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How Washington Ruined Your Washing Machine
WSJ ^ | 3/17/11 | Sam Kazman

Posted on 03/17/2011 6:27:15 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

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To: count-your-change
Wait a sec. I've got a Sears front loader right now.

It has a nice prewash soaking cycle for filthy stuff, and it certainly uses more than a quart of water. It handles nasty stuff like dog beds, muddy towels, work pants with oil etc. on them and gets them nice and clean.

Sounds to me like you have a blockage in the supply hose or the intake valve. Have you had a repairman look at it?

101 posted on 03/17/2011 11:18:44 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: SoFloFreeper; All
Sen. Rand Paul, Judge Napolitano and Jeffrey Tucker all feel your pain.

The interview on Fox Business is worth a watch.

The book is hilarious if you are into doing what you want, regardless of what Big Brother thinks you oughta be doing. Statists would likely put it in the same class with the Bible, to be read later.

102 posted on 03/17/2011 11:48:11 AM PDT by logician2u
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To: GOPJ
It’s NOT ‘Washington’ that ruined washing machines, toilets, detergents, cars, french fries, etc.etc - it’s LIBERAL ELITES. Let’s put the blame where it belongs.

There is no power in the government at Washington to do any of these things, either enumerated or reasonably inferred.

103 posted on 03/17/2011 11:53:03 AM PDT by Jim Noble (I'd crawl over broken glass for her. Alea iacta est.)
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To: Jim Noble

Regulations passed by liberal elites - and there’s more if you want them:

http://www.rdosmaps.bc.ca/min_bylaws/building_inspect/forms/low_flow_brochure_withlogo.pdf

Effective January 2007, all new
toilets installed in electoral
areas A,C,D,E, F & H within the
Regional District Okanagan-
Similkameen must have a flush
cycle no greater 6 litres per
flush.
In areas not specified for low
consumption toilets, the Regulation
requires that new installations
of toilets use fixtures with
a flush cycle no greater than
13.25 litres. Building owners may
opt for a low consumption or
ultra-low consumption toilet.


104 posted on 03/17/2011 12:35:10 PM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php - It's only uncivil when someone on the right does it.- Laz)
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To: FrogMom

I know what you mean- I hate those low-flow shower heads. (This solved the problem in my bathroom: Just take a Dremel tool with a grinding bit and ream out the narrowed opening inside the head- presto! a nice strong hot shower.)


105 posted on 03/17/2011 12:40:34 PM PDT by ladyrustic
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To: ViLaLuz

I found the real thing at Home Depot in the paint aisle. About $4.00 for a large box! I give it a little shake right before I use Cascade gel. Voila! Clean dishes once again!


106 posted on 03/17/2011 12:42:55 PM PDT by GatorGirl (Eschew Socialism!)
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To: AnAmericanMother; Sherman Logan; nascarnation
I'm with you.
I VOLUNTARILY bought a frontloader from Sears two years ago.
It is quite noticeably better than the old toploaders.
I built my own base (saved about 250 bucks).
No problem with mold (I use the cleaning cycle occasionally and leave the door open per instructions).
It handles large items that toploaders can NOT handle.
The high speed spin results in shorter drying time.
It uses MUCH less detergent than the toploader.
I love watching it work.
107 posted on 03/17/2011 12:45:02 PM PDT by skeptoid (The road to serfdom is being paved by RINOs, and Lisa Murkowski is their mascot.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

You can’t buy gasoline cans in California???

Ed


108 posted on 03/17/2011 12:47:30 PM PDT by Sir_Ed
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To: SJSAMPLE

Spend your $1500 bucks on one of these:

One of the most amazing things I saw over in Europe were their washing machines in the laundromats. It was like seeing a whole new invention. They sound like they could take off down a runway and are amazingly economical.

They have built-in thermostats - you can actually boil laundry. You can program spin cycles with the built-in computer.

Miele is a German washer brand. You can read more about them here - course they cost about a thousand bucks more than the tub spinners we got. But they last for decades. And you feel your clothes are really really clean.

http://www.epinions.com/review/hmgd-Washing_Machines-Miele-Miele_Novotronic_W_1918_A/content_20366790276


109 posted on 03/17/2011 12:49:05 PM PDT by A'elian' nation (Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Jacques Barzun)
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To: skeptoid

Glad you’re happy!

We’re down to my and my wife in the household and we’re retired so we don’t have all that much laundry anyway.

That top load Maytag is like my old Wheel Horse tractor, there’s newer but not better.


110 posted on 03/17/2011 12:50:36 PM PDT by nascarnation
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I'm still using a forty year old Maytag. It has two cycles, regular and perm.press. Three load choices, large, medium and small. The water choices, hot, warm and cold. One reason I keep it is my husband can fix it if something wear out.
111 posted on 03/17/2011 12:57:08 PM PDT by ladyvet ( I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
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To: Sir_Ed

Yes, but they are these new self-sealing models to prevent fumes from leaking out during refilling and for the few moments you sit it on the ground after you are done fueling and haven’t put the cap back on. They have these spring-loaded spigots that don’t work worth crap and leak all over the place. The irony is that the new versions have leaked FAR more gas all over my property than the old version ever did.


112 posted on 03/17/2011 12:58:38 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: nascarnation
Happy for the time being.

(I hope it holds up like the old 400 dollar toploader)

113 posted on 03/17/2011 1:01:49 PM PDT by skeptoid (The road to serfdom is being paved by RINOs, and Lisa Murkowski is their mascot.)
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To: AnAmericanMother

I think it’s operating as designed, to use less water but if I have to wash half loads it really is no better and a lot less useful than my old top loader.


114 posted on 03/17/2011 1:04:03 PM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: skeptoid

Both my daughters are on first name basis with the washer repair guy, since they’re on warranty.
One is a Maytag Neptune, the other a Frigidaire.

Frigidaire daughter left hers behind when she moved and bought an old Maytag for the new house, LOL.


115 posted on 03/17/2011 1:05:46 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: FrogMom

Shower heads are no problem.....except for the inept New Yorkers on Seinfeld.

The orifice can be drilled out larger and the normal flow/force obtained. It is an easy job


116 posted on 03/17/2011 2:46:04 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
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To: Jim Noble

http://www.appliance.net/2010/states-ban-phosphate-laden-dishwasher-soap-1988

According to USA Today, July starts a ban in sixteen states of the sale of dishwasher detergents that contain high levels of phosphates, a source of pollution in lakes and streams.

Stores will not be allowed to sell detergent with more than 0.5 percent phosphorous.


117 posted on 03/17/2011 4:49:21 PM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php - It's only uncivil when someone on the right does it.- Laz)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

How irritating!

My idiot Republican state senator wrote a bill to outlaw grocery stores from giving out plastic bags, that is going to be another Nanny Statist bill that will greatly affect us, too...

Ed


118 posted on 03/18/2011 1:10:41 AM PDT by Sir_Ed
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To: Freedom4US

Thanks for the info. I know some people who tried the TSP, but they were not sure how much to use. I have found that the Finish Gel Pacs work well, but they are expensive to use. Since we are empty nesters, it’s not bad for us.

I will pass along the info about STP to others who are still looking for a good solution to this problem and I may add some to my laundry.


119 posted on 03/18/2011 1:11:43 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX
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