We did that the first five years of marriage, and that included two kids diapers. Clothes came out just as clean. That was during the late 1950s. Gerry
> I saw something a coupla months ago, maybe in the paper, that the > current moderne laundry detergents work just as well in cold water as in > warm/hot water (this from a laundry detergent specialist). (And you > don't need a lot of it.) So now I use cold to wash and rinse. I can't > tell any difference but that doesn't necessarily mean there is no > difference. > > --R > > On 1/10/16 3:22 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > > Most of the energy in laundry is hot water and drying. > > With a propane water heater and air-drying, a lot of modern high efficiency > > washers should work fine off grid. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.6176 / Virus Database: 4489/11377 - Release Date: 01/11/16 > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com