washing at 30 degrees

hardpressed

If I run the hot tap which is next to the washing machine, directly after the machine had been filled, the water is very hot, even allowing for the water to run hot I still think at 30 it would have to take in cold water to get to the correct temperature.

Dustykitten

I know that our machine cold fills - the run from the hot water tank is too long for any hot to reach the machine so we had it put on cold fill. Miele got back to me with no more information saying that as it all depends on the temperature of the water going in data would not be accurate - I might ask them what the temperature of the water in their data is though.

I am still washing at 30 but did but towels teatowel etc through at 60 for a short wash. I agree you need to do some hot washes - my engineer said that every 6 weeks I should put a wash through at 95 to clean the machine - an empty wash unless I had stuff I wanted to put through at that temp.

Thanks for all the comments DK

Dustykitten

Latest reply from Miele:

The data is based on a water temperature of 15ºC.
We recommend a maintenance wash approximately once a month at a temperature above 60ºC. Do an empty wash with a "whites" detergent.
Water can only hold body fats and oils at temperatures above 60ºC, so when washing at low temperatures the fats and body can get deposited around the suds container which then over a period of time causes the machine to smell like a drain.

Funny how Aeriel don't mention that in the adds! I must look on one of their boxes to see if they mention it there.:rotfl:

roswell

Not realy green but the other night instead of washing with washing liquid i used a little washing up liquid in the draw and the machine smells a lot less like a drain , wash was done on 60 degrees the amount of bubbles and soap that came out was amazing to say the least i recon its given it a good clean out.

There was no cloths in the machine just a work bag that was lightly dirty thats why i decided to try it. (bag came out great as well)

lemontart

crikey never knew about the maintenance wash........will put it on over night to use economy 7 for it.

Beth
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MATH

Most hot and cold fill machines I have used only take cold water for temps under 60c and a mix of hot and cold for temps 60 c and above. HTH

conradmum

I nearly always wash at 40 degrees and yes, my washing machine started to smell bad! However, I found that by using washing soda as well as washing liquid when washing whites, and half a cup of vinegar instead of conditioner, the smell has gone away.

jellycat40

I do nearly all my washing on 30 degrees and quick wash. Once a month (approx) I do a boil wash with towels in to give the machine a good clean through and the towels a good germ killing!!!!

I only use a tiny bit of powder and only occasionally use softner if I need something to smell really nice.

Louise

gromituk

kittie wrote:

There has been a lot of publicity about the c diff superbug which is now spreading and is almost impossible to control.

I haven't heard this publicity - has it been confined to the seedier end of the newspaper market where it sells copy?

Still, I'm not surprised about superbugs, the amount we have been mis-sold antibacterial this and antibacterial that. Just as with overuse of antibiotics, it simply encourages resistance to form, and in the mean time, children's immune systems do not develop properly because they have been brought up in pointlessly sterile environments.

gromituk

hardpressed wrote:

I've been using a 30 deg wash to save energy but it's just dawned on me that as the machine fills with water already heated by the boiler it's than adding cold water to cool it down to 30 so it's wasting the energy already used to heat the water. It will only save water if the machine is heating cold water. Does that make sense or have I got my wires crossed?

It doesn't really make sense, no, because if you add cold water to hot water you get warm water, which takes less energy to heat compared with starting off with cold water in the first place.