People have only just realized they’re using their dishwasher detergent pods wrong & it’s blowing their minds

IF you’re using detergent pods instead of liquid in your dishwasher, you may be making a common mistake.

One appliance repair tech says that many people don’t use their pods correctly – and she’s had to fix many a dishwasher to fix the problem it can cause.

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One appliance repair tech says that many people don’t use their dishwasher detergent pods correctly[/caption]

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She warns not to put the pods inside the dispenser in the dishwasher door for an important reason[/caption]

As an appliance pro, Renae has plenty of expertise to share about everything from washing machines and dryers to refrigerators, and she offers up tricks and hacks on TikTok.

Her recent video about dishwasher detergent pods has racked up over a million views.

“If you’re going to use pods in your dishwasher, do they go into the dispenser or not?” she asks.

“And the answer is: They do not.”

“Unless you have a sport specifically labeled ‘for pods’ in your dishwasher dispenser – which I personally have never seen in the field – you do not want to put those pods inside of the dispenser,” she says.

“And that is because that gel casing on the outside of the pods, when you get even a tiny drop of water on it, it gets really sticky.

“And dishwashers are not known to be very dry places,” she notes.

“I have had to replace dispensers on dishwashers because people put pods in them too often and it gunked them up and they would no longer open.

“So, no, don’t put them in the dispenser. Instead what you can do is you can put it on the bottom of your dishwasher,” she urges.

“Just make sure if you have an exposed heating element that it’s not touching it.

“Or you can do what I do and put them in the silverware caddy,” she adds as a final tip.

Commenters have shared their shock that they’ve been washing their dishes wrong for years.

“You’re kidding!?! Man I learned something new,” wrote one.

“Started using them in the silverware caddy BECAUSE of you & it works BETTER,” wrote another.

However, some commenters insisted they’ve never had a problem putting the pods in the dispenser, with a few arguing that they’d dissolve too quickly if they were just tossed in anywhere.

But Renae insists they wouldn’t dissolve quickly enough for them to not work, adding: “But that’s also why I suggest the silverware caddy – dissolves a bit more slowly.”

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Renae says she has had to replace dispensers because people do this and gunk builds up[/caption]