Resetting a Triton Quiet Power III Dishwasher
So our dishwasher—probably about ten years old—has seen better days. Recently, it’s been leaving a few inches of water at the end of wash cycles—and if you let that sit for awhile, well, it can get rank. I cleared the garbage disposal (the washer is hooked up to the sink), removed the screens etc. from the bottom of the washer, but nothing helped drain the machine. So I found out that I could re-set the machine, which would force the machine to drain any left-over water. Problem is I couldn’t find how to do this for my model.
Here’s how you do it: lear your garbage disposal. Then flip the lever so that the machine locks and starts running a cycle. Then you press and hold the Start/Reset button for at least five seconds. It will sound like nothing has changed, the machine will continue running, and then release and press the button again. The wash light will go out, and, after about a minute or so, you’ll realize that it’s force draining the water out. And then you’re done. Water’s gone.
But if you’re like me, then you at some point let that dirty water sit, and your dishes and washer got a bit nasty. Simplest solution to that is to empty out the washer, and put a bowl right-side up in the top rack, and fill that bowl with a cup of white vinegar. For a good measure, dump about 1/2 a box of baking soda into the bottom of the washer. Wait a bit, and then run it on a normal wash cycle. Fresh as a bean.
