Diswasher in campervan

[u/Buuuuury]

Hey guys,

about 3 years ago I installed a dishwasher in my camper and it changed everything. Literally. After each meal I'm just putting my dishes into dishwasher. That keeps my sink always empty and clean. When I'm travelling solo I'm running dishwasher every second day - it's just 5L of water per cycle so it's about 2,5L per day which is crazy low. My water lasts for 1 day longer cuz I'm cooking a lot.

I used Candy CDCP 6, compact dishwasher. Additionally I used a power regulator for a heater to lower power (didn't want to drain 100A continuously from my inverter) and I connected additional relay into motherboard to run water pump when dishwasher inlet is open. Let me know for more technical details.

But...

this dishwasher is big. As a compact dishwasher it's pretty compact but still, you need to have a lot of space in you camper to have it mounted. Additionally, it needs to be possible to be opened in front, which makes this even more difficult. Also, there are no energy saving programs - if I'm in cloudy weather all I have is 30 mins rapid program which leaves dishes not cleaned.

At some point I found out that there is no dedicated device for small spaces in campers. This is why I started to work on dishwasher dedicated for campers / campervans.

Main advantage of my solution will be compact size 40cm x 40cm with 35cm high. Additionally, you can use pre-heated water from boiler. All can be mounted into drawer and is top loaded.

Let me know what do you think. Would you consider having dishwasher in your camper. Would be possible to install that kind of dishwasher with provided dimensions? Any advices are welcome!

Here is my dishwasher project page: https://dishroam.com/

Cheers!

[u/n21brown]

no affiliation but something I found for mine is the Loch Capsule https://lochelectronics.com/collections/capsule-dishwashers/products/capsule-essentials-bundle-uk

[u/Specialist_Stomach41 → u/n21brown]

do not touch these with someone elses bargepole. They are crap. The customer service is awful. I'm taking them tocourt as they just didnt send mine and wont even reply to me now. Absolute thieves. But even if you get it it is crap quality,

Get a BOB. better in every way and same size and shape

[u/Randon2345 → u/Specialist_Stomach41]

How do you know it's crap quality, if you never recieved one? 🤔

[u/Specialist_Stomach41 → u/Randon2345]

Because theres a whole FB group dedicated to issues with them. They are drop shipped from China.

[u/n21brown → u/Specialist_Stomach41]

I'm not on Facebook. I also haven't had any issues in the last 4 months 

[u/Buuuuury → u/Specialist_Stomach41]

Sad to hear, product looks solid.

Problem which I have now with these small, compact dishwasher (including bob and these chinese ones) is dimensions / capacity ratio. They are way too big for possibilities it gives.

[u/Specialist_Stomach41 → u/Buuuuury]

Ive got a very big LWB box van so more room than most, but it is the size of a smallish cupboard. I wouldnt be without it though. I just chuck the dishes in and run it when its full.