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Nobody needs a faster dishwasher – solve real user needs

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

#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 circulator installed so you always have instant hot water.

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

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

Restaurants use faster dishwashers. Those things are a sight to be seen

yup! i used one once in my life and the amount of pressure they create is absolutely crazy. the one i used could clean + pre-dry everything in like, 90s.

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

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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…

My wife had a saying that applied to almost all of this kind of thing:

  Designed by a man!

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

#24

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.

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

#25

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 pressing illuminates and the tone goes off, release both buttons.

• Press the far right "Cancel Reset" button until you achieve the desired volume or until there is no tone (to turn off).

• Press the ON/OFF button. The setting is now saved.

You're welcome :)

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

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post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think they already use professional dishwashers that blast the dishes clean in about a minute. This guy has one at home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnKAVFBIH1c

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

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

#27
post #4

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

Back in college i spent a year working part-time as a dishwasher for the school cafeteria. That amounted to me using a high-pressure sprayer to pre-clean some of the dishes and utensils (watch out spraying those ladles though!), and then putting them on a conveyor belt that would wash and dry them very quickly. Much like this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCM13eOWVgY

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

#28

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…

It can be useful because if you open it while the dishes are still warm, they dry better. Usually you can turn off the beeping with some button combination, just google it for your model.

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

#29

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.

Only in places that twiddle with the clocks twice a year.

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

#30
"people need their dishes clean by next meal"

Sadly, modern dishwashers are not only are slow, they also suck at this too. I don't mind the slower performance since I get why, but the number of times i open the dishwasher to find half the detergent in the dispenser and all the bowls with stuff cooked on kills me.

The HP-ificaton of major appliance brands is so infuriating.

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