{"id":17597,"date":"2011-04-17T21:58:17","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T01:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/?p=17597"},"modified":"2020-05-05T13:36:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T17:36:55","slug":"money-saving-dishwasher-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/money-saving-dishwasher-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Money Saving Dishwasher Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I remember reading years ago in the <a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0375752250\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thehaphou-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0375752250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Complete Tightwad Gazette<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0375752250\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> that there wasn&#8217;t a large price difference between running your dishwasher and washing dishes by hand. I was thrilled to read this little tidbit, because doing dishes is not my favorite chore. \u00a0A dishwasher costs between $60-$100 a year to operate and these tips can help you save money and still end up with clean dishes.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"I Hate Emptying The Dishwasher by Kevin McShane, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lobraumeister\/3416472001\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3656\/3416472001_902df077ea.jpg\" alt=\"I Hate Emptying The Dishwasher\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scrape the food off the plates with a scrubber (you don&#8217;t need to use water). Cleaner plates in the dishwasher usually mean you can run the dishwasher on a lower energy cycle like quick wash.<\/li>\n<li>Use less dishwasher detergent for each load. For the record, you must use dishwasher detergent (and not dish soap &#8211; thank you very much Cora). I found that using 2\/3 the recommended amount of detergent still gets the dishes clean.<\/li>\n<li>Only run the dishwasher when it is full. Don&#8217;t load it so full that your dishes don&#8217;t get clean, but make sure you aren&#8217;t running a cycle for a few dishes.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t use the heated dry setting. Open your dishwasher when the cleaning cycle is finished and allow your dishes to air dry. It takes only a few extra minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Lower the setting on your hot water heater to 120 degrees. Most of the cost of running a dishwasher comes from heating the water. A lower setting on your hot water heater saves money.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speaking of dishwashers, my aunt and uncle chose not to put a dishwasher in their house when they built it years ago. They love doing dishes as a family. When I visit, I must admit it is fun to wash dishes together, but I don&#8217;t think I could part with my dishwasher at home! What about you?<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: <a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lobraumeister\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin McShane<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>You might also like&#8230;<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"entry-title\"><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/save-on-groceries\/\">How to Save on Groceries<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"entry-title\"><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/7-tips-for-growing-strawberries-in-containers\/\">7 Tips for Growing Strawberries in Containers<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"entry-title\"><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/7-easy-ways-to-cut-your-spending\/\">7 Easy Ways to Cut Your Spending<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"entry-title\"><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/3-ways-menu-planning-saves-money\/\">3 Ways Menu Planning Saves Money<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"entry-title\"><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/items-penny-pinchers-never-spend-money-on\/\">7 Items Penny Pinchers NEVER Spend Money On<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember reading years ago in the The Complete Tightwad Gazette that there wasn&#8217;t a large price difference between running your dishwasher and washing dishes by hand. I was thrilled to read this little tidbit, because doing dishes is not my favorite chore. \u00a0A dishwasher costs between $60-$100 a year to operate and these tips [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-frugal-living","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17597"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23404,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17597\/revisions\/23404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}