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TammyM
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On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:50:20 +0200, Nathalie Chiva
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:08:15 GMT, Steve Wertz
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Do dishwashers heat the water, or is the element in the bottom
>>only used for drying?
>>
>>IOW, is the element on when water is polled in the bottom of the
>>washer?
>
>At least in Switzerland and in France, they do - they're almost always
>connected to the cold water supply.
That's the case with my DW too. It was here when I bought the house
13 years ago, so it's still doing pretty well. When it goes, I'll buy
the most energy efficient DW I can. Or do without and use the old one
for a dishrack
TammyM
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:08:15 GMT, Steve Wertz
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Do dishwashers heat the water, or is the element in the bottom
>>only used for drying?
>>
>>IOW, is the element on when water is polled in the bottom of the
>>washer?
>
>At least in Switzerland and in France, they do - they're almost always
>connected to the cold water supply.
That's the case with my DW too. It was here when I bought the house
13 years ago, so it's still doing pretty well. When it goes, I'll buy
the most energy efficient DW I can. Or do without and use the old one
for a dishrack
TammyM