"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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6 gallons!?? How bloody big are your dishwashers? 13l is 3.4 US gallons
or 2.85 imperial gallons.


I don't know what you mean by "gallon" - that was 6 US gallons, consisting
for 4 quarts of 32 ounces each, not 5 quarts of 40 ounces each. Six US
gallons works out to 22.7 liters. A dishwasher is big enough to handle
day's worth of dishes (on a normal day, not a holiday like Christmas) for
2 - 4 people eating two meals each at home. Call it big enough to handle
four to eight place settings, plus the pots and pans used to prepare the
meals, and miscellaneous items like beverage glasses used during the day, a
coffee pot, etc. Some higher priced dishwashers use less water, but the
higher price isn't worth it, at least for me.