Remove heating element from Whirlpool Gold Series

Hi @ladytech ,

Just for my info, does this dishwasher really need a hot water supply or can the heater element raise the water temp to the correct operating temps for washing and drying from a cold water supply?

Cheers

The heating element isn’t capable of heating the water but just a few degrees. All dishwashers need to be connected to the how water supply and that temp should be 120*f. The heater doesn’t sit in the water. It’s main purpose is to help with drying. The new d/w don’t have much of a blower so they depend on the rinse aid to dry. When there’s no rinse aid the dishes will come out spotty and dirty looking @jayeff

@jayeff The reason for the 120*f water is for the detergent to work properly. It states it on the detergent label.

@ladytech ,

Thanks for the feedback

Interesting how dishwashers are operated differently in different countries.

Where I am a lot of dishwashers are connected to the cold water supply and the water is heated by the heater in the dishwasher.

I have connected my dishwasher (Bosch) to my household solar hot water system via a 60 deg. C tempering valve so as to reduce the power costs when running the dishwasher by reducing the amount of time that it takes to heat the water to the required operating temperatures. This also reduces the total time taken for a complete wash cycle

Bosch specifies cold water to be connected to the machine but will allow hot water of max 60 C to be connected without affecting the machine components or the warranty etc.

@jayeff Really? Wow! I’ve often wondered what appliances are like in other countries, like, how they are made, who manufactures them and if there are differences, why. I’m in the United States. Most of the appliances here I assume are in Mexico, Canada, France due to the different languages in the manuals. I’ve had customers from England tell me that the clothes washers in the U.S. are terrible, that in England the clothes are much cleaner. I wish I could live long enough to experience how life is like in every country. It think it would be fascinating.