Bio Programes - Enzyme Phase
Very nice machine ! I like the way it spins beween rinses, I`m sure it also handels very large loads perfectly without any suds locks. In my opinion 3 rinses 1/3 up the door coupled with fast interm spins is the key to perfect rinsing without wasting too much water.
Not having a Variomatic spin for the last spin is actually a benefit in my opinion. Some 70s to early 80s Mieles took ages to perform a final spin and there was no option to switch it off.
I`m a bit surprised to see an E button on a washer produced in 1981. Thought it did not become common before the mid 80s.
Lots of washers advertised in the 1970s to have special BIO programes to get the best out of the new detergents.
IIRC the only difference between a BIO and a non BIO progame was the temperature of the prewash. BIO usually meant a 60° prewash instead of 30°or 40°.
The Enzyme Phase was something completely different. This meant to keep the mainwash temperature for a while on 40° and then heat up to whatever is selected. I think Louis is correct it was a Bauknecht thing and is now also known as a "profile wash". I estimate it was introduced in the late 80s or early 90s. I wonder how many of today machines still use it, at least my Miele doesn`t.
The E buttons usually just extended the wash times some also lowered the temperature automatically if there was no seperate thermostate.
Very nice machine ! I like the way it spins beween rinses, I`m sure it also handels very large loads perfectly without any suds locks. In my opinion 3 rinses 1/3 up the door coupled with fast interm spins is the key to perfect rinsing without wasting too much water.
Not having a Variomatic spin for the last spin is actually a benefit in my opinion. Some 70s to early 80s Mieles took ages to perform a final spin and there was no option to switch it off.
I`m a bit surprised to see an E button on a washer produced in 1981. Thought it did not become common before the mid 80s.
Lots of washers advertised in the 1970s to have special BIO programes to get the best out of the new detergents.
IIRC the only difference between a BIO and a non BIO progame was the temperature of the prewash. BIO usually meant a 60° prewash instead of 30°or 40°.
The Enzyme Phase was something completely different. This meant to keep the mainwash temperature for a while on 40° and then heat up to whatever is selected. I think Louis is correct it was a Bauknecht thing and is now also known as a "profile wash". I estimate it was introduced in the late 80s or early 90s. I wonder how many of today machines still use it, at least my Miele doesn`t.
The E buttons usually just extended the wash times some also lowered the temperature automatically if there was no seperate thermostate.
