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Miele ... The Teardown.

This is a great front loader some members have them and
customers seems to enjoy the product never had no call backs
so far...
Except they are in really liking the way they do laundry.
This will be archived for future reference here.

sorry made a big mastake.

Darren k.
 
Small Load Finished

Well, I couldn't resist. I had to go ahead and run a partial load when I got home from work today. Wasteful? I'm not so sure. A tablespoon of detergent, something like 4 gallons of water. Doesn't seem so bad to me.

In any case, here are the resulting pictures.

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Ready To Go

Empty. Ready for tonight's dirty dinner dishes. Either Heavy Soil or Pots and Pans will be run this trip.

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With my LaPerla the salt reservoir is in the door. I noticed yours is at the bottom of the tank. I find the door location much easier to fill. The other thing you may find that the U shaped bottle holder in the lower rack...you may find that you never use it. I know I dont and I took it out. As you use your machine you are going to find that the racks hold a great deal and are flexible in loading. The silverware tray...with your silverware you can go heads in the pins or the handles in. With my silverware they have chunky handles so I have no choice but to load them head between pins.
When you use the Sensor Cycle it does drain the prerinse water and it will go right into Main Wash. There are always 2 after rinses. If the dishwasher senses that the load is really bad it will add another prerinse before the main wash.
Your most powerful cycles are Heavy and Pots/Pans. That lower arm with the small jets and the vario pressure wash pump will really surprise you in how much power it has. NOTHING and I do mean nothing survives on the pots and pans after those cycles. I am thinking with your you can add a Soak portion to a cycle. Mine does and I find that I use it alot.
 
Soak Option

Yes, I do have the option to add a SOAK to a few of the programs but not all of them. I am still trying to figure out why you would want to have a glassware cycle without detergent and rinse aid.

Rack Flexability - the racking in this machine seems to adjust to my needs more than any other dishwasher I have seen. You can tell a lot of research and development went into this machine. The real test will be over Memorial Day Weekend. There will be a house full and this quiet beast will run at least twice a day, if not more.

Malcolm
 
Your racking looks alot like mine. The lower rack the plate racks should come out and so does the tines in the upper rack. The only time I take them out is for pots and pans. I also take out the silverware tray and drop the upper rack to its lowest position. The idea in taking out the silverware tray is that the top arm can scour the top of the load without being diffused by the tray. One thing with this machine is resist the urge to prerinse. Also the filters are more self cleaning than one would realize. If one scraps the dishes properly then most of the time there is nothing in the microfine filter area.
I can say one thing that I do love my dishwasher...going on 3 years now and absolutlely no problems. Oh and before I forget...if your middle or lower arms gets stuck it will tell you by flashing a warning. The cycle will not advance until you fix it. I encountered that today since a spatula got out of position in the upper rack and blocked the middle arm. I came back into the kitchen and noticed a flashing message in the display. I fixed the problem and the dishwasher finished its job. With yours you can also set it up to give a buzzer when the cycle is done. Also the language can be changed. I like using the UK English and it changes the cycle names. Heavy turns into Intensive,..kinda neat if you ask me.
 
Malcolm

Congratulations on the purchase of your Excella! Miele makes a good Dishwasher. I also have a LaPerla and use the Sensor wash cycle for many loads. Mine works a bit different than nmassman44 in that it will not change the water between the pre rinse and wash if it finds the dishes are not dirty. Instead it just releases the detergent into the pre rinse water and goes directly into the main wash. For dirty loads it inserts a rinse between the first after rinse, and final rinse so that you get three after rinses. It will also insert a rinse when using the Economy cycle if the load is dirty(even though the manual never mentions this). My machine is older so it is probably following older programming.
For me the strongest program seems to be the cheese/starch cycles because it provides a 25 minute heated pre wash before the main wash and the speed of the wash arms seem to be faster. I think it uses the same 168F to 170F temperature as pots and pans.

Glassware with no detergent or rinse Aid: I think this is a program designed to keep the head on beer from drooping. If you don’t drink beer you can always use a bit of detergent.
Have fun trying the different cycles and let us know how your Sensor wash and the other programs work and please post some before and after pictures too!
 
Heavy Wash Night

Tonight will be Heavy Wash + Pre-Soak + Extended Dry. I'll try to remember to grab some before and after pix.

Malcolm
 
Loaded

Middle Rack. Pan is from Pork Chops prepared last night. Been sitting for 24 hours. Should be a fair challenge.

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Glassware with no detergent or rinse Aid: I think this is a program designed to keep the head on beer from drooping.

Correct! In Germany, this cycle is actually called Beer Glasses.

Alex
 
some rack tools

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