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Default Why can't electronics on new washers & dryers be tougher?


"Sylvia Else" wrote in message
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Steve Barker wrote:

Well when you get right down to it, why does it need circuitry at all?
It's a motor and a heat element.


Marketing. I saw a washing machine that was advertised as having
"crystal control". Presumably, it timed its wash cycles to one part in
10^9.

LMOA.

Sylvia.