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| mhh:
--- Quote from: Stilldrillin on August 28, 2012, 02:11:48 AM ---I am the dish washer, at this house......... David D --- End quote --- Problem solved! Go wash the clothes also! :D sorry couldnt resist! |
| John Stevenson:
Don't start me off about dishwashers. You go to bed at night, usually with a tank full of hot water but this stupid dishwasher has to fill up with cold water and waste electric heating it up past what's in the tank ?? I thought we were supposed to be saving energy ?? Next thing is you guy these tablets and they sure are spendy, then you want rinse aid, salts and de greasing cleaners [ WTF don't the put them in the tablet ? ] Joking apart it's getting to the stage of cheap jeans from Asda, you pay £6.00 for them, wear them for work for 3 weeks or until you can't bend over in them and burn them for free heat because it costs more to wash them by the time you recon up electric, wash powder, time etc Take the cost of a dishwasher, running costs and then work out how many paper or cheap plastic plates you can buy for this money |
| Stilldrillin:
John....... That's why, --- Quote from: Stilldrillin on August 28, 2012, 02:11:48 AM ---I am the dish washer, at this house......... --- End quote --- David D |
| Scuba1:
I made a net bag for the poat and put my dishes in that, then hang it over the side for an hour, job done. Clothes are optional on board when I am sailing and the t shirt and shorts that I wear now and then get washed by hand after a swim around the boat for soaking. :) :) ATB Michael |
| AdeV:
Interesting idea, but I fear it is not practical for a few reasons: 1) US & UK washing machines tend to be different styles; here in the UK we prefer front-loading machines with a horizontal drum. Put your dishes in that and they'd be smashed to pieces by the end of the cycle. I'm not sure if US top-loading machines spin, or just agitate back and forth. Either way, your dishes are still in for a rough ride... 2) The washing cycle is totally different for clothes vs. dishes. Clothes are soft & tend to have dirt ingrained between the fibres, so they have to be thrashed around to knock the dirt loose. Dishes, being hard, have dirt on the surface only, so all that's needed to clean them is sufficient water flow with a strong enough detergent to get the dirt off. The temperature thing is rubbish. My washing machine will do a 95 degree cycle, the best temperature my dishwasher can manage is 65. IMHO, about the only common componentry between a dishwasher and a washing machine is the water heater; to make a dual-purpose device you'd basically need to swap the entire guts depending on function. |
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