3.3 gallons total use? Eh, that's really pushing the limit.

That's just one of many fills in the Bitchenaid KDS-18 😁

This site has been beating the drums for a decade now. While gaslighting all the short comings. It was only a matter of time.

I hope an underground market opens up. Technically Amazon/ebay isn't liable for what it sells, you can buy just about anything illegal (like double end cords) no questions asked. People know, the sellers know and the concept is booming in revenue.

I'd gladly buy some brand new water guzzling appliances listed as "novelty" items. US made, in stock, and with a long warranty. 

This is your government, you have a voice and can use it to make your position (+ or -) known instantly.  There is a public meeting (you can tune in online) next week about the proposed new standards for washing machines.  In the public comment section you can submit and read letters, comments and questions from Industry and the public.  It's fascinating to see what technical questions the industry are asking, though many of these are clarification of terms and the like.  

While these are only proposed standards from the WH to the DOE, the scope and timelines can change dramatically as the process moves forward.  The final approval for standards is still some time away.

Youtube wouldn't be full of videos of top-loading washers full-to-the-brim of swirling water if there wasn't a way to easily bypass or defeat the stingy "Normal/Eco" cycles.  I had an LG top-load washer for a while and it was easy to trick the machine into using a full tub of water if I dumped a couple of quarts of water on the load before starting the machine.  Many washers offer options to change the parameters of how the machine performs outside the pre-selected settings assigned to the cycles in the controls.  Most dishwashers can be programmed for heavy-duty, power-scrub, etc. cycles that often add pre-washes and/or extra rinses, extra water heating beyond the default settings.  

Longevity of appliance useful life hasn't really changed all that much in all the years Consumer Reports has been surveying their subscribers and their advice for repair/replace decisions is similar to what it was in the 50's.  If you got 10 years of service from an automatic washer back then, you were above the average lifespan.  I know, all of our grandmothers had (insert brand) washer for 20+ years, completely trouble-free, but that is an extreme in the overall statistical modeling. 

All this talk about conserving water is good however...

The largest users of water are vegetation such lawns and agriculture.
That's upwards of where 70% of our fresh water goes.

And much of that water is lost after it's sprayed out
whereas most water flushed down our sanitary drains returns via a sewerage system and is recycled and can be re-used.

I think a lot of this energy saving stuff is rather foolish at this point. We've already eliminated the GE filter-flo type water hog washers, the 10-12 gallon per load dishwashers, the 4+ gallon per flush toilets, and the faucets that can drain a lake with a few hand washings.

What's being done with regard to agricultures tremendous water usage and WHY oh WHY is the LA river draining to the ocean?

"Bitchenaid"    LOL  

It will probably spell the end of top loading washers. Given the severe restrictions and garbage build quality on them now, it might not be such a bad idea to nuke them at this point.

Build quality on refrigerators had got to be at its lowest point in history, I'd hate to see what's in store for them next.

I'm curious what areas on dryers they are targeting for increased efficiency. 

Probably might try putting lower wattage elements in dryers along with putting a 20,000 or 18,000 btu burner orifice in. Thankfully the Maytag HOH dryers already meet these guidelines, especially the ones with the electronic dry control, 4800 watts, too.

 

 

Why though? Americans and Canadians are some of the only people in the world who have the privilege or drying 3.5 cu feet of laundry in under an hour. Why take it away?

I was pissed with the restrictions of 60 gallon hot water heaters at first

Is there a restriction on water heaters over 60 gallons? I just installed an 80 gallon in January.

www.hotwater.com/products...

Electronics by default determine how long a machine will last without repair:

www.xppower.com/resources...

Meaning if a circuit board is present, no large group of machines will be able to survive 30+ years. I challenge anyone to discover all the bloated or leaking capacitors within junked appliances.

Energy efficiency at least in part put electronics in machines due to the immense amount of logic and control required to achieve reasonable results with less water and energy.

If the Frigimores, Calypsos, Neptunes, Harmonies, FL Speed Queens, and really any other HE washer had been built purely EM a whole lot of premature failures would have been spared. A Front load spinning at 640 rpm is still more efficient than an equivalent top load washer. A Whirlpool power clean module while using slightly more energy with only 4.8 gallons of water (W-P-R) can handle real world soils much more realistically than a fitter that needs to be cleaned manually. Factor in a motor that doesn't have brushes to wear you're looking at less carbon to build and dispose of in the long term.  Nothing to fail, nothing break, all while preserving resources.

Here is an example at 1:45 >>>