Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
>>
>> Actually, I run my dishwasher in the middle of the night. My heat
>> doesn't run during the night unless it's crazy cold out. I don't
>> gain anything by using heated dry for my dishes, they just dry by
>> themselves.

> You still gain heat. It has to go someplace and the furnace just
> runs a tiny bit less in the AM. Instead of the temperature falling
> overnight to 62 degrees, it will only fall to 62.1 degrees.

Try low 50s. And I think any heat will have dissappated to the
cathedral ceilings between 2am and 7, but I understand we're not
talking about my house or my dishwashing timing.

> In the
> summer, if you run AC, you have to remove that heat so it is a waste
> then. As long as you like the way the dishes come out, no reason to
> change.

Of course. And if people find it cost effective to use the electric
heating coil to dry their dishes and thus heat their home, who am I to
argue. I'll make biscuits or something in the kitchen in the morning to
warm it up using the oven.

nance