While most appliance owners are pretty familiar with their dishwasher and how it works, they may not know too much about rinse aid. Perhaps the rinse aid in their dishwasher has ran out or even the dispenser is no longer working. If this happens, you may wonder – how integral is rinse aid to the dish washing process? If you … Read More

While not every dishwasher uses an air gap these days, those that still do see it serve an integral purpose. The air gap is responsible for preventing the backflow of water into your dishwasher. The wash water that is filled with bacteria is safely ferried down the drain and prevented from flowing back into your dishwasher. This keeps your dishes … Read More

Everyone knows that a circuit breaker is one of many lines of defense for your home. If an appliance is using too much electricity and there is a risk of damage to the appliance or the home, the circuit breaker will trip and shut off the power. So if the dishwasher keeps tripping the circuit breaker, you are right to … Read More

Dish racks are a curious thing, they will always come out, but they won’t necessarily be rolling out. The dish racks inside your dishwasher are meant to move on small plastic wheels placed in a track. The wheels roll along the track so the rack rolls out smoothly. The wheels will then hit the stop to prevent the rack from … Read More

The sprayer arms in your dishwasher are how it works its magic. Without the sprayer arms, jetting water wouldn’t hit your dishes and they would not effectively be cleaned. So if you’re noticing that your dishes have stopped coming out clean, a good place to start looking is the sprayer arms. You may determine that one or both are no … Read More

By design, a dishwasher is meant to fill with water, run its wash cycle, and then drain away all remaining water. While your dishes may come out moist if you don’t use a heated dry cycle, there should be no water left in your dishwasher. However, if you come back well after a cycle has finished and you find water … Read More

When installed correctly, a dishwasher shouldn’t move at all. If it is freestanding, you should be able to move it to a new location, but when you move it, it should only move horizontally. Built-in dishwashers, however, will move no direction. Yet, if you have found that your dishwasher tilts forward, it needs to be addressed. Contrary to popular belief, … Read More

Air gaps are a relic and not one likely to make it to the future. However, if you have an older home and the same dishwasher it came with, yours may still be using an air gap system to drain. This means that when your dishwasher isn’t draining, an air gap is just one more potential cause to check. If … Read More