In article , ess wrote:
On 25 Jan 2007 15:59:02 -0800, "mg" wrote:



On Jan 25, 3:26 pm, "Terry" wrote:
I have been told that the dry cycle of the dishwasher is the energy hog
so I quit using it.

I was going to use something I had just washed in the dishwasher. When
I opened the door it was still warm inside.

My question is will the dishes dry faster if I leave them inside with
the door closed (while warm) or open the door and let the water
evaporate?

It actually evaporates better with the door closed because of the trapped
heat...

Not exactly. At the end of the wash/rinse cycles the air inside
the dishwasher is pretty much saturated with water (and cooling
unless there's a heated dry cycle). Evaporation into water-saturated
(and cooling) air just doesn't work very well. You gotta get some
of the moisture out of there.

There may be some merit to opening the door (while the dishes
are still hot) allowing a lot of moisture to escape and then
quickly reclosing the door to retain as much heat as possible.

In other words, trapped heat will help the evaporation and
trapped moisture will hinder it. At the end of the day, you've
got to get the water out of the dishwasher if you want dry
dishes. I still maintain that an open door approach will aid
that process.




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