On the ones I've used, it's the Energy saver dry setting, meaning it
saves energy by not turning on the heat coil. You might find
documentation online for your dishwasher to check how to do that,
since it's a delicate part, wouldn't want to take the chance and
damage it.
-Elliott
On Aug 29, 2009, at 3:19 PM, Susan Platter wrote:
>
> What setting do you use to stop the hot dry cycle from going through?
> Regards
> Susan
>
> On 29 Aug 2009, at 08:14, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
>
>>
>> --- On Fri, 8/28/09, platnicat <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> From: platnicat <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: Mac Portable Problems
>>> To: "Vintage Macs" <[email protected]>
>>> Date: Friday, August 28, 2009, 10:27 PM
>>>
>>> BUMP! Sorry to bump an ancient topic, but I found out the
>>> source of my
>>> problems, and it WAS leaky caps. Embarrasing, as I spent
>>> plenty of
>>> time assuring everyone that it WASN'T leaky caps. So, how
>>> do I go
>>> about fixing this? I read something about a dishwasher, is
>>> that a practical joke or are they serious?
>>
>> Yup, serious. Remove everything removable from the circuit board and
>> run it through a cycle in a dishwasher, BUT DO NOT PUT IT THROUGH
>> THE HEATED DRY CYCLE. Let the board air dry.
>>
>> If the problem is caused byt the electrolyte that's leaked from the
>> caps, that'll temporarily fix it. However, the capacitors' values
>> will likely have changed some, or if they've leaked enough they may
>> not be working at all, or worse, shorted out.
>>
>> A component that fails open is less likely to cause damage elsewhere
>> than one that fails closed to a short circuit, allowing full voltage
>> to where it's not supposed to go.
>>
>> The best thing to do is replace the capacitors.
>
> >
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