Washing machine load weight - is it wet or dry?

dn852k4

When a machine states the load weight is '5kg' surely that is 5kg of dry weight?

I'm asking this as my machine is broke and I took a load round to my parent's to be washed, but Mr I'm never wrong insisted I could only put half the load in.

If you could provide a link stating the correct answer that would be great.:cool:

Mojisola

I've always taken it to mean dry weight - you wouldn't wet the washing and then weigh it, would you?

dn852k4

Mojisola wrote: »

I've always taken it to mean dry weight - you wouldn't wet the washing and then weigh it, would you?

My thoughts exactly!

Steve_xx

5kg weighs the same whether it is a wet 5kg or a dry 5kg!!!!!!!

TomsMom

dn852k4 wrote: »

When a machine states the load weight is '5kg' surely that is 5kg of dry weight?

If you could provide a link stating the correct answer that would be great.:cool:

Here is a link, scroll down to Page 10 where there is a chart with typical weight of different items of clothes. It mentions "Which refer to the weight of the items WHEN THEY ARE DRY". Show this to Mr I'm Never Wrong and tell him he must apologise and say "Yes, dear, you were right all along" :rotfl:

And for Steve

5kg weighs the same whether it is a wet 5kg or a dry 5kg!!!!!!!

I suggest you take 5kg dry weight of sheets, shirts or whatever. Put them in your washing machine, turn it on and let the items get soaked with the amount of water your washing machine uses. Then, take the wet items out of your machine (if it will let you do it) and weigh them again.

I think you will find that 5kg of dry washing weighs 5kg. But 5kg of dry washing, once saturated with water, will weigh more - or doesn't water weigh anything in your house?

Steve_xx

TomsMom wrote: »

Here is a link, scroll down to Page 10 where there is a chart with typical weight of different items of clothes. It mentions "Which refer to the weight of the items WHEN THEY ARE DRY". Show this to Mr I'm Never Wrong and tell him he must apologise and say "Yes, dear, you were right all along" :rotfl:

And for Steve



I suggest you take 5kg dry weight of sheets, shirts or whatever. Put them in your washing machine, turn it on and let the items get soaked with the amount of water your washing machine uses. Then, take the wet items out of your machine (if it will let you do it) and weigh them again.

I think you will find that 5kg of dry washing weighs 5kg. But 5kg of dry washing, once saturated with water, will weigh more - or doesn't water weigh anything in your house?

I think that you will find that 5kg weighs just that, no more or no less.

shellsuit

Steve_xx wrote: »

5kg weighs the same whether it is a wet 5kg or a dry 5kg!!!!!!!

Of course it does, BUT, if you put in 5kg of dry washing, when the washing comes out, it will weigh more than 5kg!

That's what the OP is asking, whether the limit is 5kg of dry clothing, or 5kg of wet clothing, if it was the latter, then you'd have to put less than 5kg of dry clothing in.

OP, it's 5kg of dry washing as someone else has said

TomsMom

Steve_xx wrote: »

I think that you will find that 5kg weighs just that, no more or no less.

Of course it will, as I said. 5kg dry sheets weighs 5kg. 5kg dry sheets PLUS the weight of the water that saturates them has to weigh more than 5kg.