Joseph Gwinn wrote:


There is a big difference here. For the clothes washing machine in the
old days, we used a cup per load, or more. Even then, dishwashers used
far less detergent, because they use a puddle at the bottom of the tank,
versus filling the tank to the top. Now days, the detergent volume is
far less.

The horizontal or tilt drum washers use vastly less detergent and water,
than the top load units.