The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #VII.. Stop In!!!

[ezdays]

Good morning all. Well, we have the Super Bowl and the Phoenix Open behind us for this year. I kind of missed most of that since we were busy installing that new dishwasher. I did catch a few minutes of both when we'd take a break, and at our age, there were quite a few. One thing that gets me is after reading the installation instructions, we proceeded to follow them, not that they were difficult, but I just wanted to be sure we didn't miss anything. When it came to hooking up the water line, the instructions said to connect the 3/8" to 3/4" right-angle adapter, but there was none. Oh, that part is not included and can be ordered by calling Whirlpool's 800#. A trip to Home Depot and the plumbing guy knew just what I needed. Seems as if just about all manufacturers are pulling the same stunt. Apparently they don't make a dishwasher hose with anything but 3/8" compression fitting, making it necessary to purchase the adapter. Back to the installation, attach the wire strain relief, yeah, the one that's also not included. Fortunately, I had one, saving me yet another trip to the store. My point is, if these parts are "required", then why not include them, or better yet, use water and electrical fittings that don't require extra parts?

OK, the old dishwasher is out, the new one is in and working, it just took a lot longer and I'm a lot more sore than I would have been had I done this 20 years ago. One big plus, not one drop of blood was shed during this whole procedure....