Jack wrote:

Anyone know of a play on web where you can run calculator on High
efficiency washers? I am interested in seeing how much they save... My
Maytag will run on forever,

It must be an old one that's been refurbished.

but I am wondering if money could be saved by switching over -- I do
a lot of laundry... 9 people living in the house... A LOT OF LAUNDRY.

The US government says washers consume from 120-700 Kw-H of electricity
annually for a typical family, and this factors how dry the clothes
come out the spin cycle.. A Kw-H costs anywhere from about 5-25 cents,
usually 9-10 cents, which translates to about $12-$70 a year. So the
$52 saved annually by using the most-efficient washer instead of the
least-efficient one, spread over the 10-20 years a washer typically
lasts, is roughly the cost premium of a high-efficiency front loading
washer over a conventional top loader. However this doesn't consider
the time value of money, that is, what you could earn on that $52/year.

You may want to check Consumer Reports and some appliance forums, such
as www.fixitnow.com, to see how reliable different brands of front
loaders are. Apparently the Whirlpool/Kenmore Duet is the best, but
word is that L-G front loader is also reliable.

I did a google.. found nothing.

Exactly what did you Google?