How a Washing Machine works
How a washing machine works
It’s hard for some of us to believe, but at one time, clothes were washed by hand, using a washing board. A modern washing machine works much differently and makes washing clothes a breeze.
When you decide what type of clothes you will be washing (ie. Colors, whites, denim etc) you fill the washing machine with the items and select the appropriate cleaning cycle. What happens then is that water begins to fill the washing machine. Once the water gets to the designated level, a motor begins to move the barrel back and forth, causing the clothes to rub together. The barrel or tub that the clothes are in is controlled by a powerful electric motor. This action along with the soap that you added cause the clothes to become clean.
Once the washer has agitated for a few minutes, then the water is drained, and clean water rinses the soap off. In order to dry the clothes, the motor that operates the barrel begins to spin very fast, causing much of the water to disappear down the drain. While the clothes won’t be dry, they will be much drier than if the spinning function never happened.
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