"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote:
> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
> > in the winter, i sometimes open the dishwasher after it is done to
> > release a little heat and moisture into the air.
>
> If you don't open the door, where does the heat go?

There should be a vent at the top front that opens after the cycle is
completed, at least my Maytag self vents. But I still open the door,
enough to release the cleaning product door and then I close it but
leave it cracked just enough for the moisture to disapate more
quickly. Maybe other brands of dishwasher work differently. Having
cats I can't leave the door fully opened, I probably wouldn't anyway,
would make a great booby trap to walk into... people who leave knives
business end up have backed into open dishwasher doors and stabbed
themselves, badly. I run my dishwasher like twice a week, in early
evening. It finishes well before bed time so I'm awake to crack open
the door. I unload first thing in the morning.

Only utter morons leave dishwasher doors open, the same kind of
imbeciles who don't close cabinets immediately. A friend of mine
stood up under an open upper cabinet door and knocked himself out,
woke up in the morning lying on the kitchen floor in a pool of blood.