Self-Cleaning vs. Manual Filters
I don't think I've ever owned one of the "true" self-cleaning KM/WP machines, although my mother owned several. My own objection to those machines is what they dump into the sewer line. When I washed the test load the other afternoon and collected the two fur-balls out of the filter pan I was pleased to know that not only could I remove that stuff from the water and the clothes, but also to know that those wads didn't get flushed into my sewer lines. Maybe with reasonably-new construction that wouldn't be a concern, but for a 50-year-old-plus house with the original cast iron sewer lines, I'd prefer to keep the fur and lint out of the lines.
lawrence
I don't think I've ever owned one of the "true" self-cleaning KM/WP machines, although my mother owned several. My own objection to those machines is what they dump into the sewer line. When I washed the test load the other afternoon and collected the two fur-balls out of the filter pan I was pleased to know that not only could I remove that stuff from the water and the clothes, but also to know that those wads didn't get flushed into my sewer lines. Maybe with reasonably-new construction that wouldn't be a concern, but for a 50-year-old-plus house with the original cast iron sewer lines, I'd prefer to keep the fur and lint out of the lines.
lawrence
