Whirlpool has committed to producing one million dryers by the end of 2011 that are compatible with the emerging smart grid technology.
After an additional four years, by the end of 2015, all of Whirlpool’s electronic appliances will be smart-grid friendly.
They are currently promoting this commitment at the International Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. They are exhibiting one of their smart-grid dryers this year.
You can read more here.
Whirlpool is the first company to meet new standards for allergen reduction in washers.
The standards were developed by NSF International, certifying allergen reduction performance in family-sized washing machines, both commercial and residential.
Models carrying the names Whirlpool and Maytag (owned by Whirlpool) have, in fact, been certified by NSF.
If you’re interested in more detail, read the article here.
Hopefully we’ll be seeing more allergen-reducing machines in the near future.
According to Appliance Magazine, GE has confirmed that it is creating a new Appliance division in order to expand its growth.
The new Division, GE Appliances and Lighting (also covering those products) is effective with the new year. The division will remain headquartered in Louisville, KY.
LG Electronics was honored with 15 CEA awards for excellence in design and technology.
These awards celebrate LG’s innovations, mostly in the Consumer Electronics area (TVs, mobile, etc.).
In the home appliances category, LG won for one of its vacuums, as well as for one of its refrigerator/freezer models.
LG Electronics has one more than 100 of the CES awards in the last seven years.
Congratulations to LG on their success! You can read more about it here.
A federal court judge has ruled that Whirlpool Corporation is to pay a Woman more than one million dollars.
The woman was harassed and eventually attacked by one of her coworkers. They both worked at Whirlpool’s plant in Tennessee.
You can find links to articles with more detail here.
Perhaps you don’t actually have an appliance in need of repair, but you’d like to learn a little more about the general process, plus a few tips that you’re sure to remember when an appliance repair does come your way.
If this is the case, and you’re simply interested in a little basic education, then we have an article for you.
This article contains general–but ultimately useful–information on how to repair most major appliances. It offers a few tricks–and even the odd diagram–to help you past the most basic hurdles one may encounter when tinkering around with a fussy appliance. Before you call that service-person, don’t give up. Just read the article and see what you can do on your own.
After covering the basics, the article provides great tips on disassembling appliances. Next, it discusses how to repair power cords. Then it teaches you how to replace the most common parts you’ll find on your appliances (everything from gaskets to motors and everything in between). Finally, it provides more resources to find exactly the information you may need.
Happy reading!
A recent article from the magazine Popular Science introduced a new concept in laundry: Using about 10% of the water currently used for washing clothes, not to mention a fraction of the detergent, the prototype washer from Xeros includes two nested drums. The inner drum contains the clothes. The outer drum contains nylon beads. The polarized molecules in the nylon attract and collect dirt. At the end of the cycle, the inner drum spins, forcing the beads out. The linked article contains an image to help you visualize the process.
Although this is an intriguing notion, I can’t help but wonder if this is an efficient method of cleaning clothes. How does the plastic work on stained clothes? Also, I can’t help but wonder if I’m going to be fishing out those plastic pellets with every completed load. The company has a demo video claiming that 99.95% of the beads do return to the outer drum at the end of the cycle. This is something I’d have to see to believe–and not just once, but after five years. That sounds like a potential problem to me. I’m also concerned that delicate clothes won’t be able to withstand being pulverized by these pellets.
This prototype is promising, that much is certain. However, I’m not yet quite convinced that this is the future of laundry. I think it needs just a little more development to get people to catch on to the idea. Best of luck to Xeros.
Woman’s Day magazine is giving away a 27″ Electrolux Front-loading Washer and Dryer.
The Washer and Dryer are energy-efficient and come in four different colors. They retail for about $3,600.
If you’d like to enter this contest, click here. There is no purchase necessary to enter, but entries must be received no later than January 9, 2010.
Good luck.
Happy 2010!
As we begin this new decade full of smart appliances and Cash-for-Appliance-Clunkers, we want to wish you all the very best.
Of course, for all your appliance part needs, look no further than right here at Superior Appliance Parts!
Thanks again for visiting!
Your cart is empty.
