Is there a real difference in water and electricity consumption? Personally, I don’t use a lot of water to wash my dishes (by hand), but maybe I should install a flow meter to make sure.

What is your opinion on the subject? Do you have any evidence or studies available that could confirm your intuition? Or do you have other alternatives in mind?

  • grapefruittrouble@lemmy.zip
    4·
    2 days ago

    Unless your dishwasher truly has something wrong with it, there’s just a few things you should do every time for it to work flawlessly.

    • remove big food particles off dishes (sauces, peanut butter is fine)
    • if your dishwasher and sink share the same water line, most likely they do, run the sink until it’s hot before running the dishwasher
    • put detergent in the actual dispenser and close it, it serves a purpose
    • avoid using pods, powder detergent works fine
    • clean filter regularly

    those are the main things. if you really want to nerd out then check this video out.

    Technology Connections provides great explanation of how they work and goes way more in depth on how to properly use a dishwasher, especially with detergent. honestly he provides great content on most things we use in our daily lives and is worth checking out.

    • AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip
      1·
      23 hours ago

      I’ll have to see if any of the things you listed that isn’t removing big food particles ( since I’m already pre-cleaning ) will work.

      Also, I really like Technology Connections because his videos give me a serious public TV show kinda simplistic vibe in the best way imaginable.