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Today, I washed my hands at the kitchen sink while making lunch, and was unexpectedly chastised by my partner because she had just started the dishwasher. Apparently, she has recently come across something that has convinced her that running the hot water in your sink means the water that enters your dishwasher will be hotter (checks out), and thus the dishes will be cleaner. I tried searching startpage to see if this is real, but I couldn't make it through even one llm-slop-ticle about it before my eyes rolled back into my head, so here I am asking y'all: chat, is this real? Doesn't my dishwasher have a heating element? Is there any meaningful difference between heating the water with a hot water heater vs a dishwasher, other than I can't use my sink while the dishwasher is filling and I have to pour a bunch of cool water down the drain?

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Technology Connections (youtube channel) says yes run until it's hot IF you have trouble with dirty dishes, iirc. I think the bigger thing is to clean your debris trap. Also you should be fine washing your hands. The dishwasher will still pull as much hot water as it needs, they are typically only hooked up to hot water so it's not like you having the tap on mixes it up or anything.