The only fly in that ointment is that the water coming into a cool (room temperature) drum is greatly cooled by the cold metal so you are in a similar situation like where a KA dw spent time and energy heating water to throw against cold dishware. Increasing the incoming water temp much above 140 might harm the water valve. While I regret that my SQ fl does not have a heater, I find that I can get around that by running hot water to the sink, a gallon or so, allowing the empty machine to fill with 140-145F water from the tap and letting it tumble for 3-5 minutes before stopping it and letting it drain. I load it and restart it with hot water, again purged until it runs at 140F, and get a good hot (140F as measured with one of those infrared trigger thermometers) wash for white towels. Alternately, you could settle for lower wash temps with a point of use heater and use chlorine bleach for whitening and disinfecting.
I have only cold water source - any washers which have internal heaters?
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jerrod6
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For cold fill what about a W1?
I have a Miele W1 washer. It is 110V but it will heat the water up to 170F for sanitize, up into the 180s for the clean machine cycle, and most cotton cycles will heat to 140F. Not so on the Normal cycle since it is the one that is used for Energy Star ratings but all the rest will heat to what you select. It is small compared to many washers as it will only hold 17 pounds fully loaded, but I have no trouble washing a queen comforter with room to spare, so a king might fit, but how many loads are a large comforter?
You also get the option of having 3 rinses as default on many cycles and adding an extra rinse gives you 4. If you have allergies to detergent, you can select the max rinse setting which raises the water level in all rinses to 1/4 way up into the door. I love this because I have had problems with detergent rashes.
Most models have the softsteam feature which is used after the cycle is complete. For this, the washer uses steam and a lot of it, to smooth out wrinkles before you put them into the dryer.
For the prewash, it starts with a cold fill and heats the water to warm, but for the wash it will heat to whatever temperature you have selected. You can opt to use a cold fill only if you want or that's all you have.
I would check the availability of service before getting one but if you are close to a service center it is worth consideration.
I have a Miele W1 washer. It is 110V but it will heat the water up to 170F for sanitize, up into the 180s for the clean machine cycle, and most cotton cycles will heat to 140F. Not so on the Normal cycle since it is the one that is used for Energy Star ratings but all the rest will heat to what you select. It is small compared to many washers as it will only hold 17 pounds fully loaded, but I have no trouble washing a queen comforter with room to spare, so a king might fit, but how many loads are a large comforter?
You also get the option of having 3 rinses as default on many cycles and adding an extra rinse gives you 4. If you have allergies to detergent, you can select the max rinse setting which raises the water level in all rinses to 1/4 way up into the door. I love this because I have had problems with detergent rashes.
Most models have the softsteam feature which is used after the cycle is complete. For this, the washer uses steam and a lot of it, to smooth out wrinkles before you put them into the dryer.
For the prewash, it starts with a cold fill and heats the water to warm, but for the wash it will heat to whatever temperature you have selected. You can opt to use a cold fill only if you want or that's all you have.
I would check the availability of service before getting one but if you are close to a service center it is worth consideration.
jerrod6
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Correction
The washer is 120V.
The washer is 120V.
