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My parents had a Hotpoint Microtronic X2000, plus the stacked dryer to go with it. It was primitive by today's standards, but in 1981 it was "fancy", the only microprocessor based washing machine in the store (also the most expensive!), it was all push button controls, had a LED display and no...

I saw an item on a TV programme some years ago where they were working on an idea for a "smart" washing machine. They were predicting that due to high levels of theft from clothing stores, most clothing would eventually have rfid tags sewn into the hem and were trying to come up with a system...

If you are going to make a washing machine with an automatic bulk detergent dispenser in it which is increasingly popular, it makes sense to make it detect how bigger load is in it and have a sensor to monitor the dirt in the water so that it can adjust the amount of detergent and water used. I...

There will be AI in most appliances before long. Does anyone want any toast?

I've never used Calgon despite having very hard water, but I'd disagree the Which? findings quoted in that Guardian article (reply#15), that limescale build up is insufficient to cause failure. The original element in my current machine failed after just over two years, the replacement failed...

I've also had problems with tablets not dissolving, it was caused on mine by the sliding flap catching on the edge of the tablet so it only part opened. I'm now much more careful how I position the tablet in the dispenser, mine slides horizontally though so I just have to angle down the...

gas dryers in UK I'm not sure that the gas dryers that were sold here would have been significantly faster than our all-electric vented ones and I doubt it would have helped sales anyway. Looking up the specs of a 7kg load capacity gas one, which I think was as big as they ever got, it had a...

Line drying What put me off line drying was birds splattering the washing, it just got a bit too common. I think somebody living nearby had been attracting the seagulls by putting out food for them, and we also had a colony of sparrows roosting in our trees. That and sheer laziness.

Why no gas dryers in the UK Gas dryers never caught on here in the UK. There were very few models ever on the market, maybe as few as 3 and I think that rapidly went down to just one (made by White Knight, if I recall correctly), most appliance stores didn't carry gas dryers. They were much...

My Bosch dishwasher's dispenser fills with water during the pre-rinse, it's designed that way to pre-dissolve the dishwasher powder/detergent, but it is not supposed to leak out. Our previous dishwasher, a hotpoint(UK) branded Bosch from the late 80's or early 90s worked the same way.

If it was mine, I would check if there is anything sharp caught in the door seal. I guess worst case could be a broken spider arm.

Well pods certainly weren't the solution to Amazon handling problems. Finish dishwasher pods were on offer on Amazon.co.uk a while back (4 x 100 @ £40), and there were lots of complaints with pictures of bags of mush where the pods had burst and oozed out into the outer bag and some, where that...

I can't stand detergent residue left in my clothing, it's uncomfortable and brings me out in rashes when I sweat. I've always used the extra rinses button on every washing machine, I've owned or used since reducing water usage and the extra rinses button became a thing in the UK, otherwise they...

PVA There's a US study here https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8199957/ that I think might be the one mentioned in the seaweed pods I posted a link to, it claims: "Literature review data, when incorporated into our model, resulted in ~61% of PVA ending up in the environment via the...

Re-Enable Context Menu If you want to save an image on a website that deliberately disables the standard context menu, which doesn't seem to be the case on this site, one method is to use a bookmarklet (j a v a s c r i p t bookmark) to re-enable it. To create a bookmarklet, create a...

I'll stick with powder for as long as it is still available, but here's a niche alternative to PVA pods: https://thedieline.com/blog/2023/8/9/laundry-pods-leach-microplastics-notpla-and-mack-want-to-change-that

Green could be mistaken for an earth. I preferred the UK's old red is phase, and black is neutral colour scheme to our current brown and blue standard. I've also found the new 3 core (brown, black, grey and earth) used for 2 way light switches quite hard to distinguish when the cable was a bit...

spare parts Oh, I forgot, you need to use this link and accept cookies, or you just get access denied. https://www4.miele.de/msd?vg=VG-GB&country=GB&language=en

You can check the spare parts catalogue to see if a model you are interested in has a plastic tub. https://www4.miele.de/msd/MSD#/start wwd020 is plastic 8kg https://www.miele.co.uk/product/11810620/w1-washing-machine-wwd020-wcs-8kg-lotus-white...

I noticed in that review I posted, he was a little bit naughty plugging in both washing machines in the same extension lead and he didn't even uncoil it. Must have been over 4,000 watts at peak while both elements were going, probably a bit lucky it didn't trip the thermal cut out built into the...