Regarding the HE3 washer sold by Sears and the similar whirlpool frontloader, it seems to me that it has a signficant gotcha. Instructions are very specific that if you use more than 1/3 cup of bleach you will ruin your clothes. I assume it is because it will siphon into the tub from the dispenser. Yet it is also normal, they say, for the dispenser to have left over water in them. I don't use bleach often but after putting soap in the soap dispenser I went to add 1/3 cup of bleach to the bleach dispensor. Luckily I noticed that the bleach dispenser was filled with water from the last wash otherwise I believe I would have ruined the laundry. Anyone else run into this? Is my conclusion correct?
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20 years ago