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Post# 196822 , Reply# 3   3/12/2007 at 10:06 (6,248 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Wash efficience measures the cleaning ability of a machine according to a procudure that is exactly laid down in rules for testing washers. I noticed that in the Maytag specifications the rating for energy efficiency is A and the washing efficiency is G. IMHO that should be the other way around. Until now most American toploaders got a G for energy efficiency and I don't think the Atlantis will be different. I'm not sure though that they are really tested, the toploaders with no heater built in to them wouldn't exactly meet the test criteria I think but I'm not sure about that. Louis |
Post# 196936 , Reply# 6   3/12/2007 at 17:17 (6,248 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 197073 , Reply# 7   3/13/2007 at 09:16 (6,247 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany)   |   | |
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I find Ariel colour powder excellent at stain removal and colour protection. Whenever I get smelly results with my darks because of low temperatures and the lack of oxygen bleach, I give them an occasional prewasch with a regular powder followed by a colour version in the mainwash. That is a good compromise between laundry hygiene and colour protection. |
Post# 197118 , Reply# 9   3/13/2007 at 14:42 (6,247 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK)   |   | |
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BTW, I also think that both toploaders and frontloaders are entirely different methods of washing laundry, and that it is unfair to test the toploaders on tests that are really designed for frontloading washers. |
Post# 197125 , Reply# 10   3/13/2007 at 15:10 (6,247 days old) by hoovermatic (UK)   |   | |
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I don't know what the US style TL's are rated at , if at all but I remember ordering a Hotpoint TL in 1995 from the Stearn Electrical catalogue and the rating was 'G' |
Post# 197160 , Reply# 11   3/13/2007 at 18:14 (6,247 days old) by chrisbsuk (Bristol, uk)   |   | |
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You are right about it being rated as "G" if i am not wrong in saying, Hotpoint pulled the plug on it shortly after this - G for energy, G for washing and C for spinning if i am not mistaken i was surprised at this wash performance rating - as the machine has an internal water heater, and the clothes sit in the water whilst it it static heating, i would have thought this alone would help to remove some of the soiling, and hence get the machine a better rating, at least for wash performance! |
Post# 199291 , Reply# 13   3/24/2007 at 10:14 (6,236 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)   |   | |
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