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Have you noticed droplets of water still on your dishes after running your dishwasher? When your dishwasher isn’t drying, it may be as simple as turning on a heat-dry setting or filling up the rinse aid dispenser on the door. Other times, it may be the sign of a faulty heating element or another internal component. If you want your dishwasher to work properly, then we’ll help you find the issue and fix it quickly. Keep reading, and we’ll walk you through how to find the problem and repair your dishwasher so your dishes are dry.
Things You Should Know
- Check your dishwasher settings and turn on a heated dry setting to make the water evaporate faster.
- Add more rinse aid solution to your dishwasher’s dispenser to help water run off your dishes more easily.
- Test your dishwasher’s heating element at the bottom of the appliance with a multimeter, and have it replaced if it doesn’t have an ohm reading.
Steps
Expert Q&A
Tips
- Empty the bottom rack of your dishwasher first. That way, if there’s still water on dishes in the top rack, it won’t spill down to the ones below.[17]Thanks
- Check the back of the kick plate that covers the bottom of the dishwasher to check for specific instructions on how to reset your dishwasher if it’s not working properly.Thanks
- If you don’t feel comfortable taking apart your dishwasher or fixing it on your own, contact a repair person to do the work for you.Thanks
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References
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