It's a ge. I don't know much more about it except that it's accidentally been switched on and the only way I could stop it was by opening the door a little. Now it's closed but the green lights are on, and the one to the left is blinking. I have no idea what model it is, though probably about five years old, and of course no service manual.
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Show us a photo. Or even better find the model by looking for the rating tag where it's power consumption etc are. It's probably inside the door somewhere and hopefully not on the back.
Or try turning it off at the mains for a minute to reset things.
Or try turning it off at the mains for a minute to reset things.
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Closing the door and continuing the wash I would guess to be the fix. It will shut off once it has run through it's wash and dry cycle. No harm...no foul. Just a bit of wasted energy and water.
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I modified mine to save electricity, disconnected the heater - cold wash. No. The cheapskates had decided to make a "timer" out of "when it gets hot", so the thing ran for 24 hours until the pump managed to heat the water.
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Wow, that's brilliant! If the controls are wonky, the control panel is a module that can easily be replaced. You can generally find a model/serial plate along the inside body, near the door. Then look up step-by-step instructions at www.fix.com
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Throw away society. Instead of repairing my last one, I got a free one from freecycle. 6 months old, quite high end model, given away because they remodelled their kitchen and couldn't be bothered selling it. I then gave mine away but I think it went to a scrap merchant.
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Yep. it's amazing what people will give away these days! Heck, when I see newer TVs, with the panels busted, at our garbage collection center (we're rural), I'll take the TV home & harvest the boards for sale on ebay. Kids play ball with TV, it catches the ball, they're out $500... but maybe I can make $75 on the three boards...
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Never thought of doing that, I wonder if the recycling companies have the sense to do that instead of just melting down the boards?
I have repaired a lot though, dead TV won't power up, 95% chance it's just some capacitors need replacing. They always design circuits with the minimum spec capacitors they can get away with, in everything (TVs, monitors, PC motherboards, lightbulbs, power supplies, etc). Easy to see which ones are gone, they bulge at the end and leak. Replace them with better quality ones and they'll last longer. Get a low ESR version of the same capacitor (they're the ones with gold writing), and/or one with a higher voltage (this indicates maximum voltage it will take, so no harm in getting a higher one). You can increase the uF capacitance, but you might put a bigger load on the rest of the circuit as it charges it up so it's not advisable.
I have repaired a lot though, dead TV won't power up, 95% chance it's just some capacitors need replacing. They always design circuits with the minimum spec capacitors they can get away with, in everything (TVs, monitors, PC motherboards, lightbulbs, power supplies, etc). Easy to see which ones are gone, they bulge at the end and leak. Replace them with better quality ones and they'll last longer. Get a low ESR version of the same capacitor (they're the ones with gold writing), and/or one with a higher voltage (this indicates maximum voltage it will take, so no harm in getting a higher one). You can increase the uF capacitance, but you might put a bigger load on the rest of the circuit as it charges it up so it's not advisable.
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Be very careful doing this.
In my area, it is illegal to remove anything that has been dropped off at the electronics recycle.
If it truely is a garbage deposit, these sort of things should not be dropped off there.
There are hazardous materials (of some description) in electronics.
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That's basically the same where I am. It's completely illegal to dump old electronics into the general garbage.Although some people do it. And there's usually a red bin marked as "HARMFUL WASTE", and that's for old phones, and things, that have might have batteries and other hazardous materials in them. This why there's things like RoHS for electronics, with stuff like lead free solder.
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Probably best not to get so drunk you end up inside the kitchen or utility of the wrong house and their machine is annoying you.
It could be on a vacation wash cycle.
Are you still there?
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Ha ha, good one...I actually don't even use the thing. I used to, but it gets about half the dishes done. It's better to fill the sink and take care of them that way.
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Hardly. Probably as naughty as pirating an mp3. They don't like you doing it because they can make money off recycling. Yet my council claims it costs them money to recycle, so they look the other way when people take stuff. By taking it away and repairing it, you are recycling it yourself, so you tell the judge that in court and he'll let you off.
I recycle because I want to, not because it's the law. If it's not easy to recycle, I don't. For example I'm supposed to washout food containers and put them in the plastic/glass bins, I ain't washing out jam jars and margarine containers, they go in the landfill. And anything not collected from my door by the binman to recycle, in the waste bin it goes. I've even been known to chop stuff up with an anglegrinder to get it in the waste bin instead of driving to the recycling centre with it.
Put it on full power, the hottest most powerful longest wash in the options. Use more detergent, stick in two tablets or three. Use rinse aid, on full setting. Make sure there's nothing stuck in the jets. I end up with sunflower husks stuck in the little holes, as I wash the parrot dishes in there.
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What are we disagreeing on? I'll run a yogurt pot under the tap. But to clean out a jam jar? That would take ages! I can't get my hand inside there for a start. It would take about 5 minutes of messing around with a long handled brush or something, I'd have no idea where to start. I guess I could put them in the dishwasher.
People bring you dirty cans to wash?
People bring you dirty cans to wash?
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What breed of parrot... for another thread.
I likely use more energy than is saved by my recycling efforts. Hot water, dish soap, rinse and repeat... oh well. I try to do my part.
@Rgarner We haven't ran our dishwasher since our children left home. It was a tool to use when we had more than two in the house but not now. I do most all of the cooking for I love to cook. We rarely dine out. I do the clean up and wash the dishes as well. Being retired, it gives me something to do. I know they are clean and I use less water in my efforts.
I likely use more energy than is saved by my recycling efforts. Hot water, dish soap, rinse and repeat... oh well. I try to do my part.
@Rgarner We haven't ran our dishwasher since our children left home. It was a tool to use when we had more than two in the house but not now. I do most all of the cooking for I love to cook. We rarely dine out. I do the clean up and wash the dishes as well. Being retired, it gives me something to do. I know they are clean and I use less water in my efforts.
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4 x African Grey, 3 x Blue Fronted Amazon, 1 x Yellow Crowned Amazon, 5 x Peach Faced Lovebirds, 3 x Cockatiels, 1 x Eastern Rosella. Possibly getting 3 more Rosellas (if I can find any!) in a few weeks as that one is lonely. He came with a couple of Cockatiels, and is sort of friends with them, but he needs his own kind as he wants to nest.
I do similar, I will use old stuff I know is wasting energy instead of replacing it. I've got 7 computers doing science calculations. I could buy faster ones that use less power, but I don't know how long it would take to get the money back. People who put in a new more efficient gas boiler (furnace for Americans) spend huge amounts to save very little gas, and the modern efficient ones don't last, so false economy for your wallet and the environment.
My parents are retired and they bought a slimline dishwasher (only because the gap was slightly too small for a regular one, due to bad house design). Dishwashers clean dishes better than by hand, and they save a lot of hassle. Even if you're bored, better to find a fun hobby than do manual labour.
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I grew up and have had the pleasure of sharing my homes with a number of budgies. I shared time with a number of cockatiels and now my buddy is an Eclectus. We hang out in the office here and hang crap on each other. He's been my #1 bud for 18 years now. I can't imagine life without him saying hello or telling me good night. He's just a good friend that always has something to say to cheer me up.
As for the labor savings in using a dishwasher... I'm not in that camp. Perhaps it was my dishwasher but I had to rinse the dishes, particularly the pots and pans, prior to placing in the dishwasher or they weren't spotless after a cycle. I figure that if I'm going to that much effort, I might as well finish the job and leave the dishwasher idle.
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I think Eclectus is the one that's started breeding in the wild near London in England. My friend lives about 10 miles outside the ringroad and he says he sees loads flying around in the forest where he lives.
Yes mine all speak to me and make jokes. One of them likes to bite my toe, shout "ouch!" then run across the room away from me laughing.
I've never done anything to the dishes, they just go in then I switch it on. And since it's only me and the parrots here, it only gets run every few days, so the food is dried on. I just use the full blast cycle.
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It must be my dishwasher then. It isn't a high end model. My house was constructed prior to the advent of the appliance. I remodeled my kitchen to receive one and I'm on the second unit. My first unit suffered from rust occurring on the roll out tray fingers that eventually broke off. Though the present unit is in perfect running order, I don't think it has been used in a decade.
Birds are cool and are quite clever.
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https://www.theguardian.com/cities/...on-how-ring-necked-parakeets-took-over-london
I'd never heard of Eclectus.
I see hundreds+ of these parakeets in Richmond Park on the SW edge of London. They weren't around in any numbers when I moved here in 87.
They don't interact with people there, however I recently revisited St James' Park in the centre of London by Buckingham Palace and they do take food off an upraised hand there.
I have several groups of birds (and squirrels) I feed and who recognise me around Richmond (4 miles from home),
The stories I could tell of their recognition skills and behaviour.
I sadly couldn't keep any and don't have a garden.
Jackdaws, two crows who spot me entering a gate, Magpies and a robin.
Great through the pandemic.
I'd never heard of Eclectus.
I see hundreds+ of these parakeets in Richmond Park on the SW edge of London. They weren't around in any numbers when I moved here in 87.
They don't interact with people there, however I recently revisited St James' Park in the centre of London by Buckingham Palace and they do take food off an upraised hand there.
I have several groups of birds (and squirrels) I feed and who recognise me around Richmond (4 miles from home),
The stories I could tell of their recognition skills and behaviour.
I sadly couldn't keep any and don't have a garden.
Jackdaws, two crows who spot me entering a gate, Magpies and a robin.
Great through the pandemic.
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It's good to have a nonhuman friend...puts things in perspective. As for cans, they're mostly aluminum, sometimes crushed. I don't always rinse them, but if they're mine I do. Anyway, I ran the dishwasher (I think) but the left light is still on and I'll probably just have to leave the door ajar and/or get help.
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I used to have a Norwegian Blue. But he was always pining for the fjords, and would stun too easily. So had to let him go.
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That light might well be an indicator showing the dishes are done. If opening the door and closing it again doesn't reset it, maybe it will go off after a time delay. And maybe... I haven't a clue. The dishwasher should have it's own breaker in your breaker panel. If it doesn't go off and you find the light annoying, you might just turn that breaker off being as you don't use the dishwasher.
A picture of my buddy Basil.
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