Water Heating in washers

[aldspinboy]

Martin i have to say that my best machine so far is my ASKO.
It has lots of flexibility for sure on temps & spin speeds.
As you know all washers have there own personalities, weaknesses, & strengths.
ALL OF THEM LOL.
So i like the temps on this machine period.
COLD WATER FEAD. And a true horizontal wash basket.
Tap cold. 85, 95, 105, 115, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 165, 175, 185, 195, 205.Fahrenheit.
I really don't go that high unless really really heavily soiled on 205f like my nephew gym socks they where bad and surprisingly the came out pretty white.
It will take about and hour to heat at that temp...And on super quick wash at 140 is 35 min 20 mins heat time two rinses and a quick spin at 800 rpm.
Because of the 220 line and a 2400 watt element gets things heated up fast.
If i put more water in then it well be a little longer but i use all the temps.
Spin speeds are...600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600.RPM.
Love that 1600 rpm for T-shirts, jeans, towels, clothes are out the dryer in 15 to 20 min.
They say that between 165 to 175 is a good sanitary temp.
I like the seven rinses if selected ...5 when on normal and when at extra high temps it will temper the water in the middle of the wash and cool it down and reduce the wash rhythm.
Pressing Pre-wash gives a nice high water level.
I hope this helps, talk to you later my friend.

Darren k.

 

[boschman]

The idea of boil washes or super hot washes has always been to remove stains-NOT for the purpose of "sanitizing" the clothes.
The idea of sanitizing is more for the purpose of soothing the paranoia that Amercian Corporations like to scare into us.
As for some of the questions and answers on here, the North American LARGE capacity Miele's only heat the water to 150-153F, but their smaller European imports from Germany do heat the water to 200F.
As for the Bosch, my new VISION works similar to my former NEXXT in that it heats the water to 170, holds it there for precisely 3 mintes, then reduces back to 155 for the remainder of the cycle to further reduce wear and tear of the fabrics. The 800 series doesn't count down like most machines do, instead, you have to have the clock set for the current time, and then the dispaly actually tells you the approximate TIME that the load will be finished based on what it "assumes" is normal washing conditions. If the machine needs to run longer or shorter, the finish time will adjust itself accordingly. For example, instead of looking at the display and it reading 45 min. remaining, it will show 4:45p/m as the time of day the wash will be finished.
The main reason I went with a Bosch in the first place was that it was the only North American machine that had the HOTTEST wash temp (170) without having to convert my electrical system. Not something one can do in a rental apt.
NO other North American machine (not even the Mieles) gets as hot as the Bosch. And The only 2 cycles I ever use are the XXSANITARY (170) and the BABY CARE (155). I NEVER wash in anything other than the hottest water avaialbe for everything.
Cold water for washing never has and never will be used in my home.
Hot water is necessary to properly clean clothes and that is an absolute fact.

 

[lip2000]

You'll also destroy a lot of fabrics at anything about 50...very quickly...your colour's must just pour out of the drain pipe at those temperatures...

 

[favorit]

120 Volt boilwashing Miele

BoschMan : actually Miele Canada sells a 120 Volt version of the european model W1612 ( watch link , max temp 95°C-203°F)

Lip2000 : I have black, red and dark green from Ikea ( so not the high end quality ones). Well, they are 7 or 8 y.o. and we always wash them @ 60°C-140° (obviously with proper detergent)

In our household have several mid sixties white cotton and linen sheets. Until 1984 they have been boilwashed only. Since then they have been washed @ 140°F at least. After 40 years there's not that much wear. But some kitchen towels and table linen that frequently got some LCB now are used as dust pads because of wear

http://www.miele.ca/miele/canada/lndry_w1612.asp

 

[favorit]

red black and dark green what ?

towels . sorry 4 the typo