What's going on inside a dishwasher as it runs through its cycle? Now you can see for yourself

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Originally published at: What's going on inside a dishwasher as it runs through its cycle? Now you can see for yourself | Boing Boing

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Alec Watson rigged a dishwasher up with a transparent side for his YouTube channel Technology Connections…

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Exactly. Alec did this months ago.

Everyone: Subscribe to Technology Connections! You’ll be glad you did.

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Ah, ya beat me to it!

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I am so triggered by this haphazard loading.

Has this man no sense of propriety for where flatware goes?

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Are you sure you donʻt mean “silverware”? :wink:

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And there I was thinking that Aquaman had a side hustle.

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Doh, beat all of us to it. And the good explanation for his rant about pods, complete with video demonstration.

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As well as the feckless rinse-job those dishes received before loading. Were they left out in the sun to dry and harden for good measure?

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Are you sure you don’t mean “cutlery”? :smile_cat:

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All this. Do you want your dishwasher to smell like rank moldy food, cause that’s how you end up there. Unless your washer has a built in food grinder there’s no way I’m leaving bits of food stuck on plates or dried milk in a glass.

However in a long dead forum for arborists and all things chainsaws I learned dishwashers make excellent part washers…

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I have a dish washer, but do prefer to wash by hand, weird I know, but it’s good therapy for me.

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They now make washers that do great with no pre-rinsing. Not judging anyone for hand washing, but it is no longer mandatory.

One can also opt to skip pre-rinsing and then spot clean only the ones that didn’t come out clean. It saves water.

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There’s no basket in the dishwasher. I wonder if he got a discount for his washer because of missing parts?

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Back in the 70s, our local Sears had a display model Kenmore dishwasher with a clear door running continuously in the appliance area.

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Did they ever catch it?!?

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Thanks to that Technology Connections video I now add some detergent gel to the tub for the prewash, since my Dishwasher is missing a spot for it. Definitely seems to improve it’s effectiveness.

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Have been very impressed at the cheap dishwashers in rentals. It seems that efficiency standards became performance standards and now they just work.

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It always boggles my mind how thoroughly clean a dishwasher can get dishes by just doing a squirt.

A cat food bowl with crusted on cat food scraps? I’ll run scalding hot water in the sink and scrub it with dawn and a brush for a few minutes and not succeed.

Same dish in dishwasher, it just squirts it with hot water and dishwasher soap: spotless.

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