IMPORTANT!
USING OUR NEW HE (high efficiency) WASHING MACHINES!
HE Washers and HE Detergents
Working in Harmony to Save Energy and Water
It was brought to our attention that some residents are adding too much traditional laundry detergent in our new high efficiency laundry machines, causing soapsuds to overflow.
All our washing machines are HE (high efficiency) and use low-water levels in the wash and rinse process. HE detergents are formulated to be low-sudsing and quick-dispersing to get the best cleaning performance with HE washers and are recommended.
HE detergent is a concentrated formula that has been proven to clean clothes thoroughly but avoids producing the amount of suds that a normal detergent would. Refer to product instructions for HE quantity to use. Pretreat and presoak products are normally high-sudsing. Thus, their use should be limited in HE washers as they can cause over-sudsing. If you experience over sudsing from pretreat or presoak products, please use your HE detergent as a pre-treater or pre-soaker.
HE detergents can be identified by the HE logo pictured above.
Traditional detergents are formulated to accomplish the wash in high water volumes in traditional top load washers and are not recommended for use in HE washers as it will cause over sudsing.
NOTE: We are experiencing a high incidence of washers being out of service due to the quantity of traditional detergent being used in our HE washers creating over sudsing. For normal loads, no more than 1/4 cup of your traditional laundry detergent should be used in our HE Washers.
Anyone causing excessive soapsuds must remove their clothes and soapsuds and start an empty cycle. This will wash out the excess detergent within the inner drum and return the machine to normal operation.
Sandra,
Property Manager DDC#19
www.thebayshore.net