Now to be fair the latter dish had been sat sitting for nearly one week or longer as it was one of the first things to go into the MM as we waited for it to fill up. It was pre-rinsed but not really washed. Also in terms of being fair the Kenmore 18" "Normal" cycle never got the thing totally clean either. In both instances a quick trip to the sink with some hot water, dish soap and a scrubbie sorted things out.
If one had reset the MM to another main wash the results on the two aforementioned pieces might have been better, but what would have been the good of that? Since the bulk of the load was already clean seems a plentiful waste of energy to essentially rewash a load just for two items. Especially since the heater would continue to be engaged regardless of how hot the water was already.
Oh yes, another thing. Water out of our hot water tap has been around 135F lately and one made sure to prime the line before each fill of the MM. Things came out clean and are drying nicely using no heat. Simply switched to "China and Crystal" after the last rinse was over, then moved the timer dial until one heard a sound indicating the heater was switched off. Then just let the timer run itself out. Will switch the unit back to "Normal/Daily" when unloading later.
What one did notice is one must take care in starting the "Normal/Daily" cycle. That first fill is timed and if the dial is moved too far over the machine will start without proper amount of water. Subsequent fills should be fine. Know now that the "*" means "start".
