Thread Number: 14857
Todays Euro 60°C is a joke |
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Post# 251777   12/3/2007 at 09:14 (5,960 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany)   |   | |
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Whenever I touched the glass of a vintage Euro FL running a 60°C programe, I burnt my fingers. Unfortunately that is not the case anymore thanks to the fact that 60° with extended washtime is the standard for our energy label and I suspect just decreasing water levels must have reached possible limits a long time ago. So I think manufactures had to drop the temperature to get the desired A-rated label. When I touch the glass of my newer Miele or any other new machine it only feels like about 50°C but I don`t have a thermometer so I can only guess. I also wonder why there is a need for those new 60°C Hygiene programes If the standard programes really were the temperatures they pretend to be. Could someone with a thermometer please measure and post the results ? |
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Post# 251814 , Reply# 3   12/3/2007 at 13:31 (5,960 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 251838 , Reply# 6   12/3/2007 at 15:28 (5,960 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)   |   | |
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Rolls, Both the older hotpoints which i've had, & The newwave operated at 85degrees on whites 95. You could reset the newwave to 95 by going through the temperatures with the economy button back to 95! On the later hotpoint aquarius models the low energy models, washed at 10degrees less on every programme unless you pressed "heavy soil!" which made it wash at standard temperatures. Awesome machines! Darren |
Post# 251923 , Reply# 9   12/4/2007 at 07:11 (5,959 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany)   |   | |
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Perhaps "burn" is the wrong word but I think 60°C should be at least too hot to touch for a longer time. Can`t believe all vintage washers I know of had broken thermostats. For instance the new Miele W4446 WPS which is sold in the UK uses 1,02 kWh for a 6kg EN 60456 test programe (at 60°C) but it uses 1,40 kWh for a 6 kg 60°C "Cotton Hygiene" programe. Quite a difference, isnt`t it ? I doubt this is only due to the longer temperature holding time. But again I can only guess and suppose because I don`t have a thermometer to check. |