Kitchen: This is how you clean the water connection of the dishwasher
Dishwashers are already part of the basic equipment in many kitchens these days. However, in order for the dishwasher to work smoothly, the water connection should be cleaned from time to time.
Expose the water connection in the kitchen
To get to the water connection of a dishwasher, a lot of things have to be moved and changed in many kitchens. How to go about this if you're in your kitchen want to clean the water connection on your dishwasher is shown in the following instructions.
- Since these instructions were created for a built-in dishwasher, the first thing you need to do is try to get to the back of your dishwasher. The best way to do this is to loosen the screw connections between the dishwasher and the worktop and turn the legs evenly downwards.
- By turning down the legs, you have created some space between the worktop and the dishwasher in a very short time so that you can pull the dishwasher forward. But pull very carefully, because there are some supply lines and drains on the back that should not be torn out.
- Now that you have pulled the dishwasher forward in your kitchen, you should be able to access the water connection on the back of the machine. This is the basic requirement for cleaning your water connection in the kitchen. Before you do this, however, you should unplug your dishwasher from the power outlet.
Clean the inlet of your dishwasher
If you can reach the water connection of your dishwasher by hand, you should first turn off the water supply. Surely you don't want to flood your entire kitchen while cleaning it. After you have closed the main tap on the wall, you can loosen the supply line to the water connection of your dishwasher with two wrenches.
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- When the hose is loosened, you can see a small sieve on the water connection of your dishwasher, which is intended for filtering foreign substances in the water. Take this strainer and clean it thoroughly. After the sieve has been cleaned, you can attach the water connection to your dishwasher again and open the main water tap.
- First wait a few minutes to see if the hose has been screwed on tightly. When that's done, you can put the dishwasher back in your kitchen and turn it up again, and after you If you have screwed the dishwasher to the worktop again, the water connection is for your dishwasher cleaned.
