How long does your dishwasher take?

[robliverpool]

Hi guys
Don't know if we have had a thread about this before but was curious to see how long most people's dishwashers take to do a full cycle on a normal 65degree wash
I timed mine today and it took 58 minutes from start. Is this the average? I do have mine connected to a hot feed as my boiler is two feet away.
Here's my ten year old hotpoint that's never broke. Touch wood

 

[henene4]

Bosch 45cm range Ex-TOL-Modell; 2 kWh heater; Auto cycle 55°-65°(actually, this dishwasher does not have any other cycle that you could call "Normal", so this is used 97% of all loads) between 1:45h and 2:30h on worst case soil level sensed. Cold feed only, by the way.
The Intesive 70° is about 2:10h (used for backing trays and the real heavy soiled loads), the ECO 50° (used about 10 times a year)is in the 3h range.
With VarioSpeed, the cycletimes decrease to 1:15h and 1:50h on Auto, 1:45h on Intesive and 1:30 on Eco (this cycle is perfect if you need your dishes quick but clean as it washes at about 55-60° and uses a lot of water, but we don't need it that often).
The Fast 45° cycle takes 38-45min, depending on load, but was only used 3 times in 3 years now...

 

[robliverpool]

Omg that's really long. This is one of the things that has put me off buying a new machine. It seems ridiculous having to wait over two hours for dishes to be cleaned. Mine come out spotless every time. It's only the rare occasion I have had to re wash and that's been my fault for not loading the machine properly. My machine works off the hot feed cos I forgot to buy a Y connector and over time I just left it

 

[henene4]

We have no problem with that at all as we turn on the machine at 7 o'clock in the morning, and when I return at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, it is finished.
Surley, with hot water connected, it would take shorter, but I don't know if the Auto load sensors will work further at hot water connection!

 

[whirlykenmore78]

My Whirlpool.

Will complete a normal wash with high temp selected (60c) in about 50 minutes.  Heating times are short because the water heater is only a few feet away.

WK78

 

[logixx]

<a name="start_50683.729068">Surley, with hot water connected, it would take shorter, but I don't know if the Auto load sensors will work further at hot water connection! </a>

 

There's a Hot Water option on current Bosch dishwashers (the European ones) but it'll only decrease the cycle time slightly. 2 to 9 minutes - that's it and drying is extended as the DW relies on cold water for the condensation drying cycle.

 

[henene4]

Oh, OK. Didn't know about that!
But I more thought of the load sensing routine which uses the temperature increase per time during the heating stage to measure the size of the load. Is this affected by either the hot water option or a standard hot water hook-up?

 

[washman]

3 hours

Normal load in my eco-sanctioned GE

 

[DADoES]

 
Defaults are 38 mins shortest cycle, 132 mins longest.  Actual times on a cold fill are a little longer but I don't pay attention to it so can't say how much longer.

 

[ptcruiser51]

BOL Frigidaire

But it's still a "tall-tub" that holds a lot. 2008 model. I have timed it to be about 90 min. for "heavy-duty" cycle, 60 min. for "normal" and 45 min. for "light". I do not rinse, just scrape and load. I use store-brand detergent with a little boost of STPP. Never use heated dry, as I usually run the machine when I go to bed. Everything air-dried in the ayem.

OK, if it's something nasty-ass like a burnt-on pasta casserole or greasy roast pan, I'll soak for awhile in regular sink detergent and hot water. Then scrape, dump, and load. Done.

 

[robliverpool]

Scrape the plates before you put them in? I've never done that ever I leave all sorts on lol. Never had to clean the filter either as it's self cleaning. Think I touched lucky with my machine. I know it uses just on 23 litres of water for a cycle as I have a water meter under my sink and I was curious how much it used as some newer models claim to use 7 litres a whole cycle

 

[henene4]

We are at 9-15l per cycle, at something arround 1kWhish, I guess/think/hope...

 

[robliverpool]

Scrape the plates before you put them in? I've never done that ever I leave all sorts on lol. Never had to clean the filter either as it's self cleaning. Think I touched lucky with my machine. I know it uses just on 23 litres of water for a cycle as I have a water meter under my sink and I was curious how much it used as some newer models claim to use 7 litres a whole cycle

 

[washer111]

My Machine:

F&P DishDrawer (DD60DCX6) Connected to a 50ºC (120ºF) Solar-Heated water supply. I always run the tap hot before the Main-Wash and First rinse to ensure we save $18 a year on electricity, while spending $1-2 more on water (so we really save $20 of power, but the water cancels that out). 

 

Shortest cycle is 33 minutes, longest is 124. I've found though that the Fast, Normal and Heavy cycles don't run pre-determined times, and seem to shave several minutes off here and there, so Heavy (124 minutes or Eco at 120) lose 10-15 minutes every cycle, bringing it down to 109. Of course, if I had a frigid cold connection, I reckon some cycles would be extended. How much by, I don't know. 

Fan drying time is 30 minutes for everything EXCEPT Fast. 

 

However, our Daily-Driver cycle is "Delicates," due to the 3rd rinse. This takes exactly 60 minutes when you cancel and flash dry. I've never timed it and found it to be longer. The Main-Wash is at 50º and lasts 26.5 minutes. Two 5-8 minute rinses, then a 15 minute rinse reaching 60ºC (140ºF). 

 

To somewhat properly answer the question, the closest to a 60º cycle we have is Heavy Eco, which lasts 80 minutes when I cancel when drying starts. Main-Wash at 65ºC (150ºF), two 10-15 minute rinses then final rinse at 60ºC. 

 

Only 1 out of 4 users seldom-rinses, I never rinse (barely scrape) and the same with others. The machine, with the top of the Drain-Filter missing, keeps the filter mostly clean, and gobbles up things like Rice and Pasta, even without a disposer. 

Used on Heavy with a Fairy Tablet (with Phosphates), the machine will NEVER disappoint. Its one heckuva dishwasher

 

[logixx]

Bosch from 2009, cold fill.

 

Inital time displayed in hrs./ with speed mode / with sanitize / with extra wash for the lower basket

 

Intensive 70C: 2:15 / 1:30 / + 0:05 / + 0:05

 

auto 45-65C: 2:30  / 1:19 / + 0:10 / + 0:10

 

Eco 50C: 2:55 / 1:27 / + 0:10 / + 0:10

 

Intensive Eco 45C: 2:15 / 1:30 / + 0:05 / + 0:05

 

Fast 65C: 1:00

 

There are also Half Load and Extra Dry options but I rarely use them. The eco + speed cycle is usually 20 minutes shorter and the Fast cycle is five minutes faster than initially displayed. The Intensive cycles + speed change the water five times, which is nice.

 

[washdaddy]

The DW in my apt. is a Frigidaire that's less than a year old. It replaced a BOL Kenmore branded GE that finally gave up the ghost after probably at least 20 yrs of service. I couldn't stand it when I moved in but had to put up with it since that's what was here. Hated the way it loaded and had trouble getting some things into it. It's run time was about 45 min. and only did a ok job.

The Frigidaire is a tall tub and one of those confounded dual arm machines that switch from one to the other while running. It does load easier and holds more than the old machine. It does use less water than the old machine. Downfall is that it takes 2 - 2 1/2 hours to complete a normal cycle. The machine is a lot quieter than the old Kenmore and I've adapted to it. I just start it before going to bed and it's all done when I wake up.

 

[dj-gabriele]

I have two:

a BOL Indesit DI623 (12 plate settings) that only has 4 cycles and it needs 72 minutes for the normal cycle, up to 2 hours for the intensive one and 2:20 for the ECO cycle, the fouth cycle is a separate prewash/rinse that only takes 10 minutes.

A TOL SMEG LSP1449N (14 plate settings) that has 9 cycles. I actually only use three/four of them: the daily cycle without prewash lasts 85 minutes, normal with prewash lasts 90 minutes, quick is 45 minutes, intensive with sani-rinse is 95 minutes and "super" with sani-rinse and prewash is 110 minutes, then there is the infamous ECO/BIO normative cycle that lasts 3 hours (of course I must say I never use it!).

Even if I could use the hot water connection I hooked up both machines to cold water as the savings are negligible given my current costs and small water use (in total 18 for the Indesit, 13 for the SMEG) and cycle times will decrease only around 10 minutes. Luckily in my machines drying is not influenced by the incoming water temperature as the SMEG has fan assisted drying and the other is a natural condensation model and no water is loaded in the drying phase.

 

[washer111]

Whilst the savings are negligible when connected to hot water, it sure helps to extent the life of the heating element. 

 

Rather than heating from 15ºC (60ºF) for example, you are now heating from around 30-35ºC (86-95ºF) after the water has entered the machine and cooled down. This reduces the amount of time the heater works, hence extending its life and the electrical components that supply it. 

On machines with Pre-Wash that are connected to Hot water, you'll end up with a final temperature much closer to that of your target temperature. If I use the Normal Eco cycle at 40ºC (Which I never do. Same washing time as Normal, but colder), the machine will skip the heating phase in the Final Rinse (and only heat about 2-3 minutes in the wash time), as the temperature is already enough. Its done this when I've used Delicates-Eco for daily loads too (Only in the Final Rinse, as our "Hot" inlet isn't enough to get boost the temperature in the machine more than around 10º when "Cold starting"). 

 

Sometimes I have to be careful when using the very Hot Heavy cycle - as the Hot inlet prevents the water cooling enough to "activate" the heater in the Final Rinse, especially if I run the tap for each rinse, as they are longer on Heavy. The If the machine senses a temperature within 5ºC of the target when entering that rinse, heating is skipped and the machine dumps the rinse-aid, runs a little longer then drains/dries. However, if I follow the usual regime I described above, it generally isn't much of a problem, as the tub cools just enough to enable the heated rinse. 

 

[mieleforever]

Siemenes here

and on the 50degree celcius cycle it takes about 155 minutes, but that also varies I have noted, I think it has something to do with the watersoftner, for if the salt indicator is lit, it will add a few mintues.

But we have never had any problems with that machine and is now on it's 7th year. We just load it at the end of the day and switch it on before we go to bed. Next day everything is clean.

It is a realy tough machine, touch wood.

Cheers