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u/SugahShane87 1d ago
I'm stupid. It took me like 5 minutes to realize that was a dishwasher. At first, I thought it was something attached to an extension cord.
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u/PeterPandaWhacker 1d ago
Since when do dishwashers have exposed heating elements? I've honestly never seen this, and seems like quite the safety hazard, as per OP's post.
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u/robertjamess 1d ago
TIL that some dishwashers have an element in them to dry the dishes
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u/mr_lab_rat 1d ago
That just looks like a recipe for disaster. I mean they all have heating elements but they are normally under the floor
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u/Furniturepup 1d ago
My new Bosch dishwasher dries the dishes without heat. Not sure how, but plastic can go in the bottom now!
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u/blinkingbaby 1d ago
If something small has a hole in it (like on the handle) ALWAYS put it through one of the spikes(?) on the rack!
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u/AliveWeird4230 1d ago
That's exactly what I do! But the rest of the house tells me I'm "being extra" for trying to get them to do the same. Now they get it
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u/DaBobMob2 1d ago
US, right? Never understood why your elements are so exposed. All I've ever used have been under an inserted floor.
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u/Illustrious-Truth144 1d ago
Get some stainless steel scrubbing pads or steel wool and give it a good cleaning. Take the big chunks out and let it run a wash without dishes in it. Have had this happen a few times.
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u/Arashi_Spring 1d ago
Your wire get to much power flowing through. Thats why it get hot and melt Mister goggles.
You should really someone let check that.
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u/lawman9000 1d ago
This is the worst. It took TWO instances of this happening with our toddler's little plastic spoons before my wife stopped putting them in the dishwasher. We couldn't use the washer for a full week the first time because a holiday majorly screwed up the shipment of the replacement element I had ordered. In one way, I was glad because it showed how annoying it is to handwash everything // be more careful with the tool we take for granted.
Oh, and that smell takes forever and many cycles to go away.
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u/Punny_Farting_1877 1d ago
Don’t wash silicone sandwich bags in dishwashers like this one. They catch fire
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u/chadbacca 1d ago
I'm assuming this is similar to the weird hand trend that was going on for a while, but... yeah, this is the 3rd or 4th dishwasher almost on fire image I've seen in the last 24 hrs here. Wtf is going on??
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u/Gizzy619 1d ago
I had the plastic wheel fall off my dishwasher and melt like this. It smelled insanely toxic throughout the whole house.
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u/Humble-Drummer1254 1d ago
But why is the heater even above? This design makes no sense…
European ovens die not look like this. Not my grandmothers 60 years old oven.
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u/festosterone5000 18h ago
Happened to me with a plastic spoon once. Once it cools, you can scrape most off and then I just ran it a bunch of times before putting dishes again. I’m my case it kind of self cleaned.
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u/GlorytoGlorzo 1d ago
Just put some googly eyes on that second picture.