submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) by to c/memes@lemmy.world
 

Apparently pre-rinsing confuses the dishwasher or something. Not doing it leaves me with residue all over the other dishes though 🀷

Star wars Anakin and Padme meme, with a dishwasher poorly GIMPed onto Anakin's face. Dishwasher Anakin: Save water, no need to rinse your dishes first. Padme: And they will come out clean, right? Anakin dishwasher: ... Padme: And they will come out clean, right?
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[–] 44 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (16 children)

Tips I've learned that helped:

  • use detergent powder instead of pods. It let's you experiment with different amounts and dial in the right amount for a run. Generic is fine, they all do about the same amount of work.
  • Run your faucet till hot water comes out, it makes it so the pre-rinse has more ability to soften crud on the surface of the dishes.
  • pre-rinsing the dishes isn't necessary for cleanliness, but scraping food bits off will mean your debris filter fills up slower so you don't have to do the gross task of emptying it as often.
  • add detergent in the dip on the door. This gives the pre-wash yet again more ability to attack food bits on the first cycle.
  • USE RINSE AID. I helps the dishes dry at the end of the wash.
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  • [–] 2 points 55 minutes ago (1 child)
    • Run your faucet till hot water comes out, it makes it so the pre-rinse has more ability to soften crud on the surface of the dishes.

    Why would this matter? Dishwashers aren’t connected to the hot water line.

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  • [–] 19 points 6 hours ago (12 children)

    Running your faucet only makes sense if your dishwasher is also hooked up to warm water. (In Germany) I've only seen them connected to cold water.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

    It's an American thing. Our dishwashers get hot water from the line, there is a heating element, but it is not very powerful due to our lower output electrical sockets.

    I've heard other countries have washers that are powerful enough to heat their own water, which is why they are attached to the cold water supply.

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  • [–] 2 points 45 minutes ago*

    Do your dishwashers not have different temperature programs? Tap water is generally set at 65ΒΊC here. My dishwasher has a 45ΒΊC program, a 50ΒΊC program, etc. Depending on how dirty your dishes are you can use lower-temp program to save energy. They even make dishwasher pods specifically for lower temperatures. If it always takes in hot water it would need a way to cool it down.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

    Interesting. Why? Do the dishwashers there require only using cold?

    In the US, it is always meant to be connected to the hot tap. The first rinse cycle doesn't heat the water (or doesn't run long enough for the heater to make it hot, anyway). It depends on the hot water from the line to be maximally effective that first rinse. And once drained and refilled for the wash, the water will get up to temp eventually, but it's more effective if it starts hotter.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 hours ago (7 children)

    Of all the things. Like what the fuck Germany.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 hours ago

    A lot of houses are older than the concept of central heating or running warm water, so there are some homes that don't have central warm water, but instead small heaters under the kitchen sink/next to the bathroom, which might or might not hook up to dishwashers

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  • [–] 26 points 6 hours ago* (5 children)

    We have 230VAC instead of your guys' puny 120V, so our dishwashers aren't handicapped out of the box and can heat their own water. I feel like having to run the tap before doing dishes is an L for the US, not Germany/Europe?

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  • [–] 16 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

    For a country that's all about doing things big, they sure whimped out on their electrical system

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  • [–] 2 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

    In our defense we were very early to having one and everyone was afraid of electricity at the time

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  • [–] 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

    I was gonna say in our defence most of us can't be trusted with high voltage

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago (1 child)

    Electricity in the usa is not weaker than Europe. Since the voltage is half as high, it just takes double the current to do the same work. A heater running 220v at 5 amps and a heater running 110v 10 amps will work exactly the same.

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