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Re:Everything's broken and nobody's upset by gnaffle on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @09:58AM (#4537980)
OK, I'm curious what kind of model you have. Is it a top or front loaded?

Mine (front loaded) has a pre-wash (2 hour program) or "soaking" mode for extra dirty clothes (4h), and I can select temperatures from 0-90 degrees celsius, but most clothes get clean at 40 degrees.

I had to do an obscure button trick described in the user manual to have it remember the previous settings after a completed cycle, though.

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Re:Everything's broken and nobody's upset by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @10:05AM (#4538029)
Not in the laundry room right now, but its from Sears, top-loaded (cramped laundry room doesn't permit front-loading), all electronic, has no agitator(!) and is a piece of junk.

Maybe I can find a trick in the manual; thanks for that idea.

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Re:Everything's broken and nobody's upset by gnaffle on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @10:47AM (#4538313)
OK. I think the lack of an agitator might be the reason for the poor performance, rather than energy or water conservation (unless your washing machine is a top-loaded rotating drum type, since they work the same way as front loaders).
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