I really don’t know what I would do without my reliable dishwasher, which I’ve had for a long time. I’ve taken it with me to many house parties, including dinners, reunions, and even the rare craft beer tasting. Its dependability has greatly simplified life; all you have to do is fill it up, push a button, and it’s done! Effortlessly clean dishes. On the other hand, you risk accidentally reducing its lifetime if you don’t properly maintain it, just like any treasured equipment. Plus, a brand new one isn’t exactly inexpensive, is it?

My dishwasher would have lasted a lot longer if I hadn’t made a few blunders throughout the years. Ignorance is bliss when it pertains to appliance maintenance; I didn’t realize about some of them until it was almost too late.

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So, here are fifteen things you may be doing that are reducing the dishwasher’s lifespan that you aren’t even aware of, coming from an amateur cook:

I used to think I was a packing genius when I first got a dishwasher, and I subsequently learned that I was wrong. No more loads of dishes, would there? That is incorrect. Dishwashers aren’t effective cleaners and may damage motors if they’re overloaded. Having to hand-wash half of the load because it wasn’t clean was a lesson I had to learn the hard way.

I used to give the dishes a good rinsing until they were almost clean before putting them in the dishwasher. I should have known better. Detecting food particles and adjusting the cycle appropriately is a feature of modern dishwashers. The machine won’t function to its full potential if you rinse it first.