From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-11-06 18:10, Retirednoguilt wrote:   
   > On 11/5/2025 2:48 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 2025-11-05 18:58, Cindy Hamilton wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-11-05, Retirednoguilt  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>> My   
   >>>> dishwasher has a little plastic window in the rinse aid compartment.  My   
   >>>> rinse aid is bright blue.  When the window shows a bright blue color, I   
   >>>> know there's enough rinse aid for the next load.  When it is black, it's   
   >>>> time to refill the compartment.  No circuit boards, sensors, apps   
   >>>> required.  Totally reliable.   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes, I wish my dishwasher had that.  But we never choose a dishwasher   
   >>> because it has an inspection port for rinse aid.   
   >>   
   >> Our old dishwasher machine (bought before 1980) has that thing, but you   
   >> have to open the main door and look at a piece in the basin.   
   >>   
   > True. but don't you have to open the main door to empty the dishwasher?   
   > That's when I glance at the window to see if the rinse aid dispenser   
   > needs refilling.  If it does, I do it then.  And, at least with every   
   > dishwasher I've ever used, the main door also needs to be opened to fill   
   > the dish washing detergent compartment before running a wash cycle.   
      
   Yes, certainly. It just was a bit dark in there. I think I had to use a   
   torch to look at the thing.   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
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