On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 11:53 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> Herbert Graf wrote:
> 
> >> PS at what temperature does your average top-loader wash? We
> >> typically wash at 60 C (white underwear, bed clothing, towels, etc),
> >> and 30 C (the rest). I guess this has more to do with the washing
> >> powder than with the machine?
> > 
> > I wash in cold water, so whatever the temp of the water is.
> > Considering how energy conscious Europe is I'm surprised you guys
> > even heat your water for clothes washing.
> 
> It helps reduce the amount of chemicals used to clean the clothes. For a
> typical 4kg load I use something like a spoonful of detergent.

I actually use the same amount of detergent as I do with a "hot" load,
as recommended on the bottle, so for me there doesn't seem to be any
advantage to going "hot".

TTYL

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