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"David Lang" writes:
Hi

I'm having a problem with our Hotpoint Aquarius DF61 dishwasher.

There is a plastic compartment with a sliding cover that you place the
tablet in. Last couple of washes it's not opened, so the wash has only been
with plain water. Leaves a soggy 7/8 of a tablet.

The compartment lid has a sliding spring loaded lid which should release the
tablet. How are these things triggered? Is it a timer or something to do
with the wash cycle?

Sounds same as my Creda which has a rotating sliding lid for prewash,
wash and vent for drying. There's a cam on the timer and a linkage
arm to a release. However, there was nothing wrong with the cam or
linkage, it was the shaft in the dispensor which had got gunge in it.
I took the dispensor apart and cleamed it, and lubricated the shaft
and O-ring with some silicone grease. Been fine ever since.

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Andrew Gabriel