This dishwasher has a mind of its own

Dee-do-do-deedle-dee.

What was that? Is that the dishwasher? That’s the dishwasher start up tune. I didn’t start the dishwasher. In fact, it’s empty right now. It’s starting up all on it’s own?

I checked the display, and it was ready to go, but only a rinse cycle. Strange. Just one of those things, I guess. I hit the power button. Do-dee-do-dee-do-do. If you have a Samsung appliance, you’ll recognize the tune.

But it wasn’t just one of those things. I heard the music about once a day. Sometimes in the morning. Or the afternoon. Even after I went to sleep at night.

Oh, boy. I know what that means. I’ll bet I need to replace the control board in the door. Aw, man. I did that about two years ago. But it was under warranty. Now it’s not.

I can do it. I watched the guy. It took him about five minutes to take out the screws, plug in a new board, and put it all back together. I can do that.

But it doesn’t malfunction all the time. Only once in a while. It never starts on it own. But it thinks about it. Sometimes auto-cycle. Other times, “normal.” Sometimes a 15 minute rinse.

One of these days, our appliances will be sentient. They will think on their own and start up independently. Other than producing dirty dishes, we (humans) will be unnecessary.

I know, scary. But I think this all started when I began using a one-, two-, or three-hour start up delay. Why not let the dishwasher do his/her thing while you’re sleeping? Lol, because they don’t want to up at night either. And they let you know.

I cleaned out some filters and turned the power on and off, and everything seems to work just fine. For now.

We picked the suite of appliances for our remodeled kitchen because we liked the look. Next time around, we may look to those manufacturers who mainly make kitchen applicances rather than TVs.