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When washing: With a simple trick you save money

2022-11-26T11:02:55.980Z


When washing: With a simple trick you save money Created: 11/26/2022, 11:46 am By: Kilian Bäuml Many households plan to save energy. With the right setting of the washing machine, this is very easy. Kassel – The household is full of hidden power guzzlers, but some of them can be drastically reduced in consumption if you know how – one of these appliances is the washing machine. According to S


When washing: With a simple trick you save money

Created: 11/26/2022, 11:46 am

By: Kilian Bäuml

Many households plan to save energy.

With the right setting of the washing machine, this is very easy.

Kassel – The household is full of hidden power guzzlers, but some of them can be drastically reduced in consumption if you know how – one of these appliances is the washing machine.

According to Stiftung Warentest, most households in Germany wash at least once or twice a week.

The equivalent of 104 times a year, the savings potential is correspondingly high - with a simple setting.

So much money can be saved when washing

The key to saving energy when washing is the water temperature – the higher the temperature, the more electricity is used.

This is because it takes a lot of energy to heat the water to a high temperature.

Most things can also be washed colder and detergents usually react at lower temperatures.

A load of laundry at 90 degrees Celsius costs 76 cents, writes the Industry Association for Personal Care and Detergents.

The same wash cycle costs only 15 cents at 30 degrees Celsius - a saving of 61 cents per wash cycle.

The more often you wash, the greater the savings.

Savings per wash

0.61 euros

Savings after one year (104 washes)

64.33 euros

In the graphic, IKW makes it clear how much money you pay for a washing machine load at the respective temperature.

© Industry Association for Personal Care and Detergents

Save money when washing: you should pay attention to this

Most things can easily be washed at 30 degrees Celsius.

However, there are also products that you should definitely wash warmer, because otherwise they can become a health hazard.

This includes underwear, towels and sportswear.

A particularly large number of bacteria collect in them.

These are only effectively killed from 60 degrees Celsius, so you should not save here.

For everything else, however, 30 degrees Celsius is sufficient.

These tips also help to save on laundry:

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  • The washing machine

    - When purchasing a washing machine, you should pay attention to the energy efficiency of the machine.

    New washing machines often have an energy-saving wash cycle installed.

  • Don't use

    the quick wash - The machine needs more power to get the laundry clean faster.

  • Make it as full as possible

    - the more laundry you wash in one wash, the fewer washes you have to do overall.

  • Do without the dryer

    – laundry dries without a dryer even in winter and can even be hung out to dry all year round.

  • (Source: MDR)

(Kilian Baeuml)

Source: merkur

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