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发帖数: 29846 | 1 My 5-year old, $1,200 KitchenAid dishwasher is leaking again because its
third replacement motor is failing.
Rather than re-up the insurance for $300 and spend months waiting for
KitchenAid to grudgingly install a new $600 motor, I decided just to replace
the entire washer.
So here are some of the fun facts I learned about where dishwashers are
heading because of ever-tightening government (i.e., EPA) appliance “energy
efficiency” standards:
Dishwasher life expectancy has decreased from about 8-10 years to 5-6
years.
Food grinders are being eliminated. So you pretty much have to rinse
your dishes clean before they go in the dishwasher.
Heat drying is being eliminated. So if you want dry dishes either dry
them yourself or run a load overnight and hope that when you empty the
washer in the morning the load is dry.
Prices are going up because of the energy-saving features no one is
demanding other than the EPA.
Keep in mind that the government has already ruined dishwasher detergent by
removing phosphates from products available in retail stores.
Although I have figured out ways around the detergent problem — you can
either buy commercial dishwasher detergent (which contains phosphates) or
add a teaspoon of commercially available sodium triphosphate with your
normal detergent — the fact remains that the government is ruining one of
the great time- and money-saving conveniences of the 20th century for no
good reason. | j*****v
发帖数: 7717 | 2 政府擴大過程中，也是一個逐漸把自己變成插管吸血蛆的過程。
造成大政府的規定越來越多，去執行這些規定的政府人員也越來越多。為了養這些人，
再必須制定更多的條條框框。如此惡性循環 |
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