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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by cjrp on Monday January 31, 2022 @09:04AM (#30147965)
Modern-ish ones usually have a dirty-water-sensor; I believe it works by shining light through the water on the way out of the machine to see (roughly) how dirty it is. Clean water = cycle over, dirty water = keep going!
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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by LegitShady on Monday January 31, 2022 @11:17AM (#30149662)
So if the water never gets dirty it doesn't turn off? How does it judge how dirty the dishes are to tell how dirty the water should be?

Seems fancy but nonsense.

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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by cjrp on Monday January 31, 2022 @12:10PM (#30150481)
I guess if the water is clean then it does a very quick cycle and just stops
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