I write a lot about appliance safety, but I’ve always been disappointed and surprised at how few of my articles warning about fire risks in appliances get shared. It’s not a pleasant thing to think about, but it’s empowering to pro-actively cut down your risks, and it’s good to help others by sharing warnings. First
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Dishwasher Not Cleaning Dishes Properly
A dishwasher not cleaning dishes properly can have various causes. It’s rarely anything serious. There could be a specific fault such as the motor not running, but this article is more for when the dishwasher appears to run OK and finishes in normal time, but wash results are disappointing. Choose the correct wash cycle Obviously.
read the full article..Detergent capsules danger to children
Keep children away from detergent capsules I first wrote about the potential dangers of liquid detergent capsules and tabs in 2009 after I saw in the news that a baby was “badly burned” by a washing machine detergent when gel from a liquid capsule had been trapped (partially undissolved) inside a vest. The vest was
read the full article..Dishwasher Making Whistling Noise
Is your dishwasher making a strange whistling noise when it’s washing dishes? It might have a surprising and unusual cause. Unusual and persistent noises from any appliance shouldn’t be ignored. Some noises may be indicating serious faults, but other noises might have trivial causes. Believe it or not, a dishwasher making a whistling noise could
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This article is for error codes for dishwashers bought from John Lewis (example model number JLBIDW1200) which were manufactured by NEFF. These error codes may be used on other Neff dishwashers as it’s unlikely the John Lewis appliances are fundamentally different. If 30 appears in the display (red LED) it means that the anti flood
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Dishwashers bought from John Lewis (model number JLBIDW1200) which are manufactured by NEFF, display error codes in the digital display. If 20 appears in the display (red LED) it means there is a problem with draining the water. This should however be fairly obvious without an error code as the dishwasher should be full of
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