"LoL" wrote in message
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One aspect I like about the washer is the filter on the lower front, it
filters the waste water before it goes into the drain pump, pull the
little cover off, pull the drain tube out and drain into a pail, unscrew
the filter and clean it out. I clean it out after we wash the dogs beds,
dog hair can clog up the filter pretty quick.


ROFL
Why have a filter on the drain?


As drain water leaves a washing machine, it contains lint, hair, etc. If
your machine drains into a laundry tub, the fibrous material can clog the
drain, and at some point, you can start raising soap-resistant trout in your
basement when the tub overflows. There are lint traps you can put over the
end of the drain hose, but sometimes those don't stay on no matter what you
do.