Thread Number: 74107
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
For those with a Kill-a-Watt Monitor |
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Post# 978907 , Reply# 2   1/18/2018 at 21:44 (2,283 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 979583 , Reply# 4   1/23/2018 at 13:43 (2,278 days old) by marky_mark (From Liverpool. Now living in Palm Springs and Dublin)   |   | |
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Hi Jeff, I don't know exactly how your particular meter works, but I too have a plug-in meter. With my meter, it doesn't display what I would describe as instantaneous consumption as such, but rather it updates its display every 5 seconds. This means that the display is displaying the average consumption over the last 5 seconds on my meter. So if the drum is rotating at the same speed during both wash and rinse, could it be that the pauses between tumbles are slightly greater during the wash? Or perhaps the tumbles are shorter during the wash? This could explain why the motor could potentially be using exactly the same amount of power to turn the drum during both wash and rinse, but the tumble patterns are very slightly different...? Just another thought.
My Miele W1 does engage the heater during the rinse on the QuickPowerWash (which will apparently be known on the US version as QuickIntenseWash). The heater on mine draws over 2000 Watts, so it's clear to see. My heater is either on or off, no in between. |
Post# 979922 , Reply# 5   1/25/2018 at 18:19 (2,276 days old) by jcturbot (Central MA)   |   | |
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Thanks marky_mark. Jeff |