launderess
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Load Sensing
Am here to say that my Miele w1070 yes, will sense the load in that it will keep water levels at certain preset. That is about five US gallons for "normal" cottons and permanent press, and ten for rinses. However as to using less water automatically for smaller loads, no it does not do that at all.
Pressing the "half load" button will cause the rinses in "normal/PP" to use less water (the default wash level IIRC), but does not affect the main fill for the wash.
One knows this because tested the thing several times when unit was first purchased. Easy method was to allow the machine to fill on a normal "cottons" cycle but with a full load and the "Half Load" button pressed. If the unit did take on less water trust me this machine lets you know when it is unhappy. In particular the pump when air is being sent down. Not a bit of it; washer filled as normal and carried on.
The other test would be to release the "Half Load" button which would cause the machine to fill to full level, again not a bit of it. However if one does this during a rinse cycle the machine will stop and top off the drum with another five or whatever gallons of water.
Of course the Lavamat and Miele are two different beasts from different ages. The Miele simply starts to fill with whatever water level a cycle calls for (again absent modification by the HL button. OTOH Lavamat starts each wash new wash cycle by first tumbling drum with wash but no water, then sending down a small amount of water. Only after this "test" does the machine begin to fill for the wash. Lavamat knows how much laundry it has to cope with and gives water levels based upon that information. It will stop and top off the tub if water is absorbed by the wash causing the level to drop, but unlike the Miele it can adjust water usage to match load size.
Like the Miele however one is advised to load the tub differently for silks, delicates, woolens, easy irons and fashion fabrics. For cottons and "easy care" the cycle choice is the same but the machine can "tell" what it's got and is programmed to vary the cycle accordingly.
Am here to say that my Miele w1070 yes, will sense the load in that it will keep water levels at certain preset. That is about five US gallons for "normal" cottons and permanent press, and ten for rinses. However as to using less water automatically for smaller loads, no it does not do that at all.
Pressing the "half load" button will cause the rinses in "normal/PP" to use less water (the default wash level IIRC), but does not affect the main fill for the wash.
One knows this because tested the thing several times when unit was first purchased. Easy method was to allow the machine to fill on a normal "cottons" cycle but with a full load and the "Half Load" button pressed. If the unit did take on less water trust me this machine lets you know when it is unhappy. In particular the pump when air is being sent down. Not a bit of it; washer filled as normal and carried on.
The other test would be to release the "Half Load" button which would cause the machine to fill to full level, again not a bit of it. However if one does this during a rinse cycle the machine will stop and top off the drum with another five or whatever gallons of water.
Of course the Lavamat and Miele are two different beasts from different ages. The Miele simply starts to fill with whatever water level a cycle calls for (again absent modification by the HL button. OTOH Lavamat starts each wash new wash cycle by first tumbling drum with wash but no water, then sending down a small amount of water. Only after this "test" does the machine begin to fill for the wash. Lavamat knows how much laundry it has to cope with and gives water levels based upon that information. It will stop and top off the tub if water is absorbed by the wash causing the level to drop, but unlike the Miele it can adjust water usage to match load size.
Like the Miele however one is advised to load the tub differently for silks, delicates, woolens, easy irons and fashion fabrics. For cottons and "easy care" the cycle choice is the same but the machine can "tell" what it's got and is programmed to vary the cycle accordingly.