Filling a sink with soapy water..washing the dishes and refilling a sinkful to rinse OR putting soap on a cloth and washing the dishes with the faucet running to rinse them?
2006-07-02 16:25:54 · 23 answers · asked by hlg567 3 in Environment
I don't have a dishwasher. we have well water...electric runs the pump.
2006-07-02 16:33:01 · update #1
I find that letting the wife do it saves the most energy, an entire sinkfull can be washed and I never break a sweat!
2006-07-02 16:30:36 · answer #1 · answered by GVD 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The relative efficiencies will be based on your speed and the number of dishes you need to wash. However, my suggestion is to start with a fairly shallow amount of soapy water in the sink, wash the dishes and put them in a soapy pile (in the other half of the sink or on the other side of the counter. As you need more water in the soapy part of the sink (like if you need to soak something), start rinsing the soapy dishes with the faucet running back into the soapy half of the sink. That way you can use the water twice--once clear and once with soap in it.
2006-07-03 02:07:09 · answer #2 · answered by Ms. Tyrrell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can figure this out yourself by doing this test. Time how long it takes to fill the sink twice - once for the soap and once to rinse. Then time how long it takes you to do the dishes with soap on the rag and with the water running. Which ever takes less time uses less energy.
I am guessing it will be best to fill the sinks if you have lots of dishes to wash but best to use the rag and rinse method if you have just a few dishes.
2006-07-03 02:32:35 · answer #3 · answered by Engineer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By energy, do you specifically mean water (cause I'm not gonna calculate how many calories it takes to do these activities)? Well, assuming water, it depends on how much you're washing.
1 dish: soap on a cloth with the faucet running
15+: fill up the sink.
And why fill sink full of water to rinse? It should only take a quick turn of the tap for a splash of water to rinse. I mean, if you're rinsing a whole lot of dishes, it makes sense, but otherwise you'd just be wasting a whole lot.
2006-07-02 23:29:58 · answer #4 · answered by blairs_smirking_revenge 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Filing the sink full of water uses the least amount of energy. Running it continously wastes a lot more water which means your going to use a lot more electricity. Your also going to need to heat more water because your using more. If you have a double sink the best option is to have one filled with soap for rinsing and the other without soap in as hot as water as you can get. This is for rinsing off the soap. I used to do this at a restuarant in high school, except we had a triple sink and the middle one had a small amount of bleach to sterilize. This was rinsed off in the last sink.
2006-07-02 23:45:46 · answer #5 · answered by kb 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rinse under running water - a sink full of rinse water will quickly accumalate soap and the soap left on the dishes can make you sick. Rinsing dishes isn't a good place to cut corners to save energy, your health is more important than that. Best to use a dishwasher and it is more energy efficient
2006-07-02 23:36:51 · answer #6 · answered by boogie2510 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think filling the sink but the only way to tell for sure is to plug the sink and wash the dishes under running water and see how fast the sink fills up.
2006-07-02 23:30:36 · answer #7 · answered by Mom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this question can only be answered by you 1. how many dishes do you want to wash? 2. how fast can you wash them? 3. fill the sink twice and time it. this way you know how long it takes to fill the sink to wash the dishes. the next time you do them use running water for the rinse. if you can wash your dishes within the time it takes to fill the sink twice, then it's more efficient to wash them with running water. if not, then fill the sink for more efficiency.
2006-07-02 23:40:45 · answer #8 · answered by sparhwk_1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start with a soapy rag to wash the dishes, reserve the rinse water to use for the rest of the soak and wash .
2006-07-02 23:30:47 · answer #9 · answered by Emee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question requres more information to answer with a valid answere.
This all depends on the size of the sink that you are using, and the amount of items needed to be washed.
eg. if you have a large sink. lets say 5 galons and only need to wash a few dishis then i would sah that running teh water and washing them would be beter then filling the sink 2 times. do you think that it would take 10 galons of water to wash just a few dishes with the water runing ?
there are many other factors aswell how much water comes out of the tap at what speed?
the size of the sink ?
the amount of items needed to be washed?
the list gose on and on......
anyway thanks for asking.
Cpt Egg
2006-07-03 00:38:42 · answer #10 · answered by cptegg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hygeinically speaking, it's better to rinse them under the faucet. Don't just leave it running though, if you wanna save energy.
Or, unplug all your 'instant on' devices when you're not using them- computers, vcrs, tvs, printers, anything that you can just click a button and it's on. A good way to determine if it's 'instant on' is if it keeps time. Unplugging these could save you enough money to run the dishwasher, instead of worrying about the best way to rinse dishes.
2006-07-02 23:29:42 · answer #11 · answered by Nuwanda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋