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Thread Number: 70079
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
American washers and info displayed on control panel |
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Post# 929995 3/31/2017 at 21:02 (2,580 days old) by spinspeed  (Far North New South Wales Australia (originally London UK)) |
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Has anyone ever noticed that in the US the new front load washers control panel seems to always have the spin speed listed as low medium high and the water as cold warm hot extra hot. In Europe and Australia the speed of spin is displayed eg 400rmp, 800rpm 1000rpm etc. And the temperature is displayed 30C, 40C, 60C 95C. Just wondering why this was. Perhaps a hang-over from TL washers which pretty much dominated the US market until resent times?
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Post# 930004 , Reply# 1 3/31/2017 at 22:00 (2,580 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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 I think many people just don't care that much about laundry. Faced with actual performance figures (rpms and temperature numbers), many would balk. So many are conditioned to just wash in cold, cool, or warm. There's also the government energy standard mandated. As they've gotten stricter, the temps associated with "hot" and "warm" have decreased. And those of us who are knolegeable are ho0rrified to what the actual temmps would be. I'm thankful my Whirlpool Duet is old enough I can still set for reasonably predictable temperatures based upon research. Personally, I'd be much happier with my ability to select spin speed and target temps. But then I'm sure I'm in the minority in th4e overall scheme of the American public. | ||
| Post# 930009 , Reply# 2 3/31/2017 at 22:35 (2,580 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
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Post# 930037 , Reply# 3 4/1/2017 at 06:10 (2,580 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany)) |
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We have had the exact same thing since the 90s. One of the first to just change temperature without mentioning appears to be Miele, actually, on their early Novotronic series. The 60C cotton cycle was only 50C for quite some time. Then Eco cycles came along, then our consumer test magazin uncovered these lowered temps, then manuals mentioned lowered temps. | ||
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Post# 930040 , Reply# 4 4/1/2017 at 07:12 (2,580 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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| Post# 930047 , Reply# 6 4/1/2017 at 08:26 (2,580 days old) by Pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
my whirlpool generation 1 duet
right now i have a gen 1 duet washer thats 13 years old but the model itself do not have a water heater sinces its only a 3 temp wash rinse model hot/cold warm/cold and cold/cold and all cold rinse washer is on the left including a closeup of the control but pic might be a bit blurry
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