Sunday, January 31, 2010

New Developments In A Washing Machine

By Scott Rodgers

With increasing demands for energy efficient home appliances, all appliance manufacturers are constantly improving the performance of their products. As washing machines have become a necessity in all homes, it has become very famous and its new models with new features are regularly hitting the market.

Look for the presence of control features like Delayed Start Timer, Time Remaining Indicator, End-of-Cycle Signal, Digital Display Dial Controls, Electronic Touch and Fuzzy Logic. Then analyze the relevance of these features for the kind of washing you use to do. Go ahead and buy a washing machine having features that you want to have.

A washing machine adds considerable units to your utility bill. So choose an energy efficient model of washing machine. By the use of yellow energy guide sticker, you can easily come to know about the energy efficiency. Front loading washing machines are generally more energy efficient than top loading ones.

New machines come with automatic program setting. This helps in determining the amount of water required and time for particular cycle. It is basically decided by the type of cloths to be washed like heavy, normal and light. For a very delicate cloth, short wash cycles and anti-wrinkle setting should be used.

Automatic temperature control enables the wash load to be washed at the optimum temperature as per requirements. In these models, the automatic temperature control ensures that water is at right temperature needed as per the selected wash cycle before water reaches the clothes.

Some machines may give you a damp dry option. This is good option to choose if the clothes you are washing may shrink or wrinkle. Express dry is a feature that proves to be a boon for drying small loads in a hurry. Use of high heat for this process gives you dry clothes that are ready to use as soon as they pop out of the machine. Features like extra rinse or warm rinse may be used for heavy clothes.

There is also an option to start the washing machine at a delayed time. This way you can save electricity bills by using machine at off peak hours and you can also avoid noise of washing machine during a particular time.

A washing machine equipped with a water level controller will save you a lot of water usage. Four or five water usage levels can really help you in selecting the level of water to be used.

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