SANITIZING CYCLES??

[askomiele]

Some models has them, those sanitizing cycles. We, in europe, using them to get whites white without bleach. But are you using them as wel.

I remember my mother tought me how to do a good whites cycle. You had to select a pre-wash, longest mainwash and a near boiling temperature. But only the asko and miele are reaching those temperature. And to be a bit ecomic, we did it always over night. No waiting, no high electricity costs

 

[frigilux]

I use bleach. I'm into chemicals.

 

[frigilux]

I use bleach. I'm into chemicals.

 

[frigilux]

Wow. That must have been a post from the Department of Redundancy Department.

 

[washoholic]

Bleach eats your clothes and causes dry rotting over time. I use my Danby front loader with a cold pre-wash and a 200 degree wash with an extra rinse and the water plus button pushed (it raises the water level).

Jeff

 

[frontloadfan]

Whitest White Does Not Use the Sanitiaze Temp

I have a duet clone (Kitchenaid). I just wanted to point out that when you select the whitest white cycle, you do not get the Sanitize temp. In fact, you are not even allowed to select that super hot temp. It is something I have been curious about as I had always heard that the hotter (near boiling) the water, the better for getting whites white. It is interesting that the Whitest White cycle does not allow the use of the hottest temp.

 

[frigilux]

I just use bleach. I'm into chemicals.

 

[Designgeek]

I don't have a washer with a sanitize cycle, so....

I just use bleach. But I'm not into chemicals so I use it in moderation.

 

[appnut]

I'm pretty sure I'd use the sanitary cycle more than the Whitest Whites cycle. It's a shame WP didn't set the set temp to 140 instead of 127-130 for the WW cycle.

 

[frigilux]

designgeek, you're the coolest man I don't know.

 

[DADoES]

I could look it up somewhere, but can somebody tell me what's the highest target temp reached on the Hettie, Duet, and Ensemble?

My tankless maxes-out at 140°F, and I know that temp actually gets to the washer (not counting thermal absorption by the clothes and the machine's parts), because the washer's display reports 60°C (140°F) input temp in diagnostic mode.

 

[appnut]

Glenn, Sanitary cycle is 153 degrees, according to literature. Not sure how much below that set temp it actually gets to though, or if it actually reaches it, since it's not a delayed heat.

 

[Designgeek]

Frigilux, thanks dude;-)

 

[appnut]

I agree frigilux, designgeek has to be. I mean, with a name like georgio, ya gotta be cool & hot.

 

[lavamat_jon]

Well, this may seem cynical, but I really don't believe in being too sanitary in terms of laundry. Now, I do run all bedlinen and towels through a high temperature 60 or 75*C wash, to get rid of dustmites, however with everything else I just wash at 40 or 50*C anyway. My belief is that the laundry is only sanitary until the first rinse water enters the tub!

Whites do fine on a 50*C wash, with a prewash, done in 1.30 or less in the Miele. Quicker, and more energy efficient too, and still have blindingly white whites .

Jon

 

[launderess]

True, true.

Unless laundering items from the sick room or perhaps grossly soiled in some way, normal "hot" water washes are fine. Front loading washers can take ages as it tis, who has time for 2 hour boil washes these days?

Launderess

 

[washoholic]

Diagnostic Mode

Hey Glenn, you can enter the diagnostic mode of the Maytag Neptune by pushing and holding the “help” button and then the “back” button at the same time for 5 seconds, but how do you enter the diagnostic mode on the Hettie, Duet, and Ensemble?

 

[Cybrvanr]

My Danby FL will get quite hot, but I don't have very many whites...just a few socks, and a few tank top style undershirts. I do try to wash my sheets and the occasional pair of underwear though in water that's at least 140F. Nothing like fresh sheets when I go to bed!

I imagine this will change when I eventually have children, and the never-ending stream of diapers starts up. Getting those clean and sanitized will require the hottest temp's and plenty of bleach!

 

[DADoES]

Washaholic,

Sorry, I don't have any details on diagnostic mode for Hetties/Duets/Ensembles. I vaguely recall someone, somewhere, provided a link to a copy of the tech sheet for one of those machines, but I don't recall if I downloaded/saved the file. Likely I did ... but I'd have to find it, and I have so much material saved that may take a while.

There are several people here who have a Hettie or Duet, so I'm thinking the info may yet be brought forth by one of them.