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Thread Number: 90584
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Water usage for Speed Queen FL? |
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Post# 1151121 , Reply# 2 6/14/2022 at 18:33 (674 days old) by Launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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For most H-axis washers lower level would be for "cotton/linen" or "Normal" (whatever that may be) wash cycle for natural fabrics that do not require gentle or otherwise special care.
So figure wash cycle in such instances would use about half of water used in rinses. This makes sense and for H-axis washers it's about forcing concentrated detergent/water mix through fabric. Too much water and things float about which imped cleaning action. Rinsing OTOH is all about dilution so you want higher water levels. My older Miele for 11lbs of "cottons/linens" wash uses about five gallons of water, and ten for each rinse cycle thereabouts. SQ washers hold 18lbs IIRC, so about 13-14 gallons for rinse, but half that for washing seems about right. H-axis washers can get by with lower water levels for both washing and rinsing if a recirculation pump system is used. This post was last edited 06/14/2022 at 20:29 | ||
| Post# 1151126 , Reply# 3 6/14/2022 at 19:01 (674 days old) by kenc (SF Bay Area) | ||
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Thank you both. Hmm, interesting. Strange how they make it hard to find, but yet the same data for the Top loader is available online. I think the FL has at minimum two rinse cycles - it can be extended to five. It's hard to believe that 13.68 gallons is used over one wash and two rinse? | ||
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Post# 1151127 , Reply# 4 6/14/2022 at 19:58 (674 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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SQ FL Water Usage Is between 12 and almost 20 gallons if you use all 5 rinses.
SQ FL machines are rated at 22 pounds, they wash almost 50% more than their TL machines.
Modern FL machines generally use only around 1/3 of the total water that conventual TL machines use and less than 1/4 the hot water and about 1/3 rd of the electricity, all while washing a bigger load and spinning it much drier.
John L. | ||
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Post# 1151152 , Reply# 7 6/14/2022 at 22:43 (674 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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8 Pound Loads | ||
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Post# 1151161 , Reply# 8 6/15/2022 at 00:09 (674 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1151176 , Reply# 9 6/15/2022 at 03:49 (674 days old) by Logixx (Germany) |
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Post# 1151288 , Reply# 12 6/16/2022 at 01:49 (673 days old) by Logixx (Germany) |
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In Europe, LG tout their 4.5 cu.ft. washer as having a 37.5 lbs. capacity. The Normal (using the default most efficient settings) uses 17 gallons for that amount of clothes. Certainly due to it's spray rinsing.
Back in the day, when reviewed.com would still publish data, they came with these values for the previous generation. They didn't say how much clothes they were washing, though. I suppose the standard 8 lbs. load.
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