On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:46:15 UTC, "dennis@home"
wrote:

"dmc" wrote in message ...

Dishwasher tablets annoy me - I want some bog standard dishwasher tablets.
I don' want the ones that have salt and rinse aid and lord knows what else
in at 30pence a tablet :-(

You should be annoyed.
There is no way the tablets can replace the salt in the dishwasher.
The salt regenerates the ion exchange resin in the softener.
The dirty water with the "salt" function in it doesn't go anywhere near the
resin.

We went through all of this a little while ago after I raised the same
point. The conclusion was that it isn't actually salt, but a replacement
water softening agent.

I don't use tablets at all - I use powder from 10kg tubs. Even Adsa are
probably relatively expensive!

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