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  2. Laundry symbol - Wikipedia

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    A laundry symbol, also called a care symbol, is a pictogram indicating the manufacturer's suggestions as to methods of washing, drying, dry-cleaning and ironing clothing. Such symbols are written on labels, known as care labels or care tags, attached to clothing to indicate how a particular item should best be cleaned. While there are ...

  3. Are You Loading Your Top-Loading Washing Machine The ... - AOL

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    Most top-load washing machines have a capacity of about 3 to 4 cubic feet and can handle up to 12 pounds of laundry. To determine load size when selecting a wash cycle, choose "medium" if the drum ...

  4. Washing machine - Wikipedia

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    LG washing machine (c. 2010)A washing machine (laundry machine, clothes washer, washer, or simply wash) is a machine designed to launder clothing. The term is mostly applied to machines that use water.

  5. Mangle (machine) - Wikipedia

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    Gradually, the electric washing machine's spin cycle rendered this use of a mangle obsolete, and with it the need to wring out water from clothes mechanically. Box mangles were large and primarily intended for pressing laundry smooth; they were used by wealthy households, large commercial laundries, and self-employed "mangle women".

  6. Water dispenser - Wikipedia

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    The water in the alternate hot tap is generally heated with a heating element and stored in a hot tank (much like the traditional hot water heaters used in residential homes). Additionally, the hot tap is usually equipped with a push-in safety valve to prevent burns from an accidental or inadvertent pressing of the lever.

  7. Tankless water heating - Wikipedia

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    On-demand recirculating pumps are activated by push-button or other sensor. A water contacting temperature probe installed at the hot water usage point signals the pump to stop. Single-cycle pumping events only occur when hot water is needed, thereby preventing the energy waste associated with constantly heating water within piping.

  8. Clothes line - Wikipedia

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    A typical 4 kg load of laundry can contain 2.2 kg of water, after being spun in a laundry machine. [5] To determine how much heat has been converted in drying a load of laundry, weigh the clothes when they are wet and then again after the clothes have dried. The difference is the weight of the water that was evaporated from them.

  9. France to turn off hot water in public offices to save energy

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    France will turn off the hot water in the toilets of public buildings and order municipalities to reduce water temperatures at public swimming pools by 1 degree Celsius as part of broader plans to ...