FunGuy, the Calypso, Catalyst, and Resource Saver are three different machines. The Resource Saver was introduced in 1996 and ran a standard agitator-action wash, but did a series of spin-spray rinses. Quoted from the service supplement:<blockquote>The Resource Saver Spray Rinse washer is designed to successfully wash clothes with approximately 35% to 47% less water by using a series of "spray rinses" rather than a "deep rinse" with commonly used in other conventional washers.
As water is sprayed on the spinning clothes, they become saturated. The rinse water is then extracted from the spinning clothes and diverted from the basket where it is recirculated and once again, sprayed back on the spinning clothes. Each spray rinse cycle recirculates the rinse water for thirty seconds, after which the detergent laden water is drained from the basket. This occurs six times. Each spray rinse cycle uses approximately one (1) to two (2) gallons of water.
In addition, these models are equipped with an Automatic Temperature Control system to minimize the amount of hot water used throughout the wash and rinse cycles.
The spray rinse cycle is accomplished through the use of a unique recirculating system, dual vacuum break, a diverter valve, a second pressure switch and an extra pressure dome mounted to the inside back panel of the washer.</blockquote>It had three timer cycles -- Normal wash (which includes the spray rinse sequences), a Soak/Pre-wash cycle which ended with a spin but no rinse, and a separate Rinse & Spin cycle that did a traditional deep-fill rinse or could be used for spin-only.
