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UK machines washing cycle times. The longest cycle on my current machine is 2 hours 30 minutes, on the eco 60°C cotton wash, or 3h 30' with the I would say almost escential, extra rinse (well 3h 35' with a prewash too). Not one I use much, because it's an old machine with a brushed universal...

There used to be a for "Colours" powder with oxi-bleach sold here, that had sodium carbonate peroxide in it, but no bleach activator. Can't remember the brand, but I remember double checking the listed ingredients, as I needed some without and was surprised. I had a service manual, which listed...

Incandescent I've a theory why he wants incandescent light bulbs back, perhaps he finds the higher amount of orange and red frequencies in their spectra make his orange makeup/bronzer look more natural. :o) There's a review of 4 brands of led bulb comparing their different spectra here...

There's some light spectrum graphs for different bulb technologies here:- https://neiloseman.com/know-your-lights-tungsten/ Cool white LEDs emit a lot of blue light, but warm white LEDs do not. I mostly have warm LED filament bulbs in my house, I prefer their light to incandescents, I think it...

Is sanitise a better cycle to use than tub clean? Looking at the instructions for the GE, the tub clean cycle uses a higher water level, although it doesn't mention if it runs at maximum temperature. I believe I've read that the cleaning cycles on at least some UK machines also rotate the drum a...

Here in the UK, the recommended temperature for hot water is 60°C (140°f), to reduce the risk of legionella, although it also should not reach 65°C, as that can quickly cause bad scolding. This dates back to us normally having hot water storage cylinders. These days, with most homes having...

bleach activator...why is it not in Oxi Clean I think Affresh washing machine cleaner doesn't contain TAED either, which I would have thought would be an even stronger candidate to include it. I believe 60°C plus is recommended for sodium percarbonate on its own, its performance tails off at...

#16 Here, TAED is used in some premium colour safe stain removers, notably some versions of Vanish: https://www.vanish.co.uk/products/stain-removers/oxi-action-stain-remover-powder/ The cheaper oxi-action bleaches have the sodium percarbonate, without the TAED. It is also used in some off the...

Doh! 122°f Here's a video, I've posted before about using TAED and oxygen bleach to prevent bacteria build up and smells with low temperature washing. I'm curious why American washing machines have "normal" warm" and "hot for temperatures and max, medium etc for spin speed, instead of...

reply #11 It's not solely cold washing, although I'm certain that would make the problem worse. A hot wash will dissolve and get rid of a lot of the detergent and softener residue and bacteria growing in it, but it takes maintaining 60°C or hotter for a few minutes to kill bacteria, without...

The smell is likely caused by bacteria growing in detergent and fabric softener residue that has built up on the outside of the drum and inside of the tub. Is she still regularly doing a hot cleaning cycle using Afresh? It ought to take care of it as it is primarily oxygen bleach. Adding oxygen...

dishwasher cycle length Commercial dishwashers take about 5 minutes or less, you have to manually rinse and scrub off any food residue as shown in the video above. 1 hour plus, wouldn't be much use in a commercial setting. In fact, I bought one for a pub once, and I think the cycle was even...

and who knows what's been inside the dishwashers.. That's reminded me of a TV documentary, that I caught a tiny bit of years ago. They were filming a posh horse obsessed mom and daughter, they had loaded their horse brasses into the top rack of their dishwasher amongst the breakfast dishes and...

Well, your link did pull up a commercial dishwasher fitted with a coin box for campsites, one place your concept might work on a very small scale. A coin operated dishwasher might also be useful facility at a marina that caters for small yachts and motor cruisers.

Where to keep the dirty plates and cookware... I know, you could have a large metal cabinet with a swing down door with seals to keep the odour in, and racks that slide out to load your dirty crockery and cookware in, that conveniently fits under the worktop to keep it out of the way, that you...

So, would you buy, say a week's worth of plates, saucepans and cutlery and the cupboards to store it all, and cart it all down to your dishomat despite the weight, or visit it every day, with a load that could still be somewhat heavy, and breakable. I'd suggest a change of strategy, rent out...

Mine's only got residual heat drying, and it doesn't even pop the door open at the end of the wash to vent the steam. I do miss the heated drying in my previous dishwasher, but with current electric prices here, I'd sooner be without. It was also a nuisance when a plastic item got blasted out of...

The latest Zanussi/ bottom of the range AEG (electrolux) machines sold here, have done away with the access flap on the front, although the reason for that is in the quest for cheapness, they have the pump directly attached to their sealed moulded tub. I gather the filter is, or is in the door...

I use cheap rinse aid in my Bosch, it's residual heat drying, so some items like plastic stuff that don't retain much heat, usually doesn't dry well without. It's got a built in softener unit being a UK model. The tap water hardness here is about 340mg/l (I think that's about about 19 grains...

I think many years ago Panasonic had a washing machine with a tilted drum in the UK, and the Dyson contraflow, contrarotator or whatever it was called did too, although less of a tilt.