"Scott M" wrote in message
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Invisible Man wrote:

With all the clever countdowns and displays it never ceases to amaze me
that so few washing machines have a facility to sound a warning when the
cycle is complete.

Zanussi WMs do this. And bloody irritating it is too! They beep at the end
of the cycle (so far so good) but, if you don't go and acknowledge it,
it'll just carry on until the end of time at short intervals.

My Samsung makes a tune at the end, it then makes another after about 10
minutes as it shuts itself down.
There is a button to turn the sound off which is remembered even if you
unplug it, I think.
Damn thing can be so quiet I have been in to turn it on thinking I had
forgotten.