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Hey "bradfordwhite" while we're on environmentally friendly power sources, what's wrong with heating with renewable and sustainable wood in a modern efficient and clean-burning wood stove? Saves tons of money if you cut your own wood also. You may even be able to get wood stoves or furnaces...

Video Reviews For instance I've seen both a written review, and at least one video review by someone different for a particular washing machine model that complained about detergent not dissolving completely in the detergent dispenser. The problem was the dispenser was clearly marked for...

a variety of answers It's sad that's there's such a variety of answers that people get to pick and choose what they want to believe, or just accept the first thing they read as fact.

I know at least some washers come with a beaded strap, which is basically a reusable zip tie. (You can reuse zip ties, but generally they're cheap enough it's easier to just cut them off and use a new one. You may want to cut off the excess end of the tie wrap anyway.) They can be used to...

Nothing wrong with zip ties.

Three and five leg washers It seems ads are generally aimed towards the lowest IQ range of the target audience. You don't have to be real bright to have or use a washing machine. There may be people who see that ad and wonder if it will work on their machine, then the ad tells them it works...

Here's one thread about Midea from two to three years ago: https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?81572 All I know is that Midea is a huge Chinese company that makes many appliances under different names, including appliances made for and branded as US based companies...

My guess would be Midea.

bradfordwhite I see you have a sense of humor also, lol. You caught me, I actually was confused as to what a Princess phone was, I think it was actually the Model 500 which came out earlier than the Princess that I was thinking of. Thanks for straightening me out on that, though I think they...

Thanks Eddie I keep thinking that I should look into Tracfones or such. I know I'm not always real wise going up in the mountains to cut firewood and such without letting anyone know when and where I'm going. I should figure out how much coverage those things have around where I go. Thanks...

I guess the only thing about Ma Bell Princess phones is that they generally weren't that easy to just unplug each night to give them a rest.

Basic Cell Phone Just like you want washers and dryers with the old traditional mechanical controls, you want cell phones with the the old traditional rotary pulse dialers, like the Bell System Princess phones that came out in 1959. I think the Princess phones were extremely durable, I don't...

I think there is an argument to be made for unplugging for areas with frequent severe storms and/or unreliable electric grids, which seems to be coming more common in poorly run states. I believe it is better to have controlled shutdowns than frequent brownouts, dropouts, and outages. I do...

This variant is normal and will not harm any electronics. Regardless of what's normal, electronic components do degrade over time. There are reasons why, and things that accelerate that degradation. Respectfully, I don't think you understand what all those things are and what their full...

So the question is, does unplugging appliances help make electronic boards last longer, or is it detrimental, or does it make no difference. So far all I see to support the unplugging of electronics is that you're lazy and deserve to have them destroyed if you don't, and people tearing down...

Power Spikes True, nothing will protect against against direct lightning hits, however major appliances being turned on and off can cause instantaneous voltage variations on a household circuit. Brownouts can also be damaging to electronics, not just spikes. Not necessarily "spikes", but...

Unpluging Washers Might want to do a little research. I believed it was safer to unplug appliances with electronic control boards because I was afraid of power surges, even though I also had surge protectors. Then I read that constantly letting the capacitors drain and then recharging them by...

For what it's worth, if you look at the manual, you'll see that the Heavy Duty cycle on the TC5 has a 3 minute longer wash cycle than Permanent Press. I assume it's probably during agitation, but I'm not sure as it lists the fill/agitate/spin together (17min 30sec vs 14:30). I do miss the...

SQ Heavy Duty - Perm Press is equivalent to non-eco Normal Yes, but they have to play word games thanks to idiot regulations.

Slight correction to my last post, it's called "normal eco" (not "eco normal") at least on the TC5.