My dishwasher instruction manual says to turn off water tap after cycle ends, do i have to do dat?

Question

do i have to do this everytime i use my diswahser, at the end of the cycle

Answer 1

I suppose if they suggest you turn it off,better to be safe than sorry.It wont do dishwasher any harm by leaving it on,but if it blows a leak when your out Trouble with a capital T good luck

Answer 2

its to stop flooding.

if the connection leaks or the hose bursts -  lots of water!

plenty of flooring work replacing flood damage

edit

there is an isolation valve that has a remote switch, like an electric switch, on the wall or elsewhere, hence removing the hassle factor. called water stop or aqua stop i cant remember.

good quality valves last ages, if you pay £1 its rubbish, pay more

Answer 3

Is this a portable machine?  I think you should turn it off if so.  This could save a rupture and big problems.  If it is built in, I don't think you need to turn it off.  I don't even know if it is possible in most homes.

Answer 4

If the manual says to turn off the water. . . . turn off the water.

Answer 5

Hi, most of the makers put this in the instructions as standard advice, only about one in a hundred users do it as it is inconvenient. Nobody normally gets problems from this as generally things are very reliable but you MUST turn it off if you go on holiday as if it is left on and a pipe bursts your foundations would be flooded by the time you get home. One more point that is important, if you have the type of tap on the inlet that has the little cheap plastic handle( normally blue or red) and you turn it off every time it will soon break as they are very weak and not designed to be turned on and off all the time (in spite of the fact that the manufacturers tell you to do it) so my answer would be if your machine is correctly installed I would only turn the water off when going away. I hope this answers your question.

Regarding the "Aqua Stop" that RM is talking about, this is NOT a house or wall fitment but actually a part fitted to the more upmarket machines such as Miele etc, so if you have a run of the mill machine such as Hotpoint, Beko, Indesit etc, etc, it is not fitted to your machine.