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My dishwasher will not operate says it needs salt will it work without or will it start when I’ve refilled it

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Regular salt or kosher salt or sea salt ?

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Sep 18, 2008

SOURCE: G892-SC Miele water intake/drain light blinks

The intake/drain light blinks. How do I fix this problem?

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 12, 2008

SOURCE: Salt tray full of water

Just pour a bag of dishwasher salt in water will come out.Then light goes out.

mpservices

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  • Posted on Jan 05, 2009

SOURCE: salt light is on, no manual. What do I do?

Remove the bottom basket from inside the dishwasher - you will see a twist cap on the bottom of the pan - unscrew and add your salt there - it takes about a box to fill. Reinstall cap, and the salt light will extinguish.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 24, 2009

SOURCE: refill salt

There is a white plastic circular screw lid in the bottom of the dishwasher washing unit marked salt. Unscrew this and add as much salt as needed so that you can feel it when you put your finger down the hole. This could be quite a bit, perhaps a kilo.

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  • Posted on Oct 15, 2009

SOURCE: how much salt should you use in a refill of a

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If your water is Very Extremley hard then you will need to program your Bosch dishwasher using the Code
H:06 to give you maximum protection here is a comparison table for the codes and the Clark and Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} Deutsche Härte with the standard Bosch codes.
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I suggest that you use Calgon Dishwasher ( Sodium Carbonate formula Na2CO3.) tablets in the dishwasher every week this is a brand-named water softner that is essential to be used in areas of hard water which causes calcification and catastrophic failure. Use both the salt and the Calgon to suit your hardness.

If you live in a soft water area then set code H:01 as the extra is not required and only use Calgon tablets once a week use normal salt or tablet for the other washes.

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