A variety of modern household appliances, designed to facilitate a person’s life, is sometimes simply amazing. That's just the truth, faced with the problems of its installation, many happy customers fall into a stupor. So, most people do not know how to connect a dishwasher on their own. But this can be done without spending a lot of time and effort.
Main stages
The list of installation activities includes the following actions:
- Organization of a separate power supply line. Ideally, it is advisable to divert a special wire directly from the shield.
- The same goes for water supply.
- Before connecting the dishwasher yourself, you need to think about the drain system in advance.
- After that, you can check the performance.
If you are not a professional electrician, we strongly recommend entrusting the implementation of the first paragraph to professionals, since some violations during the installation process may well lead to equipment failure.
Water supply
First, buy a special filter in advance to protect it from getting sand and pieces of rust into the mechanism. If the machine does not have a special valve for protection against leaks (for the most part cheap models), then before you connect the dishwasher yourself, you need to put a shut-off valve. It will save you from many problems associated with flooding your neighbors.
Even when buying, it does not bother to find out whether the manufacturer supports the ability to increase the length of the water and drain hoses, as this is often necessary. The same applies to the ability to connect equipment directly to the hot water system . This option does not hurt, as it will save a lot of electricity.
Sewerage
To establish the discharge of used water should be approached no less accurately. It is easiest to do this using a special siphon for dishwashers - it not only easily connects to the sewer, but also reliably prevents water from entering the sink from the sink.
Since you probably decided to connect the dishwasher yourself for the first time, you need to remember the correct position of the drain hose itself:
- You need to mount it on kitchen furniture or a wall, and it is advisable to do this at a height of about 0.6 m from the entrance to the sewer.
- It must be bent, as otherwise water can enter the machine by gravity.
Speaking about how to properly connect the dishwasher, it should be noted that you should first make sure that the length of the "native" hose is enough. In most cases, its length can be increased, but it is better not to extend the hose more than twice. By being greedy, you will reduce the life time of a non-cheapest pump.
Testing
After all the preparatory measures, stocking up with the right amount of rags (in case of emergency), you can open the valves of the cranes and test your purchase. We hope that you learned all about how to connect a Bosch (or other) dishwasher.