Dishwasher + Salt level...

Rashers72

Silly question, I know, but just in case...
Have an integrated Bosch dishwasher. Noticed that it was not cleaning the plates etc. as well. Thought it might be the salt level.
Opened up the salt 'container', and it's full of water.
Question: How much salt do I add? Do I fill it up, mixing it with the water?
Cannot find the manual, and have googled the question, but cannot find anything specific.
All help welcome!

Wishbone Ash

Fill it to the top. The water will displace as you fill it up (salt being heavier than water).

Rashers72

mukki

to save money dont buy a packet of dishwasher salt,

instead buy water softener salt in a hardware store, its about €7 for enough to do you a few years

niceirishfella

yep, the bag of salt is a good idea...........and brim the little tank in the diswasher with the tablets. Clean dishes and happy days.:D

eamon234

Don't bother just use the 5 in 1 tabs from Lidl - you don't need any salt or rinse aid - been using them over two years now they work fine and cheaper than the overpriced branded stuff

Wishbone Ash

eamon234 wrote: »

Don't bother just use the 5 in 1 tabs from Lidl - you don't need any salt or rinse aid - been using them over two years now they work fine and cheaper than the overpriced branded stuff

I still find that it works better with seperate salt even if you use the all in one tablets.

My mother uses those tablets but not seperate salt. I notice tiny grit like particles on her tea cups.

I would also top-up the salt resevoir regularly regardless of whether the indicator light comes on or not.

mukki

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I still find that it works better with seperate salt even if you use the all in one tablets.



My mother uses those tablets but not seperate salt. I notice tiny grit like particles on her tea cups.



I would also top-up the salt resevoir regularly regardless of whether the indicator light comes on or not.

I 100% agree


the salt in the tablets is nonsense


the dishwasher has a built in water softener, that removes lime from the incoming cold water using electrolisis

when the dishwasher is finised it fills the water softener with the salt water solution and reverses the current in the water softener to remove the lime from the softeners plates and into the salt solution, then it pumps the salty water out the waste pipe


if you dont put salt in the softener but use salt in the tables instead the lime will eventually cover the softeners plates/beads (may take a few weeks) and making them useless, and allowing the lime into the wash and leaving everything gritty

but a lot of you dont have limey water, so you wont need the softner