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Thread Number: 26588
New Restrictions Kick in 2013...get your TL now! |
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| Post# 408102 1/21/2010 at 15:21 (5,206 days old) by danmantn (Tennessee) | ||
OK, so the government in it's infinite wisdom is going to save me $50 a year and charge me $214.00 to do so. OMG. TLs will reduce to 28.05 gallons (my SQ is 3.3cu ft @ 31 gallons now - down from 36 from previous years). I had to increase the water lever (thank god I could) in order to do anything other than a traditional "medium" load. See link for specifics...section "C". Although this document states 'commercial' machines, Consumer Reports stated 'consumer' in a subcriber-only report. CLICK HERE TO GO TO danmantn's LINK | ||
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Post# 408158 , Reply# 1 1/21/2010 at 18:40 (5,206 days old) by supersuds  (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
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| Post# 408182 , Reply# 2 1/21/2010 at 19:25 (5,206 days old) by danmantn (Tennessee) | ||
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| Post# 408281 , Reply# 4 1/22/2010 at 04:30 (5,206 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
Rex....
...Stay tuned, for they will probably target: - Shower roses/heads - Dishwashers (if they havn't already) - Toilets (I think they have done already?) - Taps - 'pearlator' taps are required here...basically they give the feel of 'full' water but the stream contains a lot of air...sinks take forever to fill next......... ....and then you can have the joys of water restrictions that we have had for the last 5yrs... We can't: - water lawns except with 'grey' (think washing machine water) or rain tank water. - can only water garden beds, including vegetables, on and 'odds and evens' house number basis depending on the date - can only do this early morning or after 7pm - watering MUST be done by hand-held hose with a trigger spray. No set sprinklers or in-ground systems to be used - no hosing of driveways unless there is a health hazard (and no, leaves and dirt don't count) - no washing of windows with mains water unless recycled (see 'grey' above) - no filling or topping up of pools without a permit - no washing of cars with a hose...including rinsing unless you use 'grey' water - no allowing water to 'pool' or run-off when watering - no filling of bird-baths or fish ponds And I live in the National Capital..... Be thankfull that you can still pretty much use as much water as you want....many of us can't. Though, to make you a tad jealous, there are currently NO restrictions on water usage for washing machines....Our government(s) has tended to go with the carrot of 'have some rebate money for you efficient machine' rather than the 'no, you can't use that much water' route of legislation... It's working. More and more people are switching to front-load or HE top load machines because of the financial incentives... | ||
| Post# 408307 , Reply# 6 1/22/2010 at 08:02 (5,205 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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I'm grateful...
....that we have 240v power and all our frontload machines come with a heater.... In the not too distant past you could get Australian made top loaders with heaters too.... ...and the vast majority of front load machines are cold connect only...which gives enzymes every step they need to work efficiently... Now, as for rinsing, Choice has found too that some of both front and top load machines don't rinse brilliantly, but in domestic use, some of that can be put down to detergent choice and correct or incorrect dosage based on load and soil level. Still, holding onto something because it works is a good thing to do.... | ||
| Post# 408603 , Reply# 7 1/23/2010 at 06:23 (5,204 days old) by twinniefan (Sydney Australia) | ||
Twin tub comeback perhaps?
Chris, I wonder with water restrictions etc etc, if there would ever be a move back to twin tubs,(I hope so!!!),after all you can always save water with them by spinning your wash water back into the washtub for the next load and use your rinse water in the spinner for the same thing, I wonder if Electrolux and other manufacturers would ever consider returning to mass production of t.t.'s. As far as I am aware there is about 3 on the market the Haier 6kg (which is what I have.),a Belair 6kg (made by Lemiar I think.),and a Daewoo 4kg, I have heard that Daewoo may be or have already released a 7kg t.t. but am not too sure if it is true or not. | ||
| Post# 408606 , Reply# 8 1/23/2010 at 06:33 (5,204 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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You may have a point there...particularly with inland areas tha are even harder hit than we are....I mean Goulburn nearly ran out of water and they were trucking it in at one point (for others, Goulburn is 60miles away from me) They could bring back the suds saver...and even use one for front loaders if they wanted to using the 1st or 2nd rinse water... | ||
| Post# 408609 , Reply# 9 1/23/2010 at 07:07 (5,204 days old) by magic clean () | ||
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For your everyday domestic machines, the new US Federal regulations administered by the Department of Energy that are associated with them; go into effect in January 2011. | ||
| Post# 408643 , Reply# 11 1/23/2010 at 09:35 (5,204 days old) by danmantn (Tennessee) | ||
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