Skip to content

Comment on Why Does My 'Efficient' Dishwasher Take a Zillion Minutes for a Load?

Comments

Government is making your life worse with its insane "environmental" policies. Just fucking turn on a few nuke plants!

God I need to buy a top-loader. I wonder if they even exist in europe anymore. Only comically small ones by the look of it. Front-loaders struggle to even wash a bath towel.

a commercial dishwasher [...] takes about 90 seconds to clean a load of dishes instead of hours

Imagine a world in which all machines were this good.

You probably wouldn't want a commercial dishwasher at home. You must first thoroughly rinse all food particles off all items (think human dishwasher in a resturant). Then it uses the hot water it used to sterize the previous load as wash water for the next. As soon as one load completes, it will immediately expect another, as they are designed for continuous heavy use. They are very loud, require a 240V or 3 phase connection, and release truly massive amounts of steam requiring a hood/extractor to not mess up a residential kitchen. For a family of 4 people washing everything by hand would probably be less work and cheaper.

Precisely, commercial dishwashers don't clean dishes. They sterilise already clean plates.

Every socket in my house has 230V, if the government manages to not screw up generation which is a possibility in the future. I hate on europe for a lot but that is one thing that is right over here.

As for rinsing that is something that must be done anyway with an average consumer dishwasher. The food clogs the sprayer nozzles and eventually the pump too. Don't worry though because manufacturers conveniently sell you another cleaning product for that!

Your point about hand washing is bordering on true. Government is making automation so poor that labor is considered.

Government is making automation so poor

Are you using appliances designed and manufactured by your government?

The government micromanages with regulations and "energy labels" so yes!

There are smaller ones, used by dining halls etc in schools. They wash, rinse, sterilize.

Just fucking turn on a few nuke plants!

Nuclear energy is famously forgiving of mistakes caused by rushing.

Well, if you buy 2-star reviewed appliances appliances they'll perform shit. But plenty of energy efficient appliances perform fantastically. For example, from AEG, Bosch, Haier, LG, Miele, Samsung, or Zamisso.

Front-loaders struggle to even wash a bath towel.

A farcical claim.

Nothing but bad experiences with AEG and their sister company Zanussi. I won't buy from them again. I also avoid anything made by Samsung as they are regularly criticised on this forum.

I've had good experiences with AEG and Samsung, but a lot of large companies are inconsistent, so I sympathise.

Too far often I've also had new and nearly-new appliances develop faults. This is frustrating, but if the warranty support is good, then at least I'm left with an efficient and functioning machine, when they're done.

Generally, I'd recommend buying appliances on a credit card, so that the credit card company is equally liable. This is case the appliance breaks, or underperforms so much that it's not fit for purpose.

Imagine a world in which all machines were this good.

There is the minor drawback of having to rinse the dishes manually first ...

Just fucking turn on a few nuke plants!

Ten years and thirty billion dollars later...

"10 years later" should have been the year 2000!

AboutSource Built by g1lg1l

Hackerly is an independent reader for Hacker News, built on the public HN API. Not affiliated with Y Combinator.