@sinituulia@eldritch.cafe Ah, yeah, I'm in a city with extremely hard water so that's probably why it's recommended here to do it more often.
I don't know if it's part of older washing machines, but I've never had a machine that had a hot setting higher than 60C. (I've also never had a brand new washing machine though.)
@dartigen@aus.social Probably depends on the region. Mine goes up to 95C and this has been the case for as many machines as I can remember.
I have the vague memory that in Japan most machines only go up to 50C, to save energy with that many people using them? A native Japanese person moved to Finland and reported that for the first time ever, his laundry always smelled fresh after washing!
@sinituulia@eldritch.cafe @dartigen@aus.social All washing machines I’ve had in Japan haven’t heated the water at all. Sometimes there’s been a hot water pipe that you can switch to and in that case you set the temperature on the the water boiler. Great for wool, but not so energy efficient to rinse in warm water for all other clothes. They’ve all been top loaders.
Front loaders have started to be popular in Japan as well, but if you just rent a less than a year each time you can’t invest in your own washing machine.
@sinituulia@eldritch.cafe Weird, I'm finding that 60C, 40C, and either 20C or 30C (and then cold) are supposedly the standard temperature options here, but in most other countries there's also a 90C option. (Definitely didn't look into whether there's a way to enable the 90C option, or why we randomly don't have it...)
@dartigen@aus.social 60C is the lowest temperature that kills dust mites in bedding, which are an allergen and irritant to a lot of people while not strictly dangerous, so it's bizarre to me that not all machines go that high. I was shocked to learn the other day that there are gas powered dryers? You know, those things that just spontaneously catch fire sometimes if there's too much lint in them? Seems silly, but what do I know
@dartigen@aus.social 60C is the lowest temperature that kills dust mites in bedding, which are an allergen and irritant to a lot of people while not strictly dangerous, so it's bizarre to me that not all machines go that high. I was shocked to learn the other day that there are gas powered dryers? You know, those things that just spontaneously catch fire sometimes if there's too much lint in them? Seems silly, but what do I know
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