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Post# 742891   3/18/2014 at 07:35 (3,663 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Just read this in the manual for one if the new Samsung washers. I knew about the Normal cycle using pretty much noting but cool water... but Heavy Duty now, too?
"If you select normal & heavy duty cycles, those cycles are the regulation and UL cycles. Since new washer must reduce the amount of energy usage at first priority, customers will notice more cold water entering the washer. But This is Normal, not a problem. In those regulation cycles, Hot temperature is similar to acceptable adult bath-water temperature and warm temperature is similar to comfortable swimming-pool water temperature. If customers want to wash clothes in specific water temperature, customers should choose a different cycles at each temperature (Hot/Warm/Eco Warm)." Alex |
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Post# 743041 , Reply# 1   3/18/2014 at 17:14 (3,663 days old) by frontloaderfan (Merrimac valley, MA)   |   | |
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Post# 743248 , Reply# 3   3/19/2014 at 11:13 (3,662 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 743252 , Reply# 4   3/19/2014 at 11:45 (3,662 days old) by frontloaderfan (Merrimac valley, MA)   |   | |
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Luckily, my machine still uses tap hot water on the "Bulky" setting when "hot" is selected and mixes 50/50 on the "warm" setting. I think the "hot" temp is probably around 120 F after I purge the lines to the machine by letting it fill once. Before I disabled the ATC, "hot" would be about 90 F.
I think the manufacturers monitor forums like these in order to see what tricks people are up to in order to get decent washing results out of their factory-handicapped machines. Sooner or later, they'll come up with ATC's and WLS's that are even more difficult, if not impossible, to circumvent, then we'll all be back to dumping kettles full of boiling water in manually like with the old wringer washers... |
Post# 743255 , Reply# 5   3/19/2014 at 12:14 (3,662 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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This is what Samsung has been adding to their manuals for a while now:
This "actual wash temperature" for a "standard Cotton cycle" will be anywhere from 120F to below body temp instead of the selected 140F - depending on the manufacturer. |