Quote:
Originally Posted by bennelson
I believe that the concept of how front loader washers use less water is very simple.
Water falls to the bottom. Rotating on a horizontal axis makes all the clothes go through the water, ever if there isn't a lot in there.
On a standard washer, which spins on a vertical axis, the only way to rotate all the clothes through the water is to fill the water level all the way up to the top of the clothes.
|
I don't remember to have seen a vertical axis washer. Our top loader has an horizontal axis.
Denis.
__________________
Earth absorbs 1.8 t CO2/head/yr, while a French generates 6.2 t CO2/yr To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.- kg saved 06/08-08/09: 1816.9+382.9 (ecodriving / 1420mi not driven) = 2199.8
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. (2.66 kg/l diesel)
- kg saved by 3kWc photo-voltaic solar panels : 187 kg/yr
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. (59.1 g/kWh)
Radioactive wastes saved by 3kWc photo-voltaic solar panels : - Long life (>100,000 years) : 2.85 g/yr (0.9 mg/kWh)
- Short life (<300 years) : 31.7 g/yr (10.0 mg/kWh)
Based upon "official" French figures...
|