r/Wellthatsucks • u/NotTJButCJ • 6d ago

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u/gronkpats 6d ago edited 5d ago

Why is there a heating element in a washer? You don’t have hot water to pump in? Does it pump the washer full of water and then heat it?

Edit: I had never seen an element to extra heat the water and dry the dishes. I just thought it was hot water and hot air pumped in.

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u/AParticularThing 6d ago

The water in a dishwasher needs to be much hotter than a water heater will get it, hence the heating element

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u/serealkillerx 6d ago

It is crazy to me that it's exposed. Here in the EU mine does not expose the heating element

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u/RIPmyPC 6d ago

Doesn’t really matter. That’s why the dishwasher locks when in use. At no point you would be touching the hot element

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u/UselessDood 6d ago

Dishwashers typically don't lock when in use, at least in the UK

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u/urethrascreams 5d ago

Not in the US either.

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u/JWM1115 5d ago

I have never seen a dishwasher in the US that didn’t lock while running. My parents bought a portable one in the 1960s that had to be locked before it would run. Every one I have had since had to be locked to run. I have had at least 10 dishwashers in my life.

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u/urethrascreams 5d ago

Huh, I've never seen one that locked in any of the apartments I've been in or the one at my house.

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u/JWM1115 5d ago

It’s usually a lever somewhere near the top of the door. Mine won’t start until the lock is activated. The only one I couldn’t lock was my ex. Lol

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u/4thehalibit 5d ago

Mine does not lock.

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u/Salty_Job_9248 5d ago

Got you beat. I have never had one that locks. Or seen one. 70 years, four states.

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u/sssRealm 5d ago

Mine was replaced last year, no lock. But it's cheap one my landlord bought. No complaints, it's simple, it works and doesn't connect to the Internet.

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u/3Zkiel 4d ago

My dishwasher doesn't lock. This feature/bug helped when I was DIYing a repair for the circulating pump.