Howard,

Personally, I would be careful about newer machines with the electronic 
controlls as I have heard that some of them make a lot of noise all over the 
radio spectrum.

Unless you do a lot of loads each week, I vet the savings are not as good as 
the manufacturer would lead you to believe.  You can save on water by not 
choosing a second rinse, if that is an option on your machine, and not 
choosing a load size larger than you really need.  Some people just keep the 
load size set at the same setting no matter how much they put in, wasting 
water.

I have had good luck with Sears' Kenmore series.  We had a Kenmore washer 
that lasted 20 years, we replaced it with an Amana, which only lasted 5 
years with 2 repairs.  We replaced it with another Kenmore washer.  When we 
bought the last Kenmore washer we also purchased the matching dryer even 
though our original Kenmore dryer that was 28 years old was still working 
fine.  These units have the turn type controls.

My two cents worth.

Howard #3

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From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 3:52 AM
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> Advice please.
> Our washing machine probably died yesterday morning.  I am going to have a
> repair guy look at it for a post mortem.
> if it can't be repaired, its replacement time.
> I can still find new or rebuilt models with actual dials on them, but the
> choices are few.  So have any of you used models that are reasonable
> resource efficient, and accessible?
>
> H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
> Adaptive Technology Instructor
>
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