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chasonreddit OP t1_jbl7kvv wrote

Reply to comment by Shoot_2_Thrill in I realize it can never really be BIFL, but does anyone have a good recommendation for a dishwasher? by chasonreddit

Thank you for the info, but water isn't my problem. I'm front range Colorado. They bottle our water to sell across the country. I have to add minerals to my hot tub to keep it in the appropriate range.

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ryanwaldron t1_jbolbb3 wrote

Not bad quality as in “unsafe to drink,” but bad as in “lots of dissolved minerals.” Running off the mountains down to the front range allows the water to pick up lots of minerals that make it taste good, but those minerals can wreak havoc on the moving parts of a dishwasher. I’ve had mineral deposit issues causing lots of scaling in my house, so I recently installed a Nuvo H20 citric acid water conditioner. Hopefully my faucet heads will stop crusting over.

If you make the investment in a new dishwasher, investing in a water conditioner might be a good choice as well.

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chasonreddit OP t1_jboqbsk wrote

You may have missed this bit:

> I have to add minerals to my hot tub to keep it in the appropriate range.

I don't know why, but too soft on a hot tub is as bad as too hard. When they installed it the tech tested and said "shit" and tossed another small batch of goop. Then he said "we get that a lot around here".

It's pretty soft. Colorado has a lot of different watersheds. We are St. Vrain with a little water from Thompson. But we are rarely above 60 ppm dissolved solids. It's a good thought, but I don't think my problem.

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