I know a lot of you out there have the Drinkwell pet fountains, and I was
wondering if any of you have had any success in running them through the
dishwasher??

I have three drinkwells in three different areas of the house, and cleaning
them is very time consuming as barely one will fit in the kitchen sink.  My
dishwasher has a 'gentle' cycle for china/crystal, plus a rinse only cycle.
I was wondering if I got them all in there (after removing the pumps from
the base, which I do when I clean them anyway), used only a smidgen of
dishwasher detergent (cascade liquid - don't like the powders as sometimes
they don't dissolve completely & you get chunks on your dishes, same with
laundry detergent), along with a few drips of regular dish soap (helps to
cut the grease, but then you get extra suds on the dishes in there) - and
then an extra rinse cycle to get ALL the soap off.  Also - I don't have Jet
Dry in the dispenser - just plain white distilled vinegar (helps to soften
the Indiana hard water, so less spots on the dishes, not that I have fine
china or crystal anyway).

Will I be the first one here to try this?... or have others blazed the trail
before me?