Stupidly quick plumbing question – Hotpoint Ultima sdw80

[samuelellis]

I just picked up a hotpoint ultima SDW80 dishwasher in the sales (yes ok i know its a hotpoint therefore rubbish but itwas just shy of 200 quid off the RRP plus its not going to be run every day) and i have a quick question about plumbing

In my house we have the usual hot and cold hookup for a washingmachine, this leaves the hot pipe redundant – can i use this hot feed for the dishwasher?

Reason i ask is that hot water feed is pretty much immediately off the boiler (im not joking it has about 1m of copper pipe from the output of the boiler) and as i noticed the hotpoint does most of its cycles at 65-70 deg bar the prewash and delicate cycle it should in theory save the leccy bill heating already warm water to temperature rather then cold water to temperature

I know on washing machines it is best to run from cold as they wash cooler and tend not to get enough water into them to make it worth running the boiler as a fill is just what is in the pipes but is this true of dishwashers?

[Washman]

Re: Stupidly quick plumbing question – Hotpoint Ultima sdw80

Hi

Its best to use cold water, very hot water going into machine can cook any food onto plates, also detergents are designed to work from cold.
With the amount of water most dishwashers use these days , they do not use alot of electricity.

Washman

[nomadPaul]

Also , some Dishwasher makes need cold water fill to ensure good drying results. Can’t comment on your make/model as i don’t know it.

[samuelellis]

Re: Stupidly quick plumbing question – Hotpoint Ultima sdw80

Cheers, i had a feeling it was a no-go, just trying to save me some time in sorting out plumbing as the water taps were put in a difficult position to get to

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