On Oct 26, 6:07 pm, Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:49:00 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France
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> >On Oct 26, 4:22 pm, Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:
> >> On 26 Oct 2009 13:33:21 GMT,  wrote:
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> >> >Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:
> >> >>>You're obviously a lot better at cleaning jars than I am.
> >> >> Maybe we have a better dish washer? We have an 11 year old Miele dish washer.
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> >> >Slightly older Miele ...
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> >> Ours got a new heater element a couple of weeks before the extended guarantee
> >> expired. Lucky or what?
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> >> >>> I find
> >> >>>most things leave a residual smell (especially if they are washed and
> >> >>>then left with the lid on after they've dried
> >> >> and with the lid off?
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> >> >With the lids off they smell less, but once the lid has been put on for
> >> >a while (day or so) the smell seems to have built up again.  And if I
> >> >leave the lid off when I pack things away I invariably lose the lid or
> >> >mix up different similar sized lids until the whole set of jars is
> >> >useless.  
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> >> >Perhaps I just have an over-sensitive nose?
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> >> Maybe. In the summer  I could smell a nasty smell that I think the tablets leave
> >> on glasses. My son gets the same smell when he leaves normal hand washed glasses
> >> to dry on the draining board. Maybe caused by bacteria?? It stopped when the
> >> weather got cooler.
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> >> Martin
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> >I notice that too and I have frequently rinsed out a glass which is
> >sparkling clean but has an odd smell?
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> Yes the glasses look physically clean but smell of hydrogen sulphide.
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> Martin

My dishwasher is very new, so there is not a possibility of it being
clogged up with grease build up.  Furthermore it is in a position
where the exit is in a new place, new pipe, so no build up of fat.  In
England I used to clean mine regularly with a special preparation,
running it on very hot and empty.  I have no idea what causes it, it's
run every day, sometimes when we have friends round I have to run it
twice in 24 hours.  It would be interesting to find out.  I wondered
if it was something to do with the chemicals in the dishwasher
tablets?

Judith