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It’s absolutely true that appliances bring much ease to our daily lives, but having an appliance doesn’t just mean to purchase one. There are myths in the appliance maintenance that will waste your budget and possibly cause damage, even though modern appliances are energy efficient. In this article, we will list down some of the most common myths in appliance maintenance.

Rinse Your Dishes Prior to Washing - Not!

You may notice that many appliance maintaining pages suggest to pre-rinse your dishes before you put them into the dishwasher. However, it could be costing you money. Both dishwashers and detergents are produced to perform their best when dishes are dirty. When it comes to detergents, their performance depends of the level of food or grease stuck to the dishes, while dishwashers are using sensors for the level of water. This determines the moment when dishes are clean so the appliance will know which cycle to run. Very important thing is that a typical Energy Star certified dishwasher uses approximately four gallons of water for a full cleaning cycle. However, you may use up to twenty gallons of water to pre-rinse your dishes. Since the dishwasher takes five times less water to wash your dishes it's pretty logical that it's a good idea to scrape them from leftover debris. but pre-rinsing is not advised. 

Put More Detergent to Clean Better - Not!

It’s understandable that washing machines nowadays use much less water for cycles, but we need to consider the amount of detergent we use. People follow the childish logic of believing that more detergent will provide better cleaning, but doing this may result with layer of leftover detergent on dishes or clothes. Plus, if you use too much detergent, it will reduce appliance's performance and lifespan due to too many suds.

Clothes Are Properly Washed Only In Hot Water - Not!

It’s a desire for all of us to have perfectly clean and beautifully smelling clothes, as well as we all understand rewashing doesn’t do the job well. This is the reason we may hear the myth that clothes cannot be washed properly using cold water. On the contrary, nowadays washers provide very efficient cleaning with water temperatures from cold and up to ninety degrees. Washers use about ninety percent of energy on water heating. This means that washing will cost more if your water temperature is higher. 

Save Money By Keeping an Old Refrigerator- Not!

Some may think that they can save money by keeping an old refrigerator in some other area of their household when investing in their kitchen but as we said - not! Using the old appliance will result in great costs for electricity which is much more expensive then purchasing new energy efficient refrigerator.