LG washing machine - turbowash 30C vs Cottons 30C

anon_ymous

I have an LG F6V1110WTSA washing machine 

Conventional wisdom = the longer the washing machine takes, the cheaper it is to run

I have however noticed that Turbowash shows me 1 lightning star vs Cottons, 30C which shows me 3 lightning stars 



Might this be due to how turbo wash actually works? Ie:high pressure jets?

https://www.lg.com/uk/lg-experience/helpful-hints/energy-efficient-washing-machines/

This is specifically What LG say




Would Turbowash then be the better way to go? It's certainly be easier for TOU tariffs where I could put it on, wait 40 minutes and pop the laundry straight into the tumble dryer 

BarelySentientAI

waqasahmed said:

Conventional wisdom = the longer the washing machine takes, the cheaper it is to run

Really?  That sounds a little blunt and immediately would strike me as not true as a general statement.

anon_ymous

BarelySentientAI said:

waqasahmed said:

Conventional wisdom = the longer the washing machine takes, the cheaper it is to run

Really?  That sounds a little blunt and immediately would strike me as not true as a general statement.

Well it's typically the case before ie: you've got time to soak clothes and stuff like that 

BarelySentientAI

waqasahmed said:

BarelySentientAI said:

waqasahmed said:

Conventional wisdom = the longer the washing machine takes, the cheaper it is to run

Really?  That sounds a little blunt and immediately would strike me as not true as a general statement.

Well it's typically the case before ie: you've got time to soak clothes and stuff like that 

The 'eco' cycles are often expected to be longer and cheaper than the comparable 'standard' cycle - but I don't think many people ever expected them to be cheaper than the quick-wash settings (which is effectively what you're using).

anon_ymous

BarelySentientAI said:

waqasahmed said:

BarelySentientAI said:

waqasahmed said:

Conventional wisdom = the longer the washing machine takes, the cheaper it is to run

Really?  That sounds a little blunt and immediately would strike me as not true as a general statement.

Well it's typically the case before ie: you've got time to soak clothes and stuff like that 

The 'eco' cycles are often expected to be longer and cheaper than the comparable 'standard' cycle - but I don't think many people ever expected them to be cheaper than the quick-wash settings (which is effectively what you're using).

Tbf in other washing machines, they have actually been cheaper than the quick wash, and it's something that the manufacturer confirmed when I had an issue and thought I'd ask them that too.

Turbo washing is different to a quick wash given the high pressure jets

https://www.reddit.com/r/Appliances/comments/yd0n4c/comment/itqa0zw/

BarelySentientAI

waqasahmed said:

BarelySentientAI said:

waqasahmed said:

BarelySentientAI said:

waqasahmed said:

Conventional wisdom = the longer the washing machine takes, the cheaper it is to run

Really?  That sounds a little blunt and immediately would strike me as not true as a general statement.

Well it's typically the case before ie: you've got time to soak clothes and stuff like that 

The 'eco' cycles are often expected to be longer and cheaper than the comparable 'standard' cycle - but I don't think many people ever expected them to be cheaper than the quick-wash settings (which is effectively what you're using).

Tbf in other washing machines, they have actually been cheaper than the quick wash, and it's something that the manufacturer confirmed when I had an issue and thought I'd ask them that too.

Turbo washing is different to a quick wash given the high pressure jets 

Turbo washing, according to your manual, is also restricted to less than half of a load (by weight) on the quick 39 minute cycle, but selectable as a function on the normal cottons cycle up to the full machine capacity.

So yes, the difference is that the Turbowash 39 cycle is a quick wash cycle.

Likely to use less electricity because it's shorter (although most of the energy savings of a cycle is reducing water heating), but doesn't seem to be listed in the water consumption table.

bob2302

On a warm wash most  energy is used to heat the water,the length of the wash makes little difference. 

Eco 40-60 is an EU standardized wash that adapts to the load, and it adjusts the temperature and time accordingly. The displayed time is just a worst case scenario, in practice I find that my Bosch take the same time  on the eco setting as an ordinary cotton wash.

I find it's typically a cold wash using less than 0.2 kWh, but if I overload it, it can use about 0.7 kWh - probably a 30C wash. The common advice to put in as much as possible is counterproductive.

I would recommend actually measuring the energy on different programmes over several loads - you can't trust what the manufactures say.

matelodave

TBH the only way to find out is to monitor the power consumption either with a plug-in power monitor (like these ( https://www.amazon.co.uk/plug-power-monitor/s?k=plug+in+power+monitor ) or something like a Tapo power monitor plug like this ( https://www.argos.co.uk/product/1488315 )

I've got both but Tapo plug gives you the facility to log and graph consumption over a period, so that's what I use as you can see what is happening over time which makes it easier to compare the consumption when using different programmes like this https://www.tapo.com/en/faq/239/