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September 28, 2014 4:07 PM

What does this Bosh dishwasher button do?

I have a Bosh dishwasher, model SGS5382EU, I know what everything does, except this button:
http://i.imgur.com/YyROGfS.jpg. Can anybody help?

posted by defcom1 to Home & Garden (14 answers total)

As a wild-assed guess, it means "Run for a while and then automatically stop."
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 4:10 PM on September 28, 2014

My guess is that it washes the top rack only.
posted by Blue Jello Elf at 4:11 PM on September 28, 2014

I suspect it runs the dishwasher cycle on only the top portion of the dishwasher.
posted by saeculorum at 4:11 PM on September 28, 2014

Heated dry cycle or air dry?
posted by TORunner at 4:12 PM on September 28, 2014

Top rack wash.
posted by kellyblah at 4:16 PM on September 28, 2014

Half load.
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 4:22 PM on September 28, 2014

Top rack wash.
posted by PorcineWithMe at 4:23 PM on September 28, 2014

Heated drying is my guess. Should be easy to try....
posted by chasles at 4:33 PM on September 28, 2014

Seems like top rack only to me.
posted by Night_owl at 5:19 PM on September 28, 2014

Ha! I have a Bosch dishwasher, different model, with a button that says "Half Load". I've never used that setting because I wasn't sure which half it was washing. I will assume the top as shown on your button. I suppose I could have looked at the manual, but no, TL;DR.
posted by recess at 6:27 PM on September 28, 2014

I used to have a dishwasher that had a rinse-only cycle so you could wash off dishes without using a whole cycle and detergent. It was great for rinsing, say, breakfast dishes in the morning and then filling up the washer with more dishes as the day went on.

I'm not 100% sure but I'd guess that's what that button is for: quick rinse.
posted by _Mona_ at 6:49 PM on September 28, 2014

Indeed that button is for top rack wash only in Bosch manuals.
posted by biggreenplant at 7:53 PM on September 28, 2014

top rack was my vote too.
posted by 58 at 10:21 PM on September 28, 2014

It's not quick rinse, that's the knob to the right of 0. My guess was top rack wash, but I wanted confirmation. Thanks everybody.
posted by defcom1 at 6:09 AM on September 29, 2014