On 14-Feb-17 01:30 AM, John Willis wrote:
Javbw
On Feb 13, 2017, at 3:10 PM, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com
<mailto:61sundow...@gmail.com>> wrote:
laundry:top_loading:1_load=20 (if 'load' can be found as a size ..
somewhere?)
laundry:top_loading:5_cu_ft=20
laundry:top_loading:6_lbs=20
laundry:top_loading:20_kg=20
laundry:front_loading:15_kg=8
laundry:shoe_washer=2
Great!
Uhh... sidewasher was my stupidity.
Front loader is the correct term.
All the US residential top-loading washing machines and the old
laundromat ones I have seen I have seen all have agitators, the thing
that sticks up in the center.
Most of the residential washers in Japan do not. Their drum is too
narrow (40cm?) To have an agitator. The bottom of the drum spins (a
very weak agitator), but there is no true column agitator.
http://www.cypick.com/item/10kg-auto-top-toshiba-washing-machine-mesin-basuh-refurbish-recondition-4444.html
Some people want an agitator machine for washing heavily soiled
clothes or cleaning cloths, so some laundromats have a single
top-loading agitator in the corner here.
Maybe they are common throughout the world, but such it was the first
time I have seen a small and agitator-free washing machine.
I think I had one 'agitator' machine that not only had a rotating
central column but the drum too moved.. lots of things to ware out.
Replaced with a front loader .. my cloths last a lot longer.
Not all agitators are central columns .. the hover twin tub has the
agitator on a wall. These are popular where water is in short supply as
the spin tub waste water can be put back into the wash tub thus saving
water.
So I think the top loading/front loading should be a tag that can be
used. Then if wanted further details on the machine could be detailed?
Personally ... I am usually just looking for a washing machine .. any
washing machine to get the mud off!
Since there are varying styles of machines, and some are common one
place and absent others, then I would like to tag them differently.
And the idea of separating capacity seems good too. I suggest
supporting the three common methods (kg/load/volume) because people
will have no idea how to tag, interpret or understand the information.
People tagging or looking for "load" won't know what a KG of laundry is.
Mappers can enter miles instead of kilometres .. so they too should be
able to enter the units they have into the capacity of the laundry machine.
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