"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> SteveB wrote:
>> They WILL run without being empty. But SOME PEOPLE insist (to the point
>> of footstomping and sign making "dirty/clean") that the dishwasher MUST
>> be full to run? That means by the time it IS run, I'm out of my
>> insulated coffee cups, most dinner plates, and almost all the important
>> pots.
>>
>> AND DON'T DARE TOUCH THAT DIAL AND RUN IT HALF FULL. You might as well
>> mess with her makeup.
>>
>> Please explain if you know the answer.
>
> Maybe she is trying to be green. When you run a cycle there are mechanisms
> to control the heat and amount of water used in the cycle, and they use
> the same amount of water and energy to run a half load as they do for a
> full load. Running it with partial loads is a waste of energy and
> detergent.

And I expend four times that much energy, soap and water when I have to pull
an insulated mug out of the dishwasher two or three days to wash one at a
time in the sink. The woman takes forty minute showers, and when we did the
remodel to include her mom's casita onto our house, she had ANOTHER 50
gallon water heater added. Conservation, shmonservation.

Steve

Steve