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YMMV, but our Bosch dishwasher has 5 modes and one of them is "party" mode. When selected, the machine first preheats water for 30 minutes and then you can load

YMMV, but our Bosch dishwasher has 5 modes and one of them is "party" mode. When selected, the machine first preheats water for 30 minutes and then you can load it repeatedly, each load only takes 10 minutes to wash. It does have two drawbacks though. First, you have to use liquid detergent, as tablets do not dissolve fast enough. Second, it consumes a lot of power and water as opposed to the regular 3h+ setting. But it is handy if you ever need to wash a lot of stuff fast.

Tor3 4y ago
Sounds interesting. The water isn't metered where I live, so using more water doesn't matter. If it could be connected to the 70 C hot water outlet as well.. that would be even better.
- Xylakant 4y ago
  Many brands offer a specific variant of their models that has a hot water inlet. You just have to ask for it. It's pretty efficient if you have hot water via solar.
FooBarWidget 4y ago
I wonder what it is about dishwashers that need 3h in order to be efficient, when hand washing can accomplish the same task much faster for similar amount of resources as long as you don't wash under a continuously open faucet.
- imp0cat 4y ago
  Quoted from their site: "With the longer wash-cycle, the water doesn't require heating up as much". I believe it's because dishwashers are rated for efficiency when at their default settings. So it's no wonder that the default setting is the slowest. It's all done to conserve energy and water. Obviously, you don't have to use it, the machine has multiple programs in total, with varying temperatures and speeds (and also a "faster/eco" button that can further reduce the time needed to wash a load at the expense of more resources used. But I think you'd be hard pressed to wash the same amount of dishes with less or equal amount of water. They claim the machine uses "3.15 gallons (11.92 liters)" on average. Also, you can just dump dirty dishes there during the day, then run the machine overnight and have clean and dry dishes in the morning without having to manually wash them. It's convenient.
- lozenge 4y ago
  The cleaning is done by pushing soapy water against your dishes with high momentum. If the water is already hot then reheating it doesn't use much energy so it's pushing the same water through again and again. The pump is not using much energy.

Tor3 4y ago

Sounds interesting. The water isn't metered where I live, so using more water doesn't matter. If it could be connected to the 70 C hot water outlet as well.. that would be even better.

Xylakant 4y ago
Many brands offer a specific variant of their models that has a hot water inlet. You just have to ask for it. It's pretty efficient if you have hot water via solar.

FooBarWidget 4y ago

I wonder what it is about dishwashers that need 3h in order to be efficient, when hand washing can accomplish the same task much faster for similar amount of resources as long as you don't wash under a continuously open faucet.

imp0cat 4y ago
Quoted from their site: "With the longer wash-cycle, the water doesn't require heating up as much". I believe it's because dishwashers are rated for efficiency when at their default settings. So it's no wonder that the default setting is the slowest. It's all done to conserve energy and water. Obviously, you don't have to use it, the machine has multiple programs in total, with varying temperatures and speeds (and also a "faster/eco" button that can further reduce the time needed to wash a load at the expense of more resources used. But I think you'd be hard pressed to wash the same amount of dishes with less or equal amount of water. They claim the machine uses "3.15 gallons (11.92 liters)" on average. Also, you can just dump dirty dishes there during the day, then run the machine overnight and have clean and dry dishes in the morning without having to manually wash them. It's convenient.
lozenge 4y ago
The cleaning is done by pushing soapy water against your dishes with high momentum. If the water is already hot then reheating it doesn't use much energy so it's pushing the same water through again and again. The pump is not using much energy.