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I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Re: I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Post by pastor_williams »

SchemaLoad wrote: post #29
Titan2189 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you check the manual you might find that you can hook the single inlet pipe up to the hot water tap.

I feel like it's probably pointless. The dishwasher will be full of water before the hot water starts coming out the pipe. Depending on how far the dishwasher is from the water heater I guess.

When I do the dishes I hand wash those that can't be put in the dishwasher before I start the dishwasher. This ensures that the water that goes into the dishwasher is already hot.

Re: I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Post by cwillu »

SchemaLoad wrote: post #29
Titan2189 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you check the manual you might find that you can hook the single inlet pipe up to the hot water tap.

I feel like it's probably pointless. The dishwasher will be full of water before the hot water starts coming out the pipe. Depending on how far the dishwasher is from the water heater I guess.

“16:12 The importance of purging cold water from the line”

Re: I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Post by dylan604 »

masklinn wrote: post #65
mrandish wrote: post #28

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Some US washers don't but many do. However, US washers tend to not heat water as quickly or to as high of a temp. The video cites two reasons: 1. US power being 110V vs 220v. 2. US dishwasher heating elements being limited to 800 or 1000 watts because many are designed to potentially share one 20A residential circuit with an oven and/or fridge due to possibly being retrofitted into a kitchen built before built-in dis…

> share one 20A residential circuit 15, dishwasher manufacturers can't assume the dishwasher is on a 20.

This plus the comment about sharing a circuit with an oven. If the oven is electric, even in the US it is 220v. If it is gas only, then it could be 120v as it only needs to run the igniter and other circuitry without running any heating elements.

Re: I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Post by jeffbee »

I was a long-time adherent of powder for all the reasons in the video. I used the Seventh Generation powder that is widely available, or once was. One day I couldn't find it, so I got Cascade Free & Clear Pods. I was completely blown away by how much better the pods work. And they work faster, too, because my dishwasher cycles are based on water clarity and they end sooner if the detergent is working faster. So I permanently switched, nevermind the cost difference.

Perhaps part of the issue is that the presenter in the video is using a somewhat primitive machine.

Re: I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Post by jeffbee »

masklinn wrote: post #70
eszed wrote: post #32

I thought that the multi-solution pods - they're usually have differently-colored, for I presume marketing reasons - have pockets with different dissolve rates, so that the solutions are dispensed in sequence. I've not tested that, though.

Alec actually looked at that in a previous video of the dishwasher series. There is no "different dissolve rate" or "dispensed in sequence". https://youtu.be/Ll6-eGDpimU?t=718

One segment of this video quite clearly shows that the fancy pod does dispense its contents in stages.

Re: I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Post by platevoltage »

1718627440 wrote: post #69
tguvot wrote: post #35

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pods are about convenience. exactly same reason that i got dishwasher with detergent cartridges and washing machine with build in container for detergent. but if we talk about powders, they can be very different with different performance. There are commercial powders (for restaurants and such where dishwashers run on very short cycles) that I afraid to put in my dishwasher and there are eco powders that are made fro…

How is fiddling a thing out of a box more convenient than putting a spoon in a box? I don't get that argument.

If you have to go to a laundromat, carrying a couple pods with you is way more convenient.

Re: I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Post by 1718627440 »

platevoltage wrote: post #77
1718627440 wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is fiddling a thing out of a box more convenient than putting a spoon in a box? I don't get that argument.

If you have to go to a laundromat, carrying a couple pods with you is way more convenient.

Vs. carrying a small box, that you would also carry for pods, because you don't want to hold them in your hand the whole time?

Re: I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Post by SchemaLoad »

Freedom2 wrote: post #67
SchemaLoad wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel like it's probably pointless. The dishwasher will be full of water before the hot water starts coming out the pipe. Depending on how far the dishwasher is from the water heater I guess.

I don't think the dishwasher will be "full of water" as it doesn't actually fill up - rather, it only uses 2 gallons maximum per cycle, about the amount that would be the bottom of basin of the washer.

That's what I meant. The water drawn from the dishwasher is small enough to not even purge the cold water from the line in many houses. So you would just be wasting heat by filling the pipe with hot water while only taking the cold water from it.

Re: I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Post by emtel »

Pods work great for me, and I love not having crumbs of powder under the sink, or a bottle of liquid detergent with encrusted drips down the side. It's just gross.

They are more expensive, but I buy them on sale at Costco for about $16/100, so at $0.16 per load I really don't care if powdered detergent is only $0.03 per load or whatever.

There is clearly a revealed preference for pods among consumers for these things, and "proving" that everyone is wrong for liking them is just not a very interesting exercise imo.

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