On Wed, 13 May 2009 22:56:26 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

>Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
>>>
>>> Actually, I run my dishwasher in the middle of the night. My heat
>>> doesn't run during the night unless it's crazy cold out. I don't
>>> gain anything by using heated dry for my dishes, they just dry by
>>> themselves.
>
>> You still gain heat. It has to go someplace and the furnace just
>> runs a tiny bit less in the AM. Instead of the temperature falling
>> overnight to 62 degrees, it will only fall to 62.1 degrees.
>
>Try low 50s. And I think any heat will have dissappated to the
>cathedral ceilings between 2am and 7, but I understand we're not
>talking about my house or my dishwashing timing.

The heat of the hot water (not all that "hot" at my house) sustains a
drying session in my dishwasher. I've never used the dry cycle in 30
odd years of having a dishwasher. The trick is to not open the door.
If you do, you need to leave it open.
>
>> In the
>> summer, if you run AC, you have to remove that heat so it is a waste
>> then. As long as you like the way the dishes come out, no reason to
>> change.
>
>Of course. And if people find it cost effective to use the electric
>heating coil to dry their dishes and thus heat their home, who am I to
>argue. I'll make biscuits or something in the kitchen in the morning to
>warm it up using the oven.
>
My oven doesn't warm the room. My cook top does though... so making a
pot of hot water helps warm the kitchen.


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Sometimes I even put it in the food.