Saving on hot water when washing dishes

Apintplease

-taff said:

4 gallons?

Which isnt a lot

Go look at your washing up bowl or sink

Fill a bowl 3 times a day, rinse a few things under a tap and you are easily into the multiples of gallons in a day

My dishwasher goes on every 2 or 3 days and uses 4 gallons and no tea towels 

KxMx

I wash up once a day and don't often fill the bowl up.
Left to air dry so no tea towels either.
I also understand that even people with dishwashers also need to rinse sometimes before running the machine as well. 

-taff

Apintplease said:

-taff said:

4 gallons?

Which isnt a lot

Go look at your washing up bowl or sink

Fill a bowl 3 times a day, rinse a few things under a tap and you are easily into the multiples of gallons in a day

My dishwasher goes on every 2 or 3 days and uses 4 gallons and no tea towels 

No, I went and did a convert thing and saw it was 32 pints. I thought mine used a lot less but without checking and just reading the average, it seems it uses more.

I used to do the fill a sink, wash everything, then rinse in a bowl of water and it appears I've been kidding myself about the difference in doing that...I thought I'd be suing less, turns out I'm actually using more.

Coffeekup

I have a combi boiler. I wash up 2 people dishes every 2 days, I drink tea from the same 2 cups over this period and use the same spoon to stir. I usually wash up when I'm cooking the evening meal as I can also wash up the things I've cooked with that evening and keep the water to wash up the things we've just eaten from later.

However I like the bowl 3/4 full and I switch to a cold water trickle to rinse suds off, so doesn't use any electric but gas is minimal, water usage not great.

As for dishwashers I have a long standing argument with my brother that they cost more over a month than washing up with a bowl. He being bright/astute says no as the water usage must be more for manually, then there is the cost of gas etc, etc.
I then bring up the cost of washing up liquid, I buy 4x bottles at £2 at worst that a £10 a year. He pays at best £10 every 2-3 months for the dishwasher tablet thing's, which appear to be wrapped in plastic and gets washed down our water way's. Then there is salt/rinse aid stuff, then there is the cost of repairs or buying a new one. So you pay more for convince I think, however I like a wash up and a gaze out the window a few times a week.

As for cutting back on electric, if you're cutting back on things  like washing up hot water times, you've clearly got rid of the kids playstations, large TV's, freeview/skybox's, pop round other people's house for a cuppa, bought a more energy efficient fridge/freezer, laptops and PC's.... I suggest you start shaving your heads so there is no use for the hair dryer and charging your mobile phones at work.

-taff

well, just looked and it uses 21 pints per wash, that is not brilliant, but it's not bad considering I load it up fully and rarely have a frivolous wash. The amount the dishwasher can hold is a lot higher than the stacking space at the side of the sink so I've justified it in my head again...And honestly, I really dislike washing up, I'm not that great at it and the dw does a much better job.

Skint_yet_Again

Which ? Report states dishwasher uses less water than hand washing 

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2020/09/which-research-reveals-how-little-water-dishwashers-use-compared-to-hand-washing/

Effician

Skint_yet_Again said:

Which ? Report states dishwasher uses less water than hand washing 

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2020/09/which-research-reveals-how-little-water-dishwashers-use-compared-to-hand-washing/

Looking at that article all i can see is that it would cost a lot more for me to run a dishwasher than hand wash .

Floss

Skint_yet_Again said:

Which ? Report states dishwasher uses less water than hand washing 

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2020/09/which-research-reveals-how-little-water-dishwashers-use-compared-to-hand-washing/

Which is all well & good, but I don't have room for one and it's not really worth the cost when I live alone, wash-up using a bowl and don't make endless cups of tea or coffee during the day.

oystercatcher

I love my dishwasher. We run it once a day instead of washing up three times a day. Saves loads of time and energy and the budget tablets work just fine costing about 10p a day. 
I hate it when I go to someone's house and the cups have grubby bits around the base and handles where they have washed up by hand .

littlemoney

I wash up once a day and boil approx 1.25 litres to which I add some cold water. Enough to do all my washing up. Only need to use a tea cloth when putting away if I find any spots of water that haven't drained away.