Posted on 03/17/2011 6:27:15 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
...In 1996, top-loaders were pretty much the only type of washer around...Consumer Reports tested 18 models, 13 were "excellent" and five were "very good." By 2007, though, not one was excellent and seven out of 21 were "fair" or "poor." ...The culprit is the federal government's obsession with energy efficiency...washer standards demonstrate the harmfulness of the ever-growing body of efficiency mandates.
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When they won, the elites turned around and bought themselves $1,500 low flush toilets that flush and heat the seat at the same time... The middle class ( Republicans) who support the takers and the elites can't afford those babies... but I'll bet the brass at NPR has them ... and their fat paychecks are being paid by YOU - a new system where tax money is collected from the workers to pay for the elites. And their fancy toilets.
They also gave us dishwasher detergent that won't work - but they don't suffer. They hire illegals to wash the dishes in their kitchens. Why do you think the elites fight for the illegals?
You want me to go on? And on?
I bought a Fisher & Paykel top loader last summer that is wonderful. Pretty good energy efficiency, no agitator, up to 1,000 rpm spin (front loaders do 1,200 rpm, IIRC).
It uses only as much water as the amount of clothes in the load require. It spins the load nearly dry so your dryer cycles can be shorter, saving more money. I can use less detergent, like I would with a front loader. All around, it reduces my laundry costs significantly.
Very simple and easy to use.
There is actually a new technology washing machine in the works, if they can figure out a way to make it practical.
It is based on the fact that pure water is an amazing solvent. By pure I mean water that has been “degassed”, because ordinary gasses in the air strongly reduce this solvent ability in water, which is why we have to add soaps or detergents.
So if you had a clothes washer that used “degassed” water, you clothes would be much cleaner than by using tap water. But unfortunately, when water is exposed to air, it absorbs these gases.
So your clothes washer would have to create a vacuum. Then degassed water would be sprayed on your clothes, so that the water would dissolve any dirt, oil, stains, etc., and flow off. Then, because water low temperature boils in a vacuum, your clothes would be dry when taken out of the wash.
It's a way for wives to mark their husbands as married men. Single guys don't use the sheets or softener.
The sales gal at the local Home Depot really tried to sell me on how much water and electricity I would be saving using the newer high-efficiency front loaders versus the older designs of washers and dryers.
Not willing to let any big dollar decision go unresearched, I utilized my electric/gas utility’s web site to calculate how much I would save.
Given that I only do two loads a week, the savings in electricity, gas, and water would total less than $20 per year. Those expensive front loaders would never pay for themselves at that rate.
I’m supposed to spend $1500 on one of the high-tech washers, but the warranties are 1yr parts/labor?
I paid $500 for a Sears washer.
When it breaks in 7 years, I’ll spend another $500.
Although, the construction quality has declined over the past 10 years. The dials are made 100% of plastic and don’t ‘click’ like they used to.
Yep.
The replacement transmission on my old Sears washer was around $200, so I figured I’d just buy a new one and I chucked it (Goodwill).
Then, I saw the quality of the new washers and wished I hadn’t. Ugh.
My Sears best front loader simply will not get my clothes clean. It kinda dampens the clothes and tosses them around for a while and spins out the quart of water it used.
My old top loader would fill with hot water so I could let the really dirty stuff soak and then run it. did an excellent job!
Of course you do, but if you have a Bridgeport sitting there it sure does make it easier. :)
I bought a four pound box of real TSP at Home Depot about three weeks ago.
Yeah, he just recycles them.
Money laundering scheme.
Ask Brads gramma about my gasoline story
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I call our new front loading washer “The Obama”. They advertised that it could do everything. It makes a lot of noise and jumps around a lot without accomplishing much of anything. It doesn’t work very often and frankly, it stinks.
You can avoid mold around the seals by wiping the seals after you wash the clothes. Yes, it’s an extra step, but it’s a few seconds of work, and once a week you can throw the towel you use for this into the wash with a load.
I did buy a CR best-buy model washer, since a lot of the front-loaders didn’t get rated very high and I really want my clothes to be cleaned.
Thanks! BFL
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