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Don't most washing machines plug into a 240V circuit?

• ars 8y ago
  No. Electric dryers do, but not washers. But that said, it would not be hard to run 240V to washer, so that can't be the reason. Do Europeans typically heat water with electricity? That might be the reason - if you are anyway using electricity, you might as well let the washer do it. In the US natural gas water heaters are very common (it's more efficient). And natural gas dryers too.
  • krageon 8y ago
    No, it is typically done with natural gas still (at least, that is the kind I see almost everywhere). A lot of new housing developments use electricity though (occasionally combined with solar heating tanks).
  • rsynnott 8y ago
    No, most water heating in most places in Europe is gas. Modern front-loading washing machines, especially those managing an A or better on the EC's energy rating system, tend to use very little water, though. Depending on the plumbing system, by the time the potential cold water in the hot water pipes had run through, you might not get very much hot water at all before you were done, so you'd have to heat electrically anyway.
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