How long does your dishwasher take?

[washer111]

Also Hope You Realise...

Comparing consumer to residential machines is an Apple - Oranges case. Commercial dish-machines DO NOT wash the dishes. They "wash" the dishes - all the dishes are pre-rinsed, to save detergent, and to prevent water soiling. Those machines exist to sanitise dishes

I agree with the comments made about water/pump sizes above - considering each fill on a machine now uses 1/2 or even just a 1/4 of traditional levels, pumps are at least 50% smaller, more so for conversational measures with low fills/alternating wash-arms.
Less water needs a smaller pump, smaller heater to work (again, where a 700w heater was inadequate with large fills, it is now very adequate!). But less water needs more time to wash effectively, as there is less volume, but more scrubbing taking place.

And unless you re-use your grey-water to wash dishes, or refuse to use enough water to wash properly (which is far more than ANY machine will EVER use), then you aren't doing your dishes properly.
Hand-Washing Requires:
~ Pre-Scraping, with water if using a disposer. Then Pre-Rinsing
~ Fill the sink with Hot water + detergent. Several water changes throughout washing to ensure the water remains clean
~ Thorough rinsing of ALL articles, to prevent ingestion of detergents and harsh chemicals
~ Then a thorough cleaning of pots/pans - maybe overnight soaking, and extra filth waiting when you arise again
~ Clean sink after use

This involves lots of water. The dishwasher saves all that water and extra effort AND the incredible wastage of Paper/Plastic plates.

If you're concerned about cycle times, get a vintage machine. There are plenty of them around and most can be had for a good price, plus some minor maitenance (cleaning, descaling). Sell the dishwasher to someone who wants it, for a good price. Easy.

 

[logixx]

This is from our latest consumer magazine's dishwasher test. It gives power, water and time consumption values for the tested cycles (Eco, Sensor and a fast cycle for capable of washing a full load).

 

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bosch</span>

Eco: 3:19 hrs. - 0.69 kWh

Eco + Speed Perfect: 1:07 hrs. - 1.36 kWh

 

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Miele</span>

Eco: 3:19 hrs. - 0.81 kWh

Eco + Turbo: 1:31 hrs. - 1.25 kWh

 

[volsboy1]

Mich they might save you money on heating the water or using water.BUT these new machines don't last like the old ones not even

close.My Brothers Whirlpool runs for 5 hours this just runs the machines in the ground.When you add it up replacing a dishwasher every 4 years instead of 15+ years like

they used to.I think in the long run it costs more because, more of them are going to the dump.I am talking about normal price

dishwasher's Miele is a different story.I have a K-Aid KDS-21 and a KDS-20 and the normal wash cleans great on them and

is done in less than a hour.

 

[jerrod6]

I have an older machine from the mid 2000 so I am not sure it’s times matter that much anymore in today’s energy conservation environment.
I have it connected to hot water, but the heater is on the other side of the house with insulated pipes running through an unheated basement, so the times decrease in the summer and increase in the winter.

There are no times given in my manual, and the cycle times indicated on the control panel display, change to match the last time that cycle was running because time to heat the water is included in the displayed estimate but here is what I see from the display using cooler winter temperature hot water. I took the temps from the Aussie manual so they may approximate.

For 65c or about 150F in the USA.

Heavy soil 2 hours 15 minutes. 4 water changes

Sensor or automatic which varies temp from 104F to 150F – 1 hour 50 minutes. This cycle has also taken as little as 1 hour 8 minutes based on soil level. 3 to 5 water changes, usually 4 changes

Other cycles:

Pots and Pans at 170F – 2 hours 3 minutes 4 water changes

Cheese at 170F – 2 hours 27 minutes, 4 water changes

Water save(my current daily use) at 130F 1 hour 32 minutes, 3 water changes

Normal at max of 130F (which I don’t use because it always takes more water than any other cycle on the machine) 2 hours 12 minutes 5 water changes.

There are other cycles on the machine but these are the ones I use the most except for the one named Normal which has been used 4 times since I had the machine because it takes too long and uses too much water while other cycles clean just as well, are faster, and use less water – but may use higher water temps.

 

[mark_wpduet]

My Whirlpool tall tub

isn't BOL, but it's certainly far from TOL. It's from 2005, so it's over 9 yrs old now.

I always use pots & pans because it rinses twice instead of once. I use hi-temp wash, no heated dry, and it's about 90 minutes.......I think normal wash is 70 minutes with no heated dry. It also has light wash and rinse only but I've never used those so I dunno. I never use heated dry because the dishes are almost dry if I open the machine right away after it's done and let them dry for about 30 min's.

 

[super32]

Only a Bosch here

About 2-1/2 to 3hrs on the auto cycle depending on soil level and time of year. It cleans very well, but usually turn it on and go on to something else.

 

[hoover1100]

My 12 year old Hotpoint DWF31

Takes 90s mins to complete a normal wash.

Btw Robliverpool the dishwasher you have pictured at the top of the thread is at least 14 years old, as the model I have replaced this in late 2000/2001. It could be up to 17 years old as they were introduced around 1997.

Matt

 

[jeffg]

"Are these companies in collusion with the utilities?"

Short answer to that question is yes. E.g. General Electric not only makes appliances, they make many of the parts for power plants (especially nuclear) that provide the energy to run these appliances. Many years ago they (or was it Westinghouse, I forget, another party to the above scam) were successfully sued over this issue.

Our family had a DW, but it saw use only in overflow situations (parties etc). The concept of waiting even one hour for clean dishes was ridiculous to us, when manual cleanup (including drying/putting them away) took all of 10-15 minutes. 3+ hours would have been considered something well beyond ridiculous.

 

[norgeway]

My Custom 21 Kitchenaid

Takes maybe an hour on pots and pans..less or light loads, yeah its old and not quiet..BUT my dishes are clean..baked on casseroles too,... and dry when you take them out!!

 

[rolls_rapide]

As a further test, I have been using the normal "Autowash" programme, with Fairy Platinum. Duration was about 2 hours, but consistently with two intermediate rinses between the wash phase and final rinse. Always sounded lethargic in washing.

Using a cheaper store brand tablet created far fewer suds, and only one intermediate rinse. It managed to to wash a similar load, virtually identical actually, in 1hr 40 mins.

 

[polkanut]

<span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The normal cycle on our 12 year old Whirlpool Gold takes about 90 minutes.</span>

 

[countryguy]

I just got a new Miele dishwasher and the normal cycle takes 2 hours 23 minutes. It was surprising to me but the Economy cycle takes longer at 2 hours 43 minutes supposedly because it uses less water and the water is not heated as much.

Gary

 

[mich]

About

Two Hours, give or take