Washing machine settings

Patchwork_Quilt

Thank you very much for that. We have a Bosch Maxx, which I have been very pleased with. I thought I would die of boredom waiting for the standard programme to finish so I always used the quick wash button but the usual temperatures - 40 for most clothes and 60 for bedding and towels - until I started reading MSE. Now, I do everything at 30, usually with Persil non-Bio and vinegar as a softener. Very occasionally, I have to throw a school shirt back in the wash but towels are changed twice a week and sheets once so we don't seem to have any problems there.

oldMcDonald

basmic wrote: »

Did an experiment last night - I did a wash with no temperature, then at 30c.

Both washes contained exactly the same load, and exactly the same wash settings, other than temperatures. I just started the 30c program, once the one with no temperature had finished.

According to my plug-in meter, the wash with no temperature consumed the following:
0.124kwh
0.91p

The 30c, consumed the following:
0.505kwh
3.73p

So assuming the average household might do one load per day, using exactly the same settings and wash load I have used, they potentially stand to make the following savings every year:
139.065 Kw/year
1029.3p or £10.29

The above costings were based on my secondary tarriff, including VAT - which is actually 7.38465p/Kw, but I have rounded it up to 7.39p for my plugin meter.

For the sake of £10/year savings, I think I will persist with washing at 30c - but washing my bedding/undies/towels at 60c.

Those interested, I used a Bosch Logixx 8 WAS32466GB, with the Easy Care wash cycle and Aqua Plus enabled.

Thanks for the above:)

I easily get through 3 loads of washing minimum daily ( 7 in the family, one of our children is profoundly disabled and goes though several changes of clothes a day), so the above figures have made interesting reading.:T

LauraLeah91104

hi, im after advise on what to wash on 95 degree wash. ive been told that washing cotton on a 95 degree wash is fab for keeping them white and removing common stains that washing at 30 or 40 degree wudnt shift. ive got a small pile of knickered socks and 100% cotton items to wash but im at bit afraid to...does it matter what colour they are, do they have to b compelety white? i normally do everything (except mattress protectors have a plastic backing) on a 60, and my mattress protectors on a 30 as not to melt the plastic backing. does anyone have any advise on this please.
Thank u all in advance...

joedenise

Sorry can't help - haven't done a 95 degree wash since the kids were babies in cloth nappies! I usually wash everything at 40. If you've got stained stuff worth soaking overnight with some biological washing powder and then doing a normal wash.

Denise

Fruball

I've never done a 95d wash in my life!!! LOL

I wash everything on quick cycle at 30 - I chuck a spoonful of Napisan in if its whites that need a little extra help

PZH

Frugal wrote: »

I've never done a 95d wash in my life!!! LOL

I do a 90d wash once in a while - I read somewhere that it cleans the washer and kills germs that 30 - 40 degree washes no longer kill ( and causes unpleasant smells )

PS: usually with tea towels

devon27_2

I have never used the 90 wash on my washer, i used some "glo white" powder from the 99p shop and brings the whites up great on either 30 or 40 short eco wash!

redlady_1

I have washed my lovely white bedding on 95 after a rogue sock turned everything a funny grey colour. It didnt do it any harm and they are now nice and white again. I did throw in some of that ace bleach too.

I wash all my dishcloths and teatowels on 95 too.

Owain_Moneysaver

Lovely fluffy white bathtowels ....

Bronnie

Be aware, depending on what you're washing and whether it matters, you could get shrinkage at this temp!