This prob sounds stoopid, but....

smart1 | 13:20 Mon 29th Mar 2010 | How it Works

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.... say I have a washing machine that spins @ 1200, it is obviously inferior to a machine that does a spin @ 1400. That said, my machine(1200) finishes cycle, Is there any benefit in re-spinning? I suppose I'm asking 2x1200 - better than 1400?

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jake-the-peg

I did quite a bit of messing about with my machine the other day.

It's a mile and has a drain chute at the front that can bypass the drain.

I did most of this with cottons but after a spin at the second highest (900) I ran the highest spin at 1300 and got quite a lot of water out (best part of a baking tray full)

I ran it a second time at 1300 and got probably a half to quarter of a litre out more than I would have thought.

I guess the clothes are getting time to reposition themselves and relax to allow a bit more out on the second spin.

Not enough to justify doing it on a regular basis.

I'd certainly expect that 1x1400 is likely to be much better than 2x1200 probably cheaper too in electricity consumption

Old_Geezer

It would be my guess that performing a second spin is probably not good value. You'd have to pay the full cost of an additional spin on your fuel bill. And I'm unsure that, applying the same centrifrugal force as last time would drive out much more. (Applying more by spinning it faster, well that sounds more useful.) IIWY I'd just shove it out on the line to finish off. (Or over a clothes horse is raining.)

saxy_jag

A higher maximum spin speed isn't what makes one machine better than another. What matters is how effective the machine is at a given speed and it could be the better machine spins better (and more cost effectively) at 1200 than another machine at the same speed.

buildersmate

Given that it is the centrifugal force that drives the water out of the clothes, and that force is proportional to the spin speed, I really don't know what point you are trying to make.
Higher speed, coupled with length of time spun, equates to how much water comes out. Not much else matters - oh except tiny holes in the drum to let the water escape.

Vagrant

Depends on drum size as well of course - are all drums the same size?

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