was the main attraction; the cycle takes 198 minutes but you can open the machine up any time after the "dry" indicator LED comes on.

Left old machine connected (and obstructing 2 drawers and cupboards) and left without saying anything and taking new machine away. This dishwasher is designed to accommodate 10 place settings and offers 6 different washing programs to choose from depending on the type of load being cleaned. For the Zanussi it used to flip up, and could be blocked by large plates etc at the front left of the machine, preventing the tablet dissolving properly.

Overall, this dishwasher is a reliable and durable appliance that effectively cleans dishes and operates quietly. On reflection maybe I should have gone for a 6h delay (3am start) to push a bit further into lowest grid demand. So I poked around carefully with the back blunt end of some cutlery to attempt to clear any such, and believe I could feel and moved such an obstruction. When setting up an overnight run with the ZDS2010 I would wait until a little before bedtime (~10pm) and select the fixed 3h delay. This could come from a smart meter in a standard cheap lowish-security way, eg over the wiring, since even interfering with it could not cause much harm, in the manner that David MacKay asked me to look at for DECC many moons ago.

But there is other cloud around that I won't dodge (indeed, I may already have missed one heating phase)! The fancy Finish "Powerball Ultimate All in 1" blue part not fully dissolved, but all gone by end of the full cycle.There are a couple of small areas where the design of the Electra seems to improve over the preceding Zanussi. Today with the sun out and bright I ran a 70°C 'hygiene' wash for the first time on the Electra, partly as a 'maintenance' wash. After a few forced programme cancels to try to drain the machine, eventually all was well and a normal eco programme was run.