Washing machine business

COLD, WARM or HOT WATER WASH
Whether you wash in cold, warm or hot water is your choice. Many of the laundry products are made to be effective in cold water and your experience will best measure the success of your wash and rinse combined. Refer back to previous page on Laundry to see that some powders failed to completely dissolve in water. Nearly half of the front loader washing machines do not have a hot water fitting, hence will not be able to take advantage of 'off-peak' power rates. In Armidale (NSW) in September 2006, the difference is 8.677 cents for off-peak and 16.558 cents for ordinary electricity per kWh. That means that if you cannot connect to the home's off-peak water heating, energy for heating the water will cost you twice as much as it should. Most of the front loaders on the WELS scheme have been tested at 40 deg C, and some as high as 60 deg C for cotton materials, so it appears that performance is based upon warm wash. So is energy use? Many of the top loaders were tested on cold water, so I can only assume they are effective with cold water. Maybe there's a reason that front loaders are tested on warm water and top loaders are tested on cold water that we are not being told? Maybe we should ask more questions! Is this another case of smoke and mirrors?

USING LAUNDRY DETERGENTS
What could be more simple? Laundry detergents need to be mixed with a small volume of warm water before adding to the water in the washing machine, unless the machine is equipped with a liquid/powder dispenser. Pouring detergents directly onto clothes may cause the detergent to lodge in folds in the clothes and be poorly distributed throughout the wash water, or the harsh chemicals may directly affect the clothes on which they falls. And don't think that liquids don't need premixing. Some liquids are nothing more than suspensions and the container should be shaken before pouring the liquids. Check which brand you have to see if it is clear or a suspension.

Some washing machines only make allowance for automatically adding powder detergents at the correct timing in the wash program. If you want to use liquids because they have very much lower sodium loads, then you may need to rethink the type of washing machine that meets your requirements.