I have a Beko washing machine which washes for bloomin hours ... well
2 hrs then.
There is a thirty minute cycle but I would like something in the order
of an hour .. ish.
I feel that the washing times are stupidly long and not energy
efficient. I mainy use a 40deg temp, so it cant be heating for long on
a cold fill machine .. can it ?

How can I find the washing cycle times on other machines?


Mike P

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Mike writes:
I have a Beko washing machine which washes for bloomin hours ... well
2 hrs then.
There is a thirty minute cycle but I would like something in the order
of an hour .. ish.

What's wrong with the 30 minute one, which you think might be
solved by having an hour one?

I feel that the washing times are stupidly long and not energy
efficient.

Long washing times are used to make the cycle energy efficient
(lower temperature) and less wearing on clothes (less agitation).
Assuming a reasonably intelligent microcontroller based machine,
shorter wash cycles work by heating the water hotter and/or using
more agitation. If your washing machine has options for selecting
the soiling level, you may well find selecting a heavier soiling
setting results in a shorter wash (counter intutively) due to using
a higher temperature and/or more agitation (providing you don't go
as far as selecting a prewash). Going from light soiling to heavy
soiling on mine knocks about 10 minutes off the wash cycle,
although it doesn't affect any of the other parts such as rinse
and spin.

I mainy use a 40deg temp, so it cant be heating for long on
a cold fill machine .. can it ?

No, although it might not heat to final temperature in one go.
Most of the wash part of the cycle will be agitation.

How can I find the washing cycle times on other machines?

Download their instruction booklets.

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Mike brought next idea :
I have a Beko washing machine which washes for bloomin hours ... well
2 hrs then.
There is a thirty minute cycle but I would like something in the order
of an hour .. ish.
I feel that the washing times are stupidly long and not energy
efficient. I mainy use a 40deg temp, so it cant be heating for long on
a cold fill machine .. can it ?

Does speed really matter? Ours sits for ages doing nothing, between
agitations - if I'm ever sufficiently bored to watch it. I would guess
it is working more efficiently that way, giving the clothes plenty of
time to have a good soak.

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On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:41:01 +0100, Mike wrote:

I have a Beko washing machine which washes for bloomin hours ... well
2 hrs then.
There is a thirty minute cycle but I would like something in the order
of an hour .. ish.
I feel that the washing times are stupidly long and not energy
efficient.

I wouldn't assume that the longer cycle is less efficient.

My pet hate is the drying stage on my dishwasher. If I discover it at
that point in the cycle I can turn it off. But usually that's at 4.00
a.m. :-(

On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:41:01 +0100 Mike wrote :
I have a Beko washing machine which washes for bloomin hours ...
well 2 hrs then.
There is a thirty minute cycle but I would like something in the
order of an hour .. ish.
I feel that the washing times are stupidly long and not energy
efficient. I mainy use a 40deg temp, so it cant be heating for
long on a cold fill machine .. can it ?

How can I find the washing cycle times on other machines?

My Westinghouse takes 1:17 for a synthetic 40C wash/rinse/spin

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www.superbeam.co.uk www.superbeam.com www.greentram.com

Tony Bryer wrote:
On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:41:01 +0100 Mike wrote :
I feel that the washing times are stupidly long and not energy
efficient. I mainy use a 40deg temp, so it cant be heating for
long on a cold fill machine .. can it ?

Mine's cold fill, and I'd guess the heating time for a 40 deg wash is no
more than 10 mins - you can hear slight kettling when the heater is on.

It only starts heating ~10mins into the wash so for the shorter cycles
it only reaches the set temperature almost at the end of the wash.

How can I find the washing cycle times on other machines?

There's a table which gives overall times for some cycles in the manual
for mine, but not every combination of programmes and options.

My Westinghouse takes 1:17 for a synthetic 40C wash/rinse/spin

For my Bosch Classixx:

Cottons 30 or 40 deg:

Wash (20 mins) + 3 rinses + spin = 1h 15m

Cottons 60 deg as above but wash is ~30 mins, so ~1h 25m total.

Cottons 30/40/60/90 with "Wash Plus" option which you are meant to turn
on for a full load or "highly soiled" washing:

Wash (1h 20m) + 3 rinses + spin = 2h 15m

[You can get wash times between 20m and 1h 20m by switching off 'Wash
Plus' part way through, I discovered.]

"Easy Care" cycles are as "Cottons", but with 2 rinses instead of 3, so
about 15 mins shorter. And the "Wash Plus" option extends the wash part
from 20 to about 40 mins.

Rich.