Washer doing different amounts of rinse cycles
I have a New Bosche VarioPerfect Waq283S0Gb washing machine and am delighted with how clean it washes, but perplexed at how the rinse cycles work.
First time I used the Cottons 60 deg wash, I was sure it only did 2 rinse cycles. I was expecting three which it did on the 40 deg easy care setting. I have just run the 60 deg wash again using aqua plus and was expecting it to do three rinses plus the extra one. However watching the water go in the drawer the third rinse went in the softener section and that was the last rinse.
Does anyone have this machine and know how this system works.
Many thanks Jay
PS Ran the 30 deg easy care and it ran the three rinses.
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Bosch VarioPerfect WAQ283S0GB appears to vary rinse count by programme
- The problem
- A new Bosch VarioPerfect WAQ283S0GB washing machine appeared to perform different numbers of rinse cycles depending on the selected programme. The user observed what seemed to be 2 rinses on Cottons 60°C, 3 rinses on Easy Care 40°C and 30°C, and expected an additional rinse when Aqua Plus was selected. The user also reported the wash light flashing with the rinse light during part of an Easy Care 40°C cycle.
- Likely cause
- The accepted reply stated the model uses water-saving technology and probably adjusts water usage according to how soapy the rinse water is. A further forum reply suggested that higher-temperature programmes may be designed to use fewer standard rinses, with fabric conditioner dispensed in the final rinse. This second point was presented as a comparison, not as confirmed Bosch-specific documentation.
- What fixed it
- No repair was advised. The thread concluded that the varying rinse behaviour was likely normal programme logic or water-saving control rather than a fault. The exact meaning of the flashing wash and rinse lights was not confirmed in the discussion.
- Checks to try
- User compared rinse behaviour on Cottons 60°C, Easy Care 40°C and Easy Care 30°C
- User ran Cottons 60°C with Aqua Plus and observed the final water intake through the softener compartment
- User observed wash light flashing together with rinse light during Easy Care 40°C
3 Answers
This model has water saving technology so it probably senses how soapy the rinse water is and adjusts water usage accordingly.
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Hi Back again . I have just run the 40 deg easy care cycle and when it got to the empty wash water it spun out then started the rinse cycle but the wash was on and flashing with the rinse light. I did this once before and I thought it might be a fluke but not so
Thanks Jay
Hi Jay,
Not the same machine, but it's possible that the programming could be similar.
The current Miele machines do 2 rinses as standard on all cycles set to 60 degrees or above. The theory is that hotter washing requires less detergent and therefore less rinsing. Using extra rinse on these cycles should increase them to 3 rinses (2 standard and 1 conditioner rinse. Conditioner is dispensed in the final rinse on all machines).
Hope this helps.
Chris
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