Dishwasher Featuring UV Disinfection

[mrb627]

Did any manufacture ever build a DW using a UV lamp for sani rinsing?

Malcolm

 

[toploader55]

What a great thought.

Could this be possible ?

When I was a teenager, I worked for a country club that had UV fluorescent tubes in the Meat Walk-in

 

[logixx]

LG did: www.gizmag.com/uv-lamp-reduces-lg-dishwasher-germs/12720/

 

[tolivac]

UV sanitizing-there are air handler units for both household and commercial HVAC systems to sterilize the air.Also portable units.And for a while you could gt safety goggle cabinets that had UV lights in them to sanitize the goggles in between uses-the lights went out when the cabinet door was opened.

 

[tomturbomatic]

I think high heat or chlorine has been the approach to sanitizing dishware commercially and high heat in domestic machines. I would think that there would be problems with uniform exposure, the ozone byproduct from UV light and the time involved.

 

[chris74]

LG always had interesting dishwashers

But IIRC, never on the EU market... I think in the early days of US dryers, an ozone lamp was common...

 

[mrb627]

Tub Lamp

I wasn't so much thinking about a lamp in the tub, but perhaps one in the sump to kill as water passed through the system.

Malcolm

 

[toploader55]

Great Idea Malcolm.

 

[frigilux]

That is a cool idea, Malcolm. The LG referenced in Alexander's link must be a UK model. My LG was a 2008 model and it looked nothing like this one.

Of course, we could all just toss our dishes into a 1959 Lady Kenmore washer, as it had a UV lamp for sanitization. Don't imagine it did much, but man, it made the suds glow brilliantly.