Modern Washing Machines

[Adam Funk]

Is that a typo for "SWMBO" or another version that I'm not familiar with? Just curious.

[PeterC]

My last GS's Miele, about 14 years old (the Miele...) shuffles round for 30 min. if you let it and the clothes just don't need ironing. Mind, I haven't ironed anything for about 10 years - "iron" - the verb - is a 4-letter word!

[Johny B Good]

It's a variation of the expression "She Who Must Be Obeyed" (SWMBO, sometimes erroneoulsy SWIMBO - no idea what the 'I' is supposed to represent in this case).

In my version of Rumpole's epithet, the 'I' stands for "Ignored".

[Adam Funk]

Our newish one (Maytag) has a "quick" programme that takes about 45 minutes --- but with *no* drying (the manual even admits this in the table of programmes): the stuff comes out dripping wet. Even on the programmes with "full" drying (1h30m or longer) the plastic containers come out wet (although the ceramics are dry).

[Mark]

I always assumed it was the old electro-mechanical controls that weren't accurate enough to time it to open immediately after the cycle finished.

[Tim Watts]

And they did not have tacho feedback to give a closed loop door unlock control.

[DerbyBorn]

Tim Watts wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Mine definately has a bi-metal device. it takes a few seconds to warm up enough to lock the door when the machine is started. Simple device really.

[John Rumm]

0.15m radius drum at 2800 gives 2 x 0.15 x pi x 2800 / 60 = ~44 m/sec tangential speed. 0.25m radius drum at 1400 gives ~37 m/sec

Translate that to force exerted on a kg of washing, and we get 44^2 /

0.15 = ~13 kN for the small spinner, and 5.4 kN for the large one.

(shows just how strong that drum needs to be - being pulled apart by the equivalent weight of 1.3 tonnes of washing!)

[meow2222]

5.4kN x 5kg = 27kN or 2.7 tonnes. The forces generated by offcentre washing must be huge.

NT

[therustyone]

Of course, you can always pour a gallon of hot water down the soap tray when its filling.