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Posted on Sep 28, 2009

Cold wash/rinse selected, but only hot water is used

When selecting a setting with Cold/Cold wash/ringse cycle, machine is us8ing hot watere

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I have a Sears front load washer and I also noticed that on a cold wash/cold rinse cycle the machine was drawing hot water.

Laundry detergents require water to be at a certain temperature to aid in disolve. The machine adds sufficient hot water, regardless of the cycle, until that temp is reached. If I was to use a cold water detergent the machine, because it has no way of knowing which detergent I'm using, will still add hot water until that minimum temp is released. I don't know if there are machines available which include detergent type as an option?

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