Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances
by makomk on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @07:26AM
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The other shortcoming is that the way that washing machine manufacturers have achieved those energy ratings is by making their wash cycles longer and slower, effectively making them less useful to consumers.
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Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances
by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @07:37AM
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Long cycles are great for getting stuff out. It's the lukewarm "hot" water that people take issue with.
Energy ratings for washing machines are kind of stupid in the first place since they depend so strongly on how you use the machine and the efficiency of your hot water supply. The electricity used on the motor is fairly negligible.
Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances
by makomk on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @08:08AM
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That's one of the other side effects of the energy ratings - pretty much no washing machine in Europe these days has a hot fill inlet anymore, so any hot water used by the machine is produced internally using the electric heating element.