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I have a small counter-top dishwasher. It gets water by hooking hoses to the sink's faucet. When it is in use, the faucet is unavailable for something like two

I have a small counter-top dishwasher. It gets water by hooking hoses to the sink's faucet. When it is in use, the faucet is unavailable for something like two hours. It is better than having to do all the dishes by hand. But we have to make sure we've done things like refil the water pitcher before running the dishwasher. And there's only so much hot water in the hot water heater before it runs out, so we need to make sure nobody's about to take a shower before running the dishwasher, too. I would love to have a larger one that connects directly to the water pipes, but there is no room in this apartment's kitchen. So I deal with the dishwasher blocking other uses of the kitchen sink, and the shower, for a couple of hours. If I had a small counter-top dishwasher that somehow got my dishes just as clean in a half an hour, that would make a few low-level annoyances go away.

eternityforest 4y ago
Why is it using water the whole 2 hours? Doesn't it recirculating it for a while with a pump? Can you get one that does?
- egypturnash 4y ago
  I dunno, man, I just plug it in and hit the button and it runs. I'm no plumber, I just got the one that got the best reviews on Wirecutter. I would describe it as a black box that I put dishes, detergent, and water into, and usually get clean dishes out of, except its housing is white. It's probably not actually pulling in water for the entire two hours. But it wants to be able to pull in water at several points during its cycle, as well as squirt it back out into the sink, and I have absolutely no interest in trying to guess when it would be safe to disconnect the hose and risk having it piss a bunch of water all over the kitchen (because the hose got left somewhere) or having it error out because it can't get water when it needs it.
justsomehnguy 4y ago
.... just get a plumber. You need a water line splitter and a faucet or even just a spigot. Dishwasher, especially countertop, wouldn't use more than a couple of liters of water in the run, but it needs a pressure in the hose/pipe to be able to do so.

eternityforest 4y ago

Why is it using water the whole 2 hours? Doesn't it recirculating it for a while with a pump? Can you get one that does?

egypturnash 4y ago
I dunno, man, I just plug it in and hit the button and it runs. I'm no plumber, I just got the one that got the best reviews on Wirecutter. I would describe it as a black box that I put dishes, detergent, and water into, and usually get clean dishes out of, except its housing is white. It's probably not actually pulling in water for the entire two hours. But it wants to be able to pull in water at several points during its cycle, as well as squirt it back out into the sink, and I have absolutely no interest in trying to guess when it would be safe to disconnect the hose and risk having it piss a bunch of water all over the kitchen (because the hose got left somewhere) or having it error out because it can't get water when it needs it.

justsomehnguy 4y ago

.... just get a plumber. You need a water line splitter and a faucet or even just a spigot. Dishwasher, especially countertop, wouldn't use more than a couple of liters of water in the run, but it needs a pressure in the hose/pipe to be able to do so.