Our dishwasher failed some months ago. It made a big noise, came to a full stop and its fuse was blown. There also came some smell of fire from it. Without any more inspection I made the quick decision that a repair would take too much time and money. Then I bought a used dishwasher via Internet for very little money.
When I checked the new item in our household, I was not at all surprised to see that some holes in its rotating arms were completely blocked by debris.
I did a Google search and found this:
It is a time consuming job, but there is no need for a drill. If you find that your dishes are not as clean as they used to be, some dishwasher maintenance may be needed.
Today I had another check and again one of the holes in one of the rotating arms was blocked. This debris has been in the arm for a long time and I now found a better way to get it out. I put the rotating arm inside a plastic bag. In Norway we get plastic bags in the grocery store at the cost of kr 1.00. If you are green like harry you can buy the more expensive paper bags, but they are useless for this job. I made a hole in the plastic bag so that water can flow into the small holes and out through the big hole in the rotating arm. Water is now flowing into the plastic bag in the washing room in the cellar, where no harm is done if water find another way and start flowing onto the floor.
There is still no need for a drill. I have no picture of my invention, but I am sure that all except TNP can imagine how it works and that it works very well.