Dom, Nice project - I'd always wondered about doing something similar, and I say: Respect! for actually doing it! :-) On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 18:39:01 +0100, Dominic Stratten wrote: > Funny you should say that but mine now does three rinse cycles - I was never > convinced it used to get all the detergent out of my washing. It also spins > them between rinses to it gets as much of the old water out as possible. I had a washing machine that did 6 (six!) quick rinse-spin cycles, then followed with a deep rinse. I've never had problems with allergy to detergent at home! (I did once staying at my brother's place, where their washing machine just does the usual not-very-effective rinse... How did you find out how to "drive" the machine? Did you have documentation on its control system? Cheers, Howard Winter St.Albans, Herts. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.