Does anyone use the Eco wash function on their dishwasher?

No, eco wash takes an age so use the quick wash function.

JackyB ,your very lucky ,we probably live in a cloudier area, I have 22 panels and still import, but thankfully when my dishwasher opens automatically I leave it till the countdown finishes and no water marks on cutlery etc,

For me having PV panels means I don't have to use the eco wash programmes, as electricity consumption is not a worry. (Water is, however, but these days, machines use considerably less water than the old kind.

I was doing a normal, non-eco, wash at 60° the other day and, by mistake, switched the dishwasher on simultaneously. I checked the.monitor and both machines together were using about 2000 kW, and we were producing over 3000 kW so still feeding 1000 kW into the grid.

I would never open the dishwasher while it's drying as the droplets then dry on the things in there particularly plastic and cutlery, and leave marks. The higher temperature in the enclosed space makes the water evaporate quicker, leaving less marks.

On days I am in a hurry to get something washed I do use a quicker wash, I do have a battery connected to my panels but like to keep the power for sparse days or nights, my panels work on daylight doesn't have to be sunny but less is generated

I do, I have solar panels and was told to use economical so that as the electricity is generated it is used without getting electricity from the grid, the programme says 4 hours approx but the door of my dishwasher opens around 2 hours later and counts down as the dishes dry naturally without using electricity, the washing machine is timed to turn on when the dishwasher has stopped for the same reason, the door also springs open after the wash finishes earlier than expected probably because it weighs the washing first in the drum.

Yes.

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I'm not sure if he has one...

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Eco programmes are greenwash (sorry)

No,i wont use Eco programme on either dishwasher or washer,as too long.My dishwasher has a 1 hour wash so i use it most of the time.My new washer has a 15 minute wash & a 45 min wash so i use those mostly.

The eco wash on my dishwasher leaves quite a few things still not clean. I do use lidl cheap dishwasher tablets though and it was much cleaner with finish tablets but not as gd as 50 or 60 degree washes.

We were told not to use it by our electrician so I haven’t he did explain the reasons and of course I’ve forgotten his explanation but it did make sense.

Always use the eco setting, doesn’t take too long, not as if I’m waiting for it to finish. I’ll use a hotter setting occasionally which will clean machine, pipes etc

No, because it’s 3 hours long on mine! I just use the 60° quick wash which is 38 minutes.

I don't understand why it matters how long it takes - it's not as though you have to do anything whilst it's running.

I suppose if your house is configured so you have to sit in the same room it might be noisy, but I put mine on after dinner (at which point we move to the sitting room) and empty it in the morning while the kettle's boiling, so whether it takes ten minutes or three hours just doesn't matter.

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It’s definitely much economical as is the eco programme on a washing machine. I heard a money saving expert on Radio 4 and he said it’s the same as driving your car at 40 miles an hour or at 70 miles an hour, the first speed is slower but uses far less petrol so use eco programmes as the principle is the same. . I always think of that when I can’t be bothered to put the eco programme on because of the time it takes!

I do sometimes use the eco programme on the dishwasher, which takes around 3 1/2 hours, eg if I’m putting it on after my supper, but not on the washing machine.

I used to, then my daughter had a Siemens engineer in to fix hers ( we both have a Siemens) and he told her not to use eco but use the two hour one. Now there is a new fairy 30 minute miracle capsule I use the shortest wash.

OK I haven't found their comparison of the cost of running a dishwasher or washing by hand. However I did find while searching their website that a dishwasher used 80% less water than an equivalent load washed by hand and even less on eco mode.

They do say that if you have very few dishes it may be cheaper to wash by hand but I can say, hand on heart, that I never run mine until it's full. If your water is metred, you could make a significant saving by using a dishwasher, especially on eco mode.

I'll keep looking for the cost comparison.

I haven’t got a dishwasher now but the same applies to Eco wash on a washing machine. It takes hours. I wash most loads at 30 degrees, saving the world and electricity and time.

Someone once came from Thames Water to advise us on water efficiency. Using the eco wash on the dishwasher was recommended, we put it on overnight.

As others have said, I set mine going, always with a full load, last thing at night. It doesn't matter how long it takes, the dishes etc. are clean in the morning. I do find it doesn't dry quite so well. According to the Which report, it will save a significant amount of money. If I can find the details about that, I'll post them up. I think they also reckon it really is much more economical than washing dishes by hand. They have no financial interest in promoting dishwashers!

CrazyH. All sleeping, fire/smoke alarm went off. I put my head under my pillow whilst husband went into hallway stood on a chair trying to stop it from going off! Very sensible son came downstairs and asked what we were doing!!!!! It was obviously a fire and he called 999. My dogs didn’t even bark they were as daft as us, they just went and hid in the garden. Anyhow fire engines arrived quickly and fire was already managed by us at this point.
But we switched to a fully linked alarm system. It was a dishwasher fire. And amazing/ frightening how quickly things spread.

Quick wash if needed in the day. Eco overnight.

I use the quick eco wash on mine. Cleans everything, just doesn’t always dry so well.

not a pleasant job but I try to shedule a clean of the d washer filter once a month.