Bosch Series 6 SMS6ZCW10G dishwasher.

Terry, my “little man” with whom I have “until death or retirement do us part” relationship was round on Thursday evening working his magic with my Bosch.
He maintains that if you have very hard water - as we do- the all-in-one tabs are not enough and it still needs salt.
I have never tried the water hardness thingy because I know from every other usage of water, from baths and hair washing to descaling the kettle, that it is very hard . And better safe than sorry.
Rinse aid is optional, look at eg your glasses, but modern tabs are a huge improvement on the older fashioned sort.

Paynes GreyI love the three elephants. I suggested he might have been too quick so he did it again and there was the HO6 we wanted but this time no flashing!!! The answer is elephants 👍.
Also our last machine was a Siemens and if the salt light was ignored it refused to go. The Bosch one before kept the light on but worked. Have always added salt as well as using all in one as there isn’t enough salt in the tablet for really hard water.
Yes Whiff the engineer actually suggested the eco one with the added speed perfect one which brings it down to one and a half hours. It is described as for everyday washing and works perfectly. Dh says it is his go to setting from now on!!!This has been his to decide since he retired as little did I know that all those years before I had been doing the loading all wrong. Actually me and the manual. How lucky was I? Anyway, the biggest bonus was when it packed up with a dreaded dead for ever E number he didn’t even once ask me what had I done to it? I did enjoy asking him though.🤣Thank you all for your kind replies.

I have a Bosch dishwasher since 2019. I use rinse aid and dishwasher salt in it as well a fairy original tablets . It's idiot proof . You just press 2 buttons on the front of the door . But I forget to push the second button once a week . Then I see the light flashing at me as if to say you forgot again . I have a dishwasher that mocks me 😂😂😂😂

I ignored it and it eventually stopped asking for either.

kittylester

I use all in one tablets so haven't put salt or rinse aid in my bosch for years.

I don’t have a Bosch but have tried all in one dishwasher tabs and the machine still asks for salt, I think it asks for rinse aid as well.
Do you just ignore the machine when it asks for this or is it a model that just accepts all in one tabs and doesn’t flash red?

I use all in one tablets so haven't put salt or rinse aid in my bosch for years.

Is he completing the process or doing it properly?

Page 26 of the manual - once you have decided which setting you need H00 through H07:

media3.bosch-home.com/Documents/9001930780_A.pdf

I always count elephants for seconds. One elephant, two elephants …

Entering the salt comes next according to the manual.

Too true Babs but the instructions on this seem simple enough but expected some indication that it had been set. The continuing flashing bothered me. Just wonder how to see the setting come up. I think you can get flat pack furniture put together. A friend of mine took the offer up on a garden bench but the fitter arrived at a different time and it wasn’t cheap.

I know this might sound weird but I do wish that the people who deliver and install such items could also then show you how to use it, would gladly pay extra for this service.
And would also pay anyone who delivers flat pack furniture to actually put it together.