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Charles 9

Re: I'm planning to buy a new washing machine...

Well, a washing machine, mechanically speaking, isn't entirely that complicated. You have a tub motor, a number of solenoid valves, maybe a pump or two and some sensors. The tricky stuff is choreographing the pieces to work together, but let's recall that just a few decades ago your average washing machine ran its programs on a cam cylinder and a bunch of microswitches (watch "The Secret Life of the Washing Machine"). What electronics have done is allow more varied control of the parts, but the parts haven't changed that much. Maybe the motor has more speeds to it and so on, but the basics are still there. What is it about a modern washing machine that gets all so complicated?

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