Commercial Dishwashers and Their Domestic Counterparts
The domestic dishwasher has become a staple of almost every family home, and new models are constantly being rolled out, but how do these supposedly revolutionary developments compare to the commercial dishwasher? It seems that despite new and improved dishwashers constantly hitting the shops, they just can't compete with the commercial dishwasher.
This becomes apparent when comparing the design of each machine; while a domestic dishwasher is designed to perform 1 wash a day for five years, its commercial counterpart is built to go through 30 washes a day for the same length of time.
Of course, that one wash in the domestic machine takes 45-90 minutes, while the cycle will last on average a maximum of 4 minutes in the commercial dishwasher, but even so, for all those extra washes, it will only be running for half an hour longer.
Going by energy usage, it is clear that the commercial dishwasher is much more efficient; each wash will use around 2.
5 litres of water, compared to 15-35 for the domestic, and each of those 2.
5 litres of water will only require up to 8 pence worth of detergent.
It is easy to argue that the costs add up, but at the same time, it will only use up to 8 pence of electricity as well, compared to 49 pence for the domestic.
Furthermore, when you can clean a maximum of 540 plates an hour compared to 36, it is clear that the commercial dishwasher is the superior machine.
Even better, while it requires around 30 amps to run, it can be adapted to run on only 13 amps of power, making it energy efficient.
Then again, there are drawbacks.
The commercial dishwasher will still require soft water to run, so there is the extra cost of the water filter should only hard water be available.
These can be bought as part of your dishwasher on more expensive machines, or bought as a manual or automatic attachment, and while this is a problem with a simple solution, it does add extra unwelcome expense to running a commercial machine.
It is also worth noting that though your machine may use less detergent per wash, it will need a lot more due to the high volume of washes.
The cost of this will balance itself with the machine's efficiency, but all that detergent will need a lot of storage space.
However, the commercial dishwasher still manages to trump its domestic counterpart with regards to sanitation.
Your domestic dishwasher will not rise plates at temperatures exceeding 70 degrees, while the commercial machines wash the plates at 55 degrees, and rinse at an average temperature of 82 degrees, ensuring that the plates are cleansed of any germs or bacteria.
Therefore it becomes clear that while domestic dishwashers are beginning to improve and become more environmentally friendly machines, they still have a long, long way to go before they can be compared to the commercial dishwasher, which is faster, more durable, more efficient and even more environmentally friendly - and the front loading commercial machines even come at the same price.
So if you are considering using a domestic machine in your catering business, or are even doing so right now, avoid breaking the law and save money by investing in a machine built to save your time and money.
This becomes apparent when comparing the design of each machine; while a domestic dishwasher is designed to perform 1 wash a day for five years, its commercial counterpart is built to go through 30 washes a day for the same length of time.
Of course, that one wash in the domestic machine takes 45-90 minutes, while the cycle will last on average a maximum of 4 minutes in the commercial dishwasher, but even so, for all those extra washes, it will only be running for half an hour longer.
Going by energy usage, it is clear that the commercial dishwasher is much more efficient; each wash will use around 2.
5 litres of water, compared to 15-35 for the domestic, and each of those 2.
5 litres of water will only require up to 8 pence worth of detergent.
It is easy to argue that the costs add up, but at the same time, it will only use up to 8 pence of electricity as well, compared to 49 pence for the domestic.
Furthermore, when you can clean a maximum of 540 plates an hour compared to 36, it is clear that the commercial dishwasher is the superior machine.
Even better, while it requires around 30 amps to run, it can be adapted to run on only 13 amps of power, making it energy efficient.
Then again, there are drawbacks.
The commercial dishwasher will still require soft water to run, so there is the extra cost of the water filter should only hard water be available.
These can be bought as part of your dishwasher on more expensive machines, or bought as a manual or automatic attachment, and while this is a problem with a simple solution, it does add extra unwelcome expense to running a commercial machine.
It is also worth noting that though your machine may use less detergent per wash, it will need a lot more due to the high volume of washes.
The cost of this will balance itself with the machine's efficiency, but all that detergent will need a lot of storage space.
However, the commercial dishwasher still manages to trump its domestic counterpart with regards to sanitation.
Your domestic dishwasher will not rise plates at temperatures exceeding 70 degrees, while the commercial machines wash the plates at 55 degrees, and rinse at an average temperature of 82 degrees, ensuring that the plates are cleansed of any germs or bacteria.
Therefore it becomes clear that while domestic dishwashers are beginning to improve and become more environmentally friendly machines, they still have a long, long way to go before they can be compared to the commercial dishwasher, which is faster, more durable, more efficient and even more environmentally friendly - and the front loading commercial machines even come at the same price.
So if you are considering using a domestic machine in your catering business, or are even doing so right now, avoid breaking the law and save money by investing in a machine built to save your time and money.
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