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my understanding is that american's do not empty 1-2 kilogrammes of dishwasher salt into a special salt compartment of their dishwashers? as a european i take pride in emptying a 1-2 kilogramme box of dishwasher salt into a special salt compartment of my dishwasher to contribute to the effective washing of my dishes

several times per year i purchase a large box (1-2 kilogrammes) of dishwasher salt for the dishwasher that goes into a special salt compartment below the sump (sump is a lovely word that is seldom used except when talking about dishwashers)

noone has ever questioned if you could just buy 1-2 kilogrammes of table salt for slightly cheaper and pour that into the special compartment. because you have to use dishwasher salt. and that's okay

@hazel the manual for mine is really really explicit that table salt is too granular and will corrode the shit out of the machine

@hazel

I'm afraid an average American person needs to think how much is 1-2 kilograms.

It's about 2-4 lbs, that's about half a stone (or less) or 35-70 oz.

@Theriac @_thegeoff @hazel @jetton I'm afraid bushel and hogshead are volumes not weights.

Or did you calculate the density of dishwasher salt? 🤔

@Theriac @_thegeoff @hazel @jetton

You asked about the weight of dishwasher salt relative to its volume. Dishwasher salt's weight depends on its density, typically around 1.2 to 1.5 grams per cubic centimeter. So, a liter of dishwasher salt weighs approximately 1.2 to 1.5 kilograms, depending on its density.

@deusfigendi@troet.cafe @_thegeoff@mastodon.social @hazel@godforsaken.website @jetton@mastodon.online

Not sure if you're serious about ChatGPT, but:

water density can vary with temperature but is generally calculated to be 1ml = 1g.

The metric system was intended to have interchangeable units of measure so the calculation for conversion is as follows:
ρ = 1000 kg/m3

where it's assumed the water is at 4 degrees and pure.

That aside the reason I'm posting weird measurements is because I'm poking fun.

@Theriac @_thegeoff @hazel @jetton

Yea fine but we're talking about dishwasher salt, not about water, aren't we?

@deusfigendi @Theriac @hazel @jetton Yeah, the barn megaparsec calculation was density based.

@hazel I'm not American and this is literally the first time I've ever heard of dishwasher salt. Then again, we only had a dishwasher in the house for a few years.

@hazel it never occurred to me as an American who has lived in a house that had water that was salt "softened" that you could just ...do that but per appliance. That is seems like a better solution. Do you also do this with your washer for laundry? Or does the salt thing serve both appliances?

@hazel like citric acid salts? I run an empty load with that every month-ish, but dunno who else does.