Do dishwashers clean with cold water?

*zippy*

Hi I just opened my dishwasher to put in a stray dish and the water sploshing around was cold. Is this normal? The dishwasher is quite old we inherited it with the house.

Merlin139

My wife finds it hard with cold water. I would not know as I never do the Washing Up, its womans work. :rotfl:

elaine373

*zippy* wrote:

Hi I just opened my dishwasher to put in a stray dish and the water sploshing around was cold. Is this normal? The dishwasher is quite old we inherited it with the house.

No it should be warm but i think the first rinse is cold, so it depends what part of the cycle you opened it. Run it through again and check approx halfway through.

elaine373

*zippy* wrote:

Hi I just opened my dishwasher to put in a stray dish and the water sploshing around was cold. Is this normal? The dishwasher is quite old we inherited it with the house.

Meant to say, if the plates etc are coming out clean and shiny then i would guess it is hotting up as it should.

Tallymanjohn

The dishwashers we've had have only a cold water connection - the water is then heated within the machine so if you opened it just after the start it won't have had time to heat up.

*zippy*

Thanks all

It was near the beging of the cycle. I will check further on next time we use it. Cleaning results are not brill so worth checking it out.

Rikki

If it was near the beginning it may have been rinsing the plates prior to the wash.

flang

once my washer has finished the plates are baking hot! (drying not required)
I bet your heating element has gone...

ariba10

Our dishwasher has only a cold fill but when I put it in nine and a half years ago I plumbed it in to the hot water system.

When we are about to start a wash cycle we run the hot tap in the sink nearby to get rid of the cold water in the dead leg. (The theory being it is cheaper to warm water with gas than electricity, and you get warm water in for the first rinse)