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[–] 20 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

I'm more confused by how my machine can say 40mins left but then 40mins later it's still got 30mins and is actively washing.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

    That one is actually easy: because to spin it needs to balance the clothes, and if that is not easy because of large pieces or whatever then it takes a long time to spin up. It can even completely fail to spin, for example if you wash one pillow, as it can not balance that.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 hours ago

    In the 90s, my mum's washing machine would stop if you needed to rebalance it, and a "rebalance" light would come on to let you know. It doesn't seem like newer washing machines still do that?

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