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Thread Number: 3875
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Post# 92396 , Reply# 1 11/5/2005 at 16:11 (6,738 days old) by frigilux  (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 92397 , Reply# 2 11/5/2005 at 16:12 (6,738 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 92398 , Reply# 3 11/5/2005 at 16:13 (6,738 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 92426 , Reply# 4 11/5/2005 at 22:50 (6,738 days old) by washoholic (San Antonio, TX) | ||
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Post# 92429 , Reply# 6 11/5/2005 at 23:56 (6,738 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 92440 , Reply# 7 11/6/2005 at 02:24 (6,738 days old) by designgeek () | ||
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I don't have a washer with a sanitize cycle, so.... I just use bleach. But I'm not into chemicals:-) so I use it in moderation. | ||
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Post# 92530 , Reply# 8 11/6/2005 at 13:25 (6,737 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 92590 , Reply# 9 11/6/2005 at 22:27 (6,737 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 92595 , Reply# 10 11/6/2005 at 22:50 (6,737 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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I could look it up somewhere, but can somebody tell me what's the highest target temp reached on the Hettie, Duet, and Ensemble? My tankless maxes-out at 140°F, and I know that temp actually gets to the washer (not counting thermal absorption by the clothes and the machine's parts), because the washer's display reports 60°C (140°F) input temp in diagnostic mode. | ||
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Post# 92605 , Reply# 11 11/7/2005 at 00:11 (6,737 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 92648 , Reply# 12 11/7/2005 at 10:48 (6,736 days old) by designgeek () | ||
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Frigilux, thanks dude;-) | ||
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Post# 92924 , Reply# 13 11/8/2005 at 17:32 (6,735 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 92952 , Reply# 15 11/8/2005 at 20:34 (6,735 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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| Post# 93122 , Reply# 16 11/9/2005 at 20:58 (6,734 days old) by washoholic (San Antonio, TX) | ||
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Diagnostic Mode | ||
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Post# 93230 , Reply# 18 11/10/2005 at 12:26 (6,733 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Washaholic, Sorry, I don't have any details on diagnostic mode for Hetties/Duets/Ensembles. I vaguely recall someone, somewhere, provided a link to a copy of the tech sheet for one of those machines, but I don't recall if I downloaded/saved the file. Likely I did ... but I'd have to find it, and I have so much material saved that may take a while. There are several people here who have a Hettie or Duet, so I'm thinking the info may yet be brought forth by one of them. | ||
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Post# 93461 , Reply# 19 11/11/2005 at 19:32 (6,732 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Cybrvanr, the high temps with the Danby (200 degrees), you won't need bleach. The extra hot water does all the whitening as well and thoroughly cleaning the diapers. Westtexman loves the whites he does in his Danby, he sets it at the highest temp and OxyClean, as well as some exotic international detergents, which he loves to experiment with and play with.
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Post# 99642 , Reply# 20 12/23/2005 at 22:33 (6,690 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Has anyone measured the temp in a Duet/KA washer on the Whitest Whites mode? Is it possible that it defaults to 153, and that's why you can't "select" the Sanitize mode? I get great results with my Neptune 7500. For whites, I choose boosted hot water temp (130F), a 15 minute presoak, stain cycle, 34 minute extra heavy soil wash, cotton/sturdy tumble pattern, and an extra rinse(four rinses total). The stain cycle setting means the first rinse will be hot as well. The entire cycle takes about 109 minutes, about 59 minutes of that is presoak/wash. I boost Sears HE/oxygen bleach with 33% STPP. This results in brilliant, fresh smelling whites with virtually no residual staining. If the washer went up another 20 degrees, I'd use that higher temp, but I don't anticipate the results would get much better. "Sanitize" is more a marketing term than anything else. It will never sterilize anything - that would take temps of 250F or higher, under steam pressure, for at least 15 minutes. From my point of view, the main objective should always be to separate dirt from fabric, and doing that requires the correct water temp, tumbling pattern, detergent, and cycle time. Studies have shown that 120F plus detergent is more than enough to kill all dust mites. | ||
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