Comment on The same adult daughter who has trouble loading a dishwasher efficientlyly...
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoSounds like a lot of precious water going down the drain, again and again.
Comment on The same adult daughter who has trouble loading a dishwasher efficientlyly...
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoSounds like a lot of precious water going down the drain, again and again.
homes@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
How’s that?
Seppo@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
A dishwasher generally use less water than running dishes under the tap.
homes@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
How? Washing dishes under the tap uses exactly 0 electricity. How does using a dishwasher use less electricity than that?
I like to hear your explanation for that
False@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They said water not electricity. And unless you’re using cold water it takes electricity to heat water usually.
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
But it does use more electricity. And if you are alone you’re either waiting a week to wash dishes or doing more loads that aren’t full.
IMO in wetter areas where water use isn’t a problem you’re better off saving the energy and letting the water run in the sink. If water use is an issue it may be worth it to do at least a prewash/soak in a filled sink then do a faster running rinse in the second sink, or a filled rinse with a mild anti bacterial agent if you’re cool with that.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The amount of water used for the first item would be enough to clean all of them, but your method requires fresh rinse water for each, even if you have a sinkful of suds sitting (and getting cold) while you work.
homes@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
That sounds like a terrible inefficient way to wash. That’s not how I wash my dishes.
Clearly, your mother didn’t teach you how to wash up
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I clean up as I cook by loading the cooking items in the dishwasher, arranged to leave places for the serving and eating dishes, which get added immediately after use throughout the day. No rinsing, just scraping. Last thing at night, when I’ve fed the cat and put her used bowl in, I start the dishwasher. It washes and rinses and sanitizes the whole day’s dishes in 3 gallons of water, or about 1½ minutes worth of running my California Water Saver kitchen tap. For a standard unrestricted tap it’s less than a minute. Even a highly efficient hand-washer like yourself will have trouble beating that.
I’m sorry that this topic is getting you so upset. And I’m not saying you ought to change how you do your dishes. It’s likely that in your area there isn’t a constant threat of drought, and your electricity may not come from solar and wind, so the ecological tradeoff works the other way. Plus your method brings you joy, which is worth a lot more than the opinions of a few random people on the internet.