Most American homes run some strength of hard water through their taps. Hard water contains harmless-to-consume minerals like calcium and magnesium that occur naturally in the local rocks – therefore seep into the groundwater. While hard water is harmless to drink or cook into food, it is harmful to your pipes and appliances. It is also the source of “water …

Everyone knows that the way you load a dishwasher impacts how clean your dishes are at the end. Tip the bowls facing down, point the silverware facing up, and don’t cram things too close together to see the best clean. It’s all about the way you make use of your dishwasher rack sections and ridges. Of course, you can’t use …

Have you come to unload your dishwasher only to find a puddle of water sitting in front of it? It might not be a huge puddle, but even a small amount of water inexplicably appearing in front of your appliance is cause for concern. Not only is it a potential slip hazard, but standing water will do damage to flooring …

When your dishwasher cleans your dishes, some of the cycles are timed to run for a specific amount of time, but your dishwasher also uses a turbidity sensor primarily when rinsing those dishes. The turbidity sensor only has one job and that is to sense how clean the water is. The turbidity sensor is charged with detecting particles in the …