We cannot get hot water in the dishwasher or the washer. Also, it takes a long time to get hot water in the faucets. A plumber has been out and said the dishwasher is fine. We rent. What could the problem be?
Susan
Tom: Point of use, the water heater’s at point A and you’re at point B and it needs to pump a lot of water like you would in a sink until it gets hot. You put your finger under there and a lot of water’s gone down the drain. With a dishwasher, it goes right in there, pumps only what it needs, it’s usually not a lot and you never get the hot water to the dishwasher.
Two things, if you have a booster heat on your dishwasher, which most do now, make sure you run it, don’t try to save the electricity on that. Your dishes won’t get clean. The water in your dishwasher needs to be about 130 degrees to melt the dishwasher soap. That goes with a washing machine too as far as clothes go, it just pumps so fast you never have time to get the hot water there.
The other thing is call Abacus Plumbing and have a circulation pump or a point of view circulator somewhere put on your system so you have hot water as soon as it comes on, not after it pumps all the cold water out of the pipes.
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