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How Much Water Does A Washing Machine Use?

How Much Water Does A Washing Machine Use?
Do you really know how much water a washing machine uses? Or what the water looks like when it comes out? Lets find out! We had our vacuum cleaner die on us and I was left with the dilemma of what do do with the components. I decided I wanted to use the hose for something. I wanted to find out how much water my washing machine uses. So, I stuck one end of the hose outside and on the end that was inside, I put the washing machine outlet pipe into the hose and routed the other end into a bathtub that was gathering rust in our backyard. And look at the result. Technically the result is a bit corrupt because our washing machine saves water. And there is a small hole in the bath. Oh well.

(I added the wheels to the bath so I can ride down the hill!)

[UPDATE] I plugged up the hole! And on the extra-large load the bath overflowed!
9 comments
Dec 20, 2010. 5:23 AMpatrickvaz says:
Hi,
the quickest washing using little water like 20 odd litres is the quick wash cycle,
Sep 11, 2009. 6:47 AMABNER42 says:
was that a complete cycle or just wash cycle???
Sep 7, 2009. 10:19 PMdlginstructables says:
Last year, I used the water meter from my house to measure how much water our washing machine uses. It worked really well, because it measures down to fractions of a gallon. I just made sure that no other water using devices were turned on while the laundry was running. Unfortunately, I can't find the paper that I wrote the figures on. I think a typical load was around 40 gallons.
Jul 7, 2009. 3:13 PMthematthatter says:
well you should plug up the hole and use the standing water to breed mosquitoes. Its soooo Green!! :)
Aug 8, 2009. 8:54 PMcubemonkey says:
Where do you live, I think I want to move there.
Jul 31, 2009. 6:47 AMncooper says:
That appears to be quite a bit of water. Did you measure it so see what it actually was? I'd be interested to hear a rough figure.

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