dishwasher Vs eggy plate and roast dish

Same here, and I'm sure that's why ours have lasted so long. I use salt and powder - the powder in 10kg tubs from CPC.

Tim

It's a side effect of more energy and water efficient programs - they use less water and elec but take longer. The eco program on our new one has basic time of about 3 hours. It has other programs which are quicker, and you can make them quicker still, but it uses more elec and water.

It seems to bother my FIL greatly that program takes so long. Don't know why, since we aren't normally in a hurry. If I am I just use a quicker program

And where's the YouTube link?

Hmm, I'll take some convincing that the total power consumption over 2.5 hours is less than mine uses in 56 minutes but I don't have any figures to hand. Have to look into this....

Tim

The bullet has been bitten, I don't know the model ordered, its a Bosch for £430. From the same shop as my mate. He has never used dishwasher cleaner. If mine does not work as good I might have to swap the machines next time he goes on holiday.

That's far too close to "wash the dishes before you put them in".

JGH

Two anna half HOURS??? You owe me a fresh cup of tea. I do one week's worth of one person's washing up in about fifteen minutes.

JGH

I suspect that part of that time is cool-down, with no power being consumed.

My very basic machine only gets run about once every 2-3 days. I've always used the more intensive program, which takes about 90 minutes, as I guess some plates may be festering to some extent by then.

I do tend to rinse off at least some of the muck first, especially muck with lumps in, mainly so I don't have to clean the filter very often. I am pretty sure that I have had fewer instances of food poisoning now that plates etc get such a thorough and high temperature wash.

Odd that . I pressed the Eco button on mine and the program time dropped to

Tim

Could dishwashers be tested by being filled with a selection of egged plates and a roasting dish? The plates could be left for various times. Other stains are available. I find it astonishing that the Bosch customer helpline would not answer my wife's question. "Which of your machines will match the performance of my mates"

That is basically what Which do.

Ours hasn't had any problem until now, but it's just developed a problem where the check water light comes on. A combination of Google and looking at as many bits as I can suggests it's crud in what is variously described as "water inlet", "water manifold" and "metering tank":

What I can't tell is how to disconnect it from this bit inside (which from the espares page is supplied as part of the same part number, but clearly needs to be separated to get the tank off - it doesn't obviously unscrew, or pry off, but maybe I just need to pull harder - or maybe that will break something:

Any suggestions?

(Also, why does Google+ refuse to open the photos it says were auto-uploaded? But never mind, Flickr works.)

snipped-for-privacy@mdfs.net wrote on Nov 8, 2013:

So what? To me it doesn't matter at all how long the machine takes. I usually set it off last thing at night with all the day's stuff in it. The important thing is I don't have the bother of doing it myself. I hate washing up!

Bob Eager wrote on Nov 8, 2013:

I don't need to use salt - our water is very soft at 5.6 degrees Clarke

Tim+ wrote on Nov 8, 2013:

I measured the energy consumption on various programs with mine. The 'auto' program takes 2.5 hrs and uses about 0.9 kWH. With the 'quick' option the time is an hour and 10 minues but the energy goes up to 1.2 kWH

Screw the round part on the inside of the machine anti-clockwise