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Can vinegar damage a DW heating element?
Noticed some damage to my Whirlpool Gold Silent Partner III dishwasher
this morning. Some of the white has chipped off the heating element. There was a spoon sitting beside it on the bottom of the washer that apparently fell out of the silverware basket sometime during/after the last wash. Two questions: 1. Which is more likely to have damaged the heating element, the spoon or the cup of vinegar I dump into the recessed well at the beginning of each load (that does such a fabulous job preventing 'lime' buildup throughout the machine and keeping my glasses spotless despite my beloved hard water)? I've never noticed heating element damage before and I've been using the vinegar for at least a year now. 2. How much time do I have to fix the heating element? Is there a setting I can use that takes it offline (so to speak), giving me longer to fix it? I need a plumbing house call for work on the furnace exhaust and intake pipes and it would be nice to combine the visits, but the pipe work requires temperatures warm enough to dry exterior caulk and we're going through a cold windy/rainy/snowy patch in Minnesota right now. Thanks! RW |
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