Hello,

I’ll soon be moving from the UK (240V) to Japan (100V) and I want to take my dishwasher with me. Partially because the one I have is a good one but also because they are prohibitively expensive in Japan.

I have a 2000W transformer but unfortunately the dishwasher pulls 2070W quite happily for prolonged periods of time.

Now there’s a couple of ways I could go about this 1.) modify the dishwasher so that it only uses say 1900w.
2.) Modify it so it just works on 100V.

If I was going to plan one I could look at installing a different heating element or something like that or maybe there is a better way to make it use less power and just take longer or results in a lower temperature.

If I was going with plan two, I guess it’s probably only the heater and the pump (maybe motors too?) that actually rely on 240V.

Would be interested to hear ideas on this one. Thanks.

 

Running the dishwasher in series with a 3kW kettle would reduce the load. You could try that before going to Japan, to see if it's feasible.