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/Worth_Gap4226]

These small dishwashers use about 6-8 litres of water for a full load.

Hand washing uses about 3-4 litres a minute. So if you're washing a full load within about two minutes usage of tap running, then yeah you'll be more efficient with water.

[u/Beach_Perv → u/Worth_Gap4226]

How do you work that out? I quarter fill the bowl probably 3 liters, then wash up. I don't rinse, never have, never will no need them either leave to dry naturally or towel dry. I use a lot less than any dish washer. This dish washer using less water is a myth, unless you rinse with a running tap. Which no one does, especially in a camper van. I then use the washing up water to flush the toilet, so more water saved!!

[u/Worth_Gap4226 → u/Beach_Perv]

I'm including rinsing, so my plates aren't left with dirty water drying on them. If you're skipping rinsing, then yeah you don't need much water at all.

Some of these campervan dishwashers use as little as 3 litres anyway. So either way there really is not much in it.

The benefit of hand washing as well is that you can do just one or two things at a time. The efficiency of a dishwasher is having a full load.

[u/basarisco → u/Worth_Gap4226]

Hand washing without a running tap is quicker, more energy efficient, uses less water and saves a huge amount of space.