Programme Load Final spin speed
in a domestic washing machine
Energy Duration
kg* rpm kWh Minutes
Cottons
Normal
6.0 1000 (60 % residual moisture)**
1200
1400
1600
1800
3.30
3.00
2.85
2.55
2.50
89
81
78
70
69
Cottons
Hand iron
6.0 1000 (60 % residual moisture)**
1200
1400
1600
1800
2.65
2.35
2.20
1.85
1.80
71
63
60
52
51
Minimum iron Normal 3.0 1200 (40 % residual moisture)** 1.20 37
Minimum iron Hand iron 3.0 1200 1.00 32
Delicates Normal 2.0 800 1.40 95
Automatic Normal 3.5 800 2.10 85
Shirts Normal 2.0 600 1.15 41
Denim Normal 3.0 900 2.00 96
Woollens handcare 2.0 1000 0.15 4
Smoothing 3.0 1000 0.30 8
* Weight of dry laundry
** EN 61121:2005 test programme
All data without a "star" against it was calculated using EN 61121:2005.
Before testing in accordance with EN 61121, drya3kgload of cotton laundry with 70% residual
moisture as per the above standard using the Cottons Normal programme without selecting any
additional options.
Consumption data can vary from the nominal values given above depending on the size of the
load, types of textiles, residual moisture levels after spinning, fluctuations in the electricity
supply and any extra options selected.
Consumption data
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