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[thomasortega]

"Will running the "Basket Clean" cycle, which uses 100% hot water (Heater set to 150F) and fills the drum to capacity combined with 2 - 3 cups of bleach on a monthly basis take care of any build-up/bacterial issues?"

NO!

Modern washers already dumb down the temperatures. For most washers, Hot means warm, warm means cold, cold means "on the rocks".

Use Hot as much as you can, of course, respecting the maximum wash temperature the garments can resist.

If possible, also stay away from liquid or "pods" detergents.

 

[shanenc14]

True 100% Hot H2O

I can confirm that the Basket Clean cycle uses 100% hot water, because if I open the lid and put my finger in the water, it's blistering hot, and it drains my hot water heater. I know, I was shocked that it actually uses 100% hot on the clean basket cycle.

Knowing this, would this be OK and still use cooler wash temps in an attempt to save on electricity?

 

[shanenc14]

New GE Model

This is the link to the model I purchased. So far, although only having the machine a short time, it is the closest you're going to get to a traditional top loader with a dual action agitator. You can actually hold the Deep Fill button for 3 seconds, and it will fill to capacity, or press Deep Fill once, and each time the machine will add 6 gallons of water.

Cleaning is surprisingly really good thus far... we'll see how things are 6-8 months from now.

https://products.geappliances.com/appliance/gea-specs/GTW685BSLWS