Abstract: A dishwasher includes a water intake device having a hot water intake which receives hot water from an external hot water supply fed, at least partially, by a thermal solar system, and a cold water intake which receives cold water from an external cold water supply. A program control device stores at least one wash program for controlling a wash cycle for cleaning dishes. The at least one wash program has a program step for washing dishes using hot water from the hot water supply and another program step for washing dishes using cold water from the cold water supply.

Abstract: A dishwasher includes a wash cavity for accommodating wash items and a water inlet device having a hot water inlet for intake of hot water from an external hot water supply, and a cold water inlet for intake of cold water from an external cold water supply. At least one reservoir is in communication with the water inlet device for allowing water to be filled by the water inlet device and in heat-conducting contact with the wash cavity. At least one wash program for controlling at least one wash cycle for cleaning wash items is stored by a program control device, with the wash program providing at least one program step for washing wash items using hot water from the hot water supply and at least one drying step for drying wash items, wherein the reservoir is filled at least at times with cold water from the cold water supply.

Abstract: A household appliance, in particular a water-conducting household appliance, which can be connected to a power supply network of an energy supplier, includes a communication and/or control facility. A bidirectional signal connection connects the communication and/or control facility to the energy supplier for exchange and/or request information, in particular network electricity information relating to electricity tariffs of the energy supplier.

Abstract: A household appliance includes an electronic control facility controlling at least one appliance component of the household appliance, and a connection adapted for connecting the household appliance to a network connection line to supply the household appliance with electrical energy. The connection has at least one interface contact, wherein electricity tariff information is routed from an energy supplier to the control facility, when the interface contact is contacted.

Abstract: A dishwasher, in particular a household dishwasher, includes a control facility for performing a wash cycle to clean items to be washed based on a plurality of selectable wash programs. The control facility operates, in particular controls or regulates, a drain pump for pumping off wash fluid from the dishwasher. At least one of the wash programs includes an automatic execution of a pump-off sequence having at least three successively executed pump-off phases to define first, second and third pump-off phases, during each of which the drain pump is activated, with a break being provided between the first and second pump-off phases and a break being provided between the second and third pump-off phases, wherein the drain pump is deactivated during each of the breaks.

Abstract: A dishwasher, especially a household dishwasher, includes a control device, in which at least one wash program for carrying out a wash cycle comprising a number of part wash cycles for cleaning and/or drying items to be washed is stored, and an operating device for entering operating commands for the control device. At least one operating command for carrying out one or more adaptation measures on at least one of the wash programs can be input at the operating device to improve avoidance of spots on the items to be washed and/or the drying result on the washed items, when the wash cycle based on the adapted wash program is carried out.

Abstract: A dishwasher, in particular a household dishwasher, includes a housing and at least two modules which are integrated in the housing. Each of the at least two modules includes a wash compartment that is fixed to the housing and capable of being closed off to accommodate items to be washed.

Abstract: A water-conducting household device, particularly a dishwasher, includes a pump having at least one normal operating mode in which fluid is pumped in a pumping direction, and a venting operating mode which can be carried out before the normal operating mode. The venting operating mode is provided to allow venting of the pump by pumping a gas bubble in opposition to the pumping direction during the normal operating mode at least partially out of a pump chamber of the pump to a fluid pump inlet of the pump.

Abstract: A crockery basket of a dishwasher to accommodate items to be washed includes a basket base piece having at least one open lateral edge area, and at least one separate end piece which is connected to the basket base piece to close the lateral edge area and thereby bound a base area. The end piece can be configured to form a part-surface of the base area or to form no part-surface of the base area.

Abstract: In a method for operating a water-conducting household device a level of filter contamination of a filtration system connected in a hydraulic circuit of the household device is determined. When detected that a predetermined threshold level of filter contamination has been undershot, wash liquid is partially discharged out of the household device.

Abstract: A dishwasher is provided that has a door and a wash compartment that is closed off by the door. The wash compartment receives items to be treated and has a movable dish rack in which items to be cleaned are supported. The movable dish rack is moved from a treatment position in which the wash compartment is closed to an access position in which loading and unloading of dishes into the dishwasher is facilitated. The dishwasher further includes a visual display facility for visual notification of operation information and/or program information of the dishwasher. The visual display facility is assigned to the dish rack.

Abstract: A method for operating a dishwasher is provided. During a first phase, the dishwasher is operated with a first fluid quantity that is heated by a desorption process of a drying material. The first fluid quantity is increased to a second fluid quantity by adding a third fluid quantity that is stored in the drying material. During a second phase, the dishwasher is operated with the second fluid quantity. The first and second fluid quantities are circulated by a circulation pump during the first and second phases, respectively. The circulation pump is operated at a rotational speed that is higher during the second phase than during the first phase.

Abstract: A water-conducting household appliance has a washing container and is configured to carry out at least one wash program. A special cleaning program for cleaning the washing container is carried out when there is a start signal.

Abstract: A method for operating a water-conducting domestic appliance is provided. During at least one of a plurality of successive partial program steps, a first medium is heated at least at times by means of a first heating element and items undergoing treatment are heated by applying the heated first medium to the items. When the first heating element is inactive, a second medium is heated at least at times by means of a second heating element and the items undergoing the treatment are heated 'by the heated second medium.

Abstract: A rinsing method for a water-conducting domestic appliance is provided in which rinsing liquid is heated to a first temperature in a first operating mode in at least one partial program step of a first rinse cycle; a scale formation in the water-conducting domestic appliance is recorded by a scale sensor arranged in a hydraulic system; the scale formation is compared with a nominal value for the scale formation; and, upon exceeding the nominal value, a second rinse cycle is executed in a second operating mode, while the rinsing liquid is heated to a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature.

Abstract: A washing method for a dishwasher is provided, wherein the dishwasher has a wash container that delimits a wash compartment. The washing method includes buffering wash liquid that is no longer required during or after execution of a wash operation in a storage container that is thermally coupled to the wash container; condensing, in a drying step of the wash operation, moisture-laden air or water vapor in the wash compartment of the wash container on at least one side wall of the wash container; and, before or during the drying step, filling the storage container with fresh water to provide a condensation surface.

Abstract: A domestic appliance having a control device to control device components of the domestic appliance during execution of a program, wherein the device components have electrical loads. The domestic appliance also has a switch to at least partly de-energize the control device after the program has finished executing.

Abstract: A washing method for a water-conveying domestic appliance is provided. In at least one sub-program step of a first washing operation in a first operating mode, washing liquid is warmed up to a first temperature. After a number of washing operations that are carried out in the first operating mode and/or as a function of process parameters of preceding washing operations, at least one washing operation is carried out in a second operating mode, during which the washing liquid is warmed up to a second temperature. The second temperature is higher than the first temperature.

Abstract: A method for operating a dishwasher is provided. The method includes heating a first amount of liquid in a first partial program step; at least partially storing the heated first amount of liquid in the interior of a liquid reservoir, wherein the heated first amount of liquid is in heat-conducting contact with the interior of a tub; circulating a second amount of liquid in a second partial program step; and emptying the liquid reservoir when the second partial program step has been completed.

Abstract: A dish washing machine includes a tub, which is open at the front and at the bottom, is at least partially made of non-rusting metal and which has walls, a separate housing, and a mounting floor at least partially made of plastic. The tub is placed on the mounting floor to form a washing compartment, and the washing compartment wall is formed from the mounting floor. According to the invention, the visible surface inside the washing compartment of the washing compartment wall formed by the mounting floor has, at least in part, a different appearance than that of the plastic of the remaining mounting floor. The different appearance is obtained by an insert made of stainless steel on the mounting floor. A stainless steel surface that, to the user, appears highly effective can thus be obtained in the entire interior of the washing container even in the case of a platform for a dish washing machine having a tub made of stainless steel that is placed on a plastic mounting floor.