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Should there be a separate section talking about how the Pythagorean siphon cup works? This is how the fabric softener is distributed in the washer. There can also be a brief inclusion of how it was first created by Pythagoras — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephychavcar ( talk • contribs) 22:41, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
The earliest washing machines simply carried out a washing action when loaded with clothes and soap, filled with hot water, and started. Over time machines became more and more automated 2409:4061:4E19:A7B:0:0:6449:E0E ( talk) 17:48, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
Much of this article is written like a court case between adamant fans of front and top loaders. Does an encyclopedia need to break down every minute pro and con of each design in its explanation of what a washing machine is?? 86.191.150.117 ( talk) 23:35, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
I recently disassembled a two-cycle engine that goes on a garden cultivator and found that the crankshaft has only one main bearing. I am looking for an article that explains why this is. Is the single bearing a matter of manufacturing cost cutting, or is there an actual engineering reason for having the single bearing? In the article on the clothes washer (washing machine), an inherent disadvantage is pointed out regarding the single shaft-mounted bearing. Here is an excerpt from the article that makes comparison between the single bearing symmetrical pair of bearings. "And instead of the drum having a single bearing on one side, it has a pair of symmetrical bearings, one on each side, avoiding asymmetrical bearing loading and potentially increasing life." 170.93.140.42 ( talk) 17:28, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
The Article states: "In the early 1990s, upmarket machines incorporated microcontrollers for the timing process."
Hotpoint launched their the first of their "Microtronic" models, the Hotpoint Microtronic X2000 washing machine in 1980 (we had one), and according to this https://www.picuki.com/media/1630175511206576497 The Servis Selectronic Automatic Mk3 was the first, released in 1976.
There's a 1987 service manual covering Hotpoint Microtronic models, which mentions it uses the Texas instruments TMS1300 microcontroller (although, it doesn't mention if that was the microcontroller used in the X2000's original controller board, or on the later mark 2, or mk3 controller board, here: https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?33256 2A02:C7C:A712:FD00:5CCC:3FFC:8D86:2EBE ( talk) 23:56, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
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