Recent content by johnmk

These washing machines are very water efficient. Just enough water to fully saturate the clothing and give the detergent something to dissolve into. IMO, the default water levels are not too much, not too little. Goldilocks.

1000 watts . . . that's the same power as the internal water heater in my Keurig coffee maker. And that takes a couple minutes to reach boiling, heating just a smidgen of water. How I envy Europeans with their 240v utopia!

We see how gradual (borderline ineffective) the internal water heater is, at 1000 watts. Any residual heat in the coil is massively overwhelmed by the fact that any 120v clothes washer internal heater is next to useless as is: 1 degree F per minute that it's on. And that's while it's ON! I see...

Speed Wash(Hot) / Heavy Soil / Turbo Wash. Internal heater stopped heating right at the moment the drain pump engaged -- temperature at that time was 98 Fahrenheit. At no other point have I ever seen the internal heater kick in, so only wash, never rinse cycles. I forgot to measure the initial...

I'll try that presently, Mickey. Just about to do a smallish load of colors -- I'll add an extra rinse and wash at peak soil level.

Hi Mickey (I hope you don't mind me calling you that?), I believe the internal heater goes off the moment it starts draining the Wash water. Quite sure I've actually observed that during Speed Wash, and it's also true of ever other cycle. There is no warm rinse in these machines unless tinkered...

I wonder if the ColdWash cycle is too hard on fabric and wear & tear on the machine? This might be excessive conservatism but I avoid it, though must admit it really is cool to watch the few times I've tried it myself. I do have an extended warranty on mine so I might as well use it but I still...

With regard to Allergiene, yes it fills and then tumbles, maybe slower than usual or maybe not, until it reaches the targeted temperature and then the turbojets activate and normal agitation ensues for however long the wash cycle is. That's my impression anyway. Other cycles with "steam" I can't...

Thank you for the upgrade, very generous! :-) I'm sure we'll continue contributing to each other's progress in finding the ins & outs of these modern LG clothes washers.

I could be wrong about Total Care being discontinued. Thought I read it somewhere but a few seconds on Google turned up nothing. Agree with you about Gain, it's much too strong. In very small amounts though I don't mind it. It's the sheer quantity of it that bothers me.

I add the LCB in the correct place, no problem there. It just seemed like it introduced it into the wash phase. I'm not convinced these machines really do push "steam" through the clothes when using a steam-oriented cycle. I think it's just activating the internal water heater to bring the...

I did add LCD to the proper area in the inner-left area of the pull-out dispenser, and it seems like it dispensed most of it right away. I thought it was supposed to introduce the LCB into the rinse cycle?

I just started a Sanitary cycle, and it does show an LG estimated time of 1:24 instead of about 1:30 for Allergiene. I'll give it a try. I like that it gives more options than Allergiene, i.e., I can adjust soil level. I bet I could even add a pre-wash, if I felt so-inclined, but I didn't try that.

By the way, I ordered and installed this: https://customer.honeywell.com/en-US/Pages/Product.aspx?cat=HonECC%20Catalog&pid=AM100C1070-UT-1/U I have it feeding my cold water inlet to my clothes washer, and it's set to 65F, which is outside of spec for the thermostatic mixing valve but appears...

Allergiene usually goes about 90 minutes at least in LG's clock. You're suggesting Sanitary is appreciably shorter? I wonder if it -- very sanely -- skips with any cold water fill. Allergiene calls for a significant portion of cold water, mixes in some hot water (maybe 50/50? I could be off)...