DJS0302 wrote:

> How come no one has ever thought of putting a small fan or blower inside a
> dishwasher? They all come with an option that let you turn off the heating
> element so the dishes air dry thereby saving electricity but things made of
> plastic never dry completely. Why can't they put in a fan that will either
> pull the moisture out of the dishwasher or have one that blows the air around
> in the dishwasher to blow excess water off the dishes? It would only have to
> run for a minute or two, just enough to get the drying process started.

Um, several makers do. Mine does. In the hot dry cycle, you can see a
small plume of water vapor coming out below the handle for a few
minutes and it dries very efficiently. The fan that would merely blow
air around inside the unit wouldn't likely dry things very well.
There's 100% humidity in there after the rinse cycle.

Pastorio