A washing machine is a smart appliance that is present in almost every home today. She takes the lion's share of the worries on herself, giving the woman the opportunity not to stand over the pelvis, washing things by hand. Despite this, not all housewives know where to fill the air conditioner in the washing machine. This is due to the fact that not everyone uses this tool when washing.
How to figure out where to pour the air conditioner
For automatic washing, everyone is used to using powder - this is the main washing agent, after which things become clean. Whether to use fabric softener is an individual question. This is optional - rinse aid is needed in order to give the laundry softness and extra freshness. In which compartment should this agent be poured?
- Firstly, you should not confuse the conditioner, for example, from the Lenore company, with a stain remover that can be poured into the drum when laying the laundry in the machine. This tool performs a completely different function, so you need to add fabric softener to the washing machine only in the compartment in the container specially designed for this. If you pour it in advance into the laundry compartment, it will simply be washed along with the powder, and then things will be rinsed in clean water.
- Secondly, on some models of washing machines there are instructions on where to pour which agent. If there are no hints about this directly on the panel, then you need to find the instructions for this type of equipment and read it.If the manual is lost in paper form, then this is not a problem today, since you can find information on the operation of any model of a washing machine on the network.
- In extreme cases, it does not hurt to familiarize yourself with the universal recommendations on where to fill the rinse aid in the washing machine, which will help when working with any brand of device.
Almost all models of washing machines, where the laundry is loaded frontally, have a retractable container for washing powder and other products on the right. When loaded vertically, the compartments for powder and liquids are located immediately under the cover of the device.
Where is the rinse aid compartment usually located?
Each front-loading washing machine, for example, from Bosch, is equipped with a retractable detergent tray with three compartments, while they differ in shape, size and even location relative to each other. Their purpose is as follows:
- compartment for falling asleep bleach and powders intended for soaking linen. It is small and usually denoted by the letter A or the Roman numeral I;
- compartment for the powder used for the main wash. This compartment is indicated by the letter B or the number II. It is the largest and is used constantly, since washing powder is poured into it in any mode;
- compartment for air conditioning.This is the narrowest compartment, since the rinse aid is a concentrated product and it needs to be poured quite a bit, literally a third of the cap. The fact that this is a compartment for a fabric softener can be determined by the image in the form of a flower next to it - in models from Samsung, this compartment is always indicated that way. It may be blue, or it may just be white. Also, this compartment can be equipped with a removable tray, but this option is not present in the models of every company.
It is worth noting that the flower is not the only icon to indicate the compartment intended for the air conditioner in the washing machine.In Lg models, this compartment may be marked with an asterisk.
Non-standard location of the rinse aid compartment
Among the models of washing machines there are those, at the first acquaintance with which you can easily get confused in deciding where to pour the air conditioner. Here is some of them:
- On the ELECTROLUX EWW51486HW, the rinse aid compartment is the far right compartment in the chemical tray. It looks unusual, since you need to pour the product through the hole that covers the lid compartment.
- Top-loading washing machines can also be confusing, and the Bosch WOT24455O model can be confusing, as the product container is right on the lid, and the fabric softener compartment is in the middle.
- Indesit machines are equipped with a tray in which the conditioner compartment is located on the right, while the agent is poured into a small hole in the middle of it.
- Samsungecobubble is also able to surprise the layman with an unusual type of detergent container. It has only two compartments, the right of which is blue and is divided into two additional compartments. The compartment that is closer when the tray is opened is for pouring rinse aid.
- Some Zanussi top-loading models have four compartments in an under-lid container. The one on the right is for rinse aid.
- Siemens washing machines are very practical in this regard, as the compartments for air conditioner and bleach are covered with lids. At the same time, the compartments are marked on top with a flower and a bottle, respectively.
If you follow elementary logic, then it will not be difficult to determine which container to pour the air conditioner into. It should be noted that in each model of the washing machine, the maximum allowable level of laying liquid rinse aid is indicated. At the end of the wash, the tray must be removed and washed so that the holes through which powders and liquids are supplied are not clogged with their residues.
That's all the recommendations about where you want to pour rinse aid when washing.
It is difficult to confuse the compartments in the tray, even if there are no markings - they all have a different size - just remember that the smallest compartment is intended for the air conditioner.
To use the air conditioner for the washing machine or not - everyone chooses for himself. There are special liquids for wool and delicate fabrics, there are hypoallergenic rinses for baby clothes, and there are also concentrates. In any case, it doesn’t hurt to know where to fill in the fabric softener, because you need to be on “you” with your home appliances.
