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I have never heard of this, and I've lived in a lot of different countries. Where are you?

Ekaros 1y ago
Finland. This mostly comes from insurance companies. But both water and fire risks seems to exist. Even if they are somewhat rare.
- ceejayoz 1y ago
  Even with that, dinner at 6, bed at 10 leaves plenty of time. Or you use the speed cycle. I just pop a $30 leak sensor by my washer. The only water damage I’ve had was a broken pipe in the walls.
  - AnimalMuppet 1y ago
    Where do you find a leak sensor/alarm? I found one, 10 or 15 years ago. When I wanted one more recently, I had trouble finding one.
    - rented_mule 1y ago
      Many show up on Google: https://www.google.com/search?q=leak+sensor https://www.google.com/search?q=leak+sensor and on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=leak+sensor https://www.amazon.com/s?k=leak+sensor
- margenotsolarge 1y ago
  A quick search tells me there's approx 1.5M households in Finland and 132M households in the US, where I am. Based on these numbers the US should have a lot more dishwasher fires (actual numbers - not per capita) if this were an issue. I've never heard from media or insurance companies that dishwashers are a significant cause of fire. By that argument you'd have to be home to use laundry machines, too. Water damage also can occur with laundry washers, hot water tanks, broken taps, and leaking pipes. It seems strange to single out dishwashers. These days, around the world, it seems like water damage is more likely to be from flooding from rain than faulty infrastructure. Is there something less reliable about Finnish appliances or infrastructure than the rest of the world?
  - Ekaros 1y ago
    Appliances are generally fine. Most issues seem to be connections. Both water intake and sewage. Insurance companies really are the party that wants to minimise the damage. So they make extra careful recommendations. As quick reaction to water can save lot of costs.
    - BugsJustFindMe 1y ago
      You keep saying things like "supposed to" and "recommendation", but there's a quite large difference between a recommendation and a requirement. Which are we talking about here? An insurance company can "recommend" whatever they want but mine will pay for damages even if I'm not home when a leak or fire occurs.

Finland. This mostly comes from insurance companies. But both water and fire risks seems to exist. Even if they are somewhat rare.

ceejayoz 1y ago
Even with that, dinner at 6, bed at 10 leaves plenty of time. Or you use the speed cycle. I just pop a $30 leak sensor by my washer. The only water damage I’ve had was a broken pipe in the walls.
- AnimalMuppet 1y ago
  Where do you find a leak sensor/alarm? I found one, 10 or 15 years ago. When I wanted one more recently, I had trouble finding one.
  - rented_mule 1y ago
    Many show up on Google: https://www.google.com/search?q=leak+sensor https://www.google.com/search?q=leak+sensor and on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=leak+sensor https://www.amazon.com/s?k=leak+sensor
margenotsolarge 1y ago
A quick search tells me there's approx 1.5M households in Finland and 132M households in the US, where I am. Based on these numbers the US should have a lot more dishwasher fires (actual numbers - not per capita) if this were an issue. I've never heard from media or insurance companies that dishwashers are a significant cause of fire. By that argument you'd have to be home to use laundry machines, too. Water damage also can occur with laundry washers, hot water tanks, broken taps, and leaking pipes. It seems strange to single out dishwashers. These days, around the world, it seems like water damage is more likely to be from flooding from rain than faulty infrastructure. Is there something less reliable about Finnish appliances or infrastructure than the rest of the world?
- Ekaros 1y ago
  Appliances are generally fine. Most issues seem to be connections. Both water intake and sewage. Insurance companies really are the party that wants to minimise the damage. So they make extra careful recommendations. As quick reaction to water can save lot of costs.
  - BugsJustFindMe 1y ago
    You keep saying things like "supposed to" and "recommendation", but there's a quite large difference between a recommendation and a requirement. Which are we talking about here? An insurance company can "recommend" whatever they want but mine will pay for damages even if I'm not home when a leak or fire occurs.