Recent content by henene4

Surprisingly, the UK had some US style dryers on the market over time. At 13A and 240V you'd get 3kW of hetaing power on those. Combined with the pretty much standard 1400rpm spin speed, dry times wouldn't be to ridiculous in that set-up. Still probably about 75min drying times, or something...

With T-Shirts, I give them a stretch before loading. With everything else, most is detangeling. And if I got stuff in my hands already, might as well shake it.

Most testing is somewhat removed from reality. You gotta define some parameters that are standardized - what ever you choose, you'll be off in some way. 60F is 15C I think? Honestly don't know what EU start parameters are set to, but it's either 15C or 20C/68F. I think fridge testing in the US...

It's a DOE document - just something more general about the procedures and topics regarding them: https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/articles/rcw-tp-rfi

Keep in mind that this can vary WILDLY from model year to model year. Heck, before WiFi-connectivity, you could get different behaviour from the same type of machine depending on software revision that was in production at the very day your machine was produced. But warmer temps on shorter...

Because somebody mentioned LG, I checked their website and found this: https://www.lg.com/us/washers-dryers/lg-dlhc4002w-electric-dryer Appears to be the same dryer with a different control system - base functionality is the same. Personally wasn't a fan of the higher end UI by LG, and this...

Here in the EU, there is just nothing like towels from an old school condenser dryer. High heat, high steam just makes them puffy soft like nothing else. I think someone reported something similar about the Frigidaire Filtrator dryers. @mrb627 The biggest thing against that pair IMO would be...

Found it! Not the actual documentation, but documentation calling back to it. The default must be used except for those mentioned. Soil level isn't one - thus that's the factor you can change to get out of "Eco" mode.

That just can't be true. Show me one LG model that has any cycle where all parameters are fixed - there are none. That wasn't even true back in the day with timer machines - you could always change parameters. But you are correct - label cycles are only good for labels. That's true across...

US energy rating regulations basically boil down to "Normal cycle as they come preset". I still find it highly interesting very few people in the US know that in washer circles - here in the EU, it's been pretty much instantaneous knowledge after the Eco-rating cycle really became a thing in the...

I did some quick research, and both me and my typical AI assistants are not capable to find a specific phrasing that would require manufacturers in the EU to provide cycle counters. I am somewhat certain to have read that it is actually a requirement - either operating hour or cycle counters...

I believe it is as part of some right to repair / eco design legislation. I think it's from the same piece of legislation that requires manufacturers to have certain parts available for 7 or 10 years, depending on which parts and what product. Even some very cheap manufacturers where very quick...

In the EU, generally, anything that doesn't require heating in most cases would be considered cold. 30C/86F would be low temp, but generally needs heating as it is above room temp. So wouldn't call that cold. 20C/68F could be considered cold IMO as under common circumstances that would be...

Refurbished might mean a return. Whirlpool does do direct B2C now, and you can't really sell an opened return on a big appliance without checking it.

Given I've never seen that particular design language on WP TLs and such, I guess these are brand new? It's really not uncommon for parts availability to lag a bit behind release dates, regardless of brand. Can take up to a few months to get full availability.