If you have a dishwaher, do you drip dry or heat dry?

[WannaFly]

Inpired by this thread:
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...AR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear

Do you let the dishwater heater dry your dishes or do you let them drip dry?

We use the heater, but I personaly think its a waste of a TON of electricity.

edit: I'm gewd at speeling

 

[jadinolf]

Don't use the heater.

 

[MrChad]

Yes, I use the heater.

 

[trmiv]

No, I don't use it. They dry quick enough on their own if you crack the door a bit. The dryer uses too much energy, and sometimes melts stuff.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Whatever the machine does, it does.

 

[Injury]

I put the drying option on "energy saver", but I notice heat coming on when it is in that stage... so I don't know what is going on.

 

[desy]

Nope
Waste of power for something thats gonna happen anyway.

 

[jspeicher]

Last time I opened the washer to dry the stuff, freakin' GIZMO jumped out and the little bastard try to maul me! :disgust:

 

[NL5]

Originally posted by: trmiv
No, I don't use it. They dry quick enough on their own if you crack the door a bit. The dryer uses too much energy, and sometimes melts stuff.

 

[olds]

No.

 

[njmodi]

Air Dry.

 

[FoBoT]

the heater is a waste of $

 

[dman]

I don't use the heater because if stuff falls to the bottom, especially plastic stuff, it melts and stinks up the house.

However, it's the Plastic items that take the longest to dry. The glasses / ceramic stuff dry super quick.

 

[Feldenak]

No.

 

[Anubis]

we use energy saver but it still heats up im guessing not as much

 

[cyclistca]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Whatever the machine does, it does.

 

[ironcrotch]

Air dry.

 

[Kelemvor]

The heating is what does most of the sanitizing of the dishes...

 

[ski2slow]

I dry my dishes using Energy Saver mode.

 

[Bryophyte]

Just open the door and let it dry without heat. Had a nylon pancake turner fall onto the element in the bottom of a dishwasher once. JHC did that smoke up/stink up the apartment.

 

[Ornery]

Not only do I NOT use the heater to dry them, I turn the hot water on in the sink for about a minute before starting the dishwasher, so those same heating elements don't have to bring the water all the way up to temperature from the cold tap. The dishes are sterilized from the high water temperature, NOT the drying. We've had our Kitchenaid for 17 years now, and it shows no sign of giving up the ghost.

 

[Kalvin00]

Note.

Edit: That should say nope..

 

[thraxes]

My Siemens (Ok it was a cheap one) only has two modes: High Density and Low Density (eco). No matter which programm you run the heater will aim for 60°C... no way getting around it.

Actually it is quite good that it does this: Often the dishes sit in the machine for a few days until it is full enough to make a run worth it. Now and then some mold springs up and all that steam will 100% take care of that

 

[WannaFly]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
The heating is what does most of the sanitizing of the dishes...

No, not really. The hot water that washes the dishes sanitizes them, not the drying process.

 

[shopbruin]

i used to run the heater.

i did however have my george foreman spatula fall on it once and it took over a week to get the smell out of it. i got most of the smell out when i left the place for xmas and just left the door open while i was gone.