Washing machines used to agitate back and forth. Now they agitate only in one direction. Is someone able to explain why? I posted this in what I considered relevant forums and they told me it was too simplistic for them to bother with. So, I’m trying here.
edit: I don’t have a front load washer, mine is top load. And it only agitates in one direction. I do appreciate your answers and they make sense to me. But I still don’t get why a top load washer would do the same thing. (It is high efficiency, it’s just not front load. I’m not fond of those.) And I put Engineering because it’s the only flair that seemed to fit.
In: 1
Next time you do a load of wash, keep the lid open while it swishes & watch the circulation. If it’s not over crowded, the clothes should circulate from the bottom, up the outside, across the top, and down the center.
The curved fins on the center piece make the water move.
(Thank you for the award. Totally not necessary, but appreciated.)
Latest Answers