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Re: Nobody needs a faster dishwasher – solve real user needs

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Post by jaclaz » Mon, Mar 06, 2023, 1:34 PM UTC

Angostura wrote: post #25

goblinux wrote: post #13

My dishwasher has a beeper for when it’s done like a microwave. It drives me up a wall!! I don’t care when dishes are done, I don’t need to attend to them urgently. They can sit there clean until I’m ready for them. There is no way to disable this beeper and it goes off every minute after the cycle is complete. Thank god the dishwasher has a wall switch to the circuit so I can just kill it but oh man. Never buying Bo…

From the manual Cycle Completion Signal The cycle completion signal alerts you when a cycle completes and the dishwasher has washed and dried the dishes. You can choose to disable the tone or adjust the volume. NOTE: The unit must be powered OFF before activating. To activate: • Press and hold the right "Cancel Reset" button then press and hold the ON/OFF button. • When the light on the "Cancel Reset" button you are…

>From the manual

Out of curiosity, how do you know the make/model of goblinux's dishwasher?

Re: Nobody needs a faster dishwasher – solve real user needs

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Post by dkresge » Mon, Mar 06, 2023, 1:34 PM UTC

goblinux wrote: post #13

My dishwasher has a beeper for when it’s done like a microwave. It drives me up a wall!! I don’t care when dishes are done, I don’t need to attend to them urgently. They can sit there clean until I’m ready for them. There is no way to disable this beeper and it goes off every minute after the cycle is complete. Thank god the dishwasher has a wall switch to the circuit so I can just kill it but oh man. Never buying Bo…

Interesting. I recently admired the creative engineering of my neighbor’s dishwasher which simply, and quietly, projects a small status light on the floor.

It’s a Bosch.

Re: Nobody needs a faster dishwasher – solve real user needs

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 06, 2023, 1:34 PM UTC

goblinux wrote: post #13

My dishwasher has a beeper for when it’s done like a microwave. It drives me up a wall!! I don’t care when dishes are done, I don’t need to attend to them urgently. They can sit there clean until I’m ready for them. There is no way to disable this beeper and it goes off every minute after the cycle is complete. Thank god the dishwasher has a wall switch to the circuit so I can just kill it but oh man. Never buying Bo…

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Re: Nobody needs a faster dishwasher – solve real user needs

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Post by abricq » Mon, Mar 06, 2023, 1:35 PM UTC

chpatrick wrote: post #26

abricq wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This french company sells 'Bob', a miniature restaurant-like dishwasher: https://daan.tech/ch/discover-bob-mini-dishwasher/

There's an interesting project about refilling their proprietary detergent cartridges here: https://github.com/dekuNukem/bob_cassette_rewinder

Thanks for sharing that, it's super cool ! Loving to see that there is this effort done. I will definitely try it out.

Re: Nobody needs a faster dishwasher – solve real user needs

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Post by maccard » Mon, Mar 06, 2023, 1:35 PM UTC

kwhitefoot wrote: post #33

FredPret wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Restaurant dishwashers are a different beast to what you have in your kitchen. Gets the job done in seconds. Of course, they are also very expensive, really loud, uses very hot water, are really large, and probably use harsher chemicals.

I worked in a hotel kitchen as a teenager in the early 70s. I don't think we used any chemicals at all in the dishwasher. But we did rinse the dishes first. They were so hot when they came out of the washer that they dried instantly and were too hot to handle with bare hands.

> . They were so hot when they came out of the washer that they dried instantly and were too hot to handle with bare hands.

This is not far off how your dishwasher at home works either - open it when it switches to "dry" mode and you'll notice that everything is hot as hell. The "dry" time is relaly "cooling down" time.

Re: Nobody needs a faster dishwasher – solve real user needs

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Post by jmull » Mon, Mar 06, 2023, 1:35 PM UTC

goblinux wrote: post #13

My dishwasher has a beeper for when it’s done like a microwave. It drives me up a wall!! I don’t care when dishes are done, I don’t need to attend to them urgently. They can sit there clean until I’m ready for them. There is no way to disable this beeper and it goes off every minute after the cycle is complete. Thank god the dishwasher has a wall switch to the circuit so I can just kill it but oh man. Never buying Bo…

I have a Bosch and it doesn't beep when done. So I guess it's not all of them.

Re: Nobody needs a faster dishwasher – solve real user needs

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Post by jjtheblunt » Mon, Mar 06, 2023, 1:36 PM UTC

expertentipp wrote: post #24

goblinux wrote: post #13

My dishwasher has a beeper for when it’s done like a microwave. It drives me up a wall!! I don’t care when dishes are done, I don’t need to attend to them urgently. They can sit there clean until I’m ready for them. There is no way to disable this beeper and it goes off every minute after the cycle is complete. Thank god the dishwasher has a wall switch to the circuit so I can just kill it but oh man. Never buying Bo…

Does it have a digital clock? Adjusting the bloody clocks on every appliance twice a year is such fun.

That is nuts and I’ll not buy an appliance with a clock for that reason.

Re: Nobody needs a faster dishwasher – solve real user needs

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Post by eru » Mon, Mar 06, 2023, 1:36 PM UTC

hwillis wrote: post #15

eetus wrote: post #4

I'm sure that some restaurants could use a faster dishwasher.

Having washed dishes for a while, actually no. A commercial dishwasher only takes ~2 minutes to cycle and dry. They run hot as all fuck. It's the people like me you wanted to be faster. Commercial dishwashers are not as good at getting food off plates. Any crap left on the plate will get spread on everything else, so you have to pre-wash everything first. You should really do it at home too, but most of the reason a…

> Any crap left on the plate will get spread on everything else, so you have to pre-wash everything first. You should really do it at home too, [...]

Why? If I have to wash my own dishes, that would defeat the point of a dishwasher..

Re: Nobody needs a faster dishwasher – solve real user needs

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Post by bick_nyers » Mon, Mar 06, 2023, 1:36 PM UTC

goblinux wrote: post #13

My dishwasher has a beeper for when it’s done like a microwave. It drives me up a wall!! I don’t care when dishes are done, I don’t need to attend to them urgently. They can sit there clean until I’m ready for them. There is no way to disable this beeper and it goes off every minute after the cycle is complete. Thank god the dishwasher has a wall switch to the circuit so I can just kill it but oh man. Never buying Bo…

Well... there is certainly a way to disable that beeper, but it may void your warranty.

I've been strongly considering cutting out the beeper in my refrigerator, which will aggressively beep after a mere 20 seconds of being open. One way I like to cope with this frustration is to subscribe to the conspiracy that it is an intentional anti-pattern designed to motivate me to upgrade to a more expensive model that has a (stupid) window. I'm very comfortable with the idea that I'm going to stand there and stare mindlessly into my fridge, basking in indecisiveness. I don't think I waste as much energy doing this as the glass does, being a poor insulator.

Re: Nobody needs a faster dishwasher – solve real user needs

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Post by Macha » Mon, Mar 06, 2023, 1:36 PM UTC

nemo44x wrote: post #21

Pro tip about your home dishwasher: Run hot water out of your faucet until it’s extremely hot before starting your dishwasher. (Considering the faucet and dishwasher use the same plumbing to pipe water in) The reason why is dishwashers line to do a rinse in the first cycle and for most people the water isn’t hot enough. So it fills up with lukewarm water and isn’t as effective. Another option is to have a hot water c…

Depends where you live, houses here usually have separate hot and cold water feeds and the dishwashers take only a cold input, relying on an internal heating element if they need hot water.