Washing Machine, No Detergent Necessary
- August 1st, 2007
- 2 Comments
If you’re like me, you launder your clothes roughly once per quarter and fly into an incoherent rage before you even get the washing machine lid open because someone (probably you, three months ago) has used all the detergent.
Well for just shy of a thousand bucks, Haier will sell you a washing machine that doesn’t use detergent yet still somehow gets clothes clean.
The WasH20 breaks water into OH- and H+ ionic components and, once split, the OH- isolates stains while the H+ scrubs the clothes.
Someone with a more nerdly mind might be able to explain this process better but I’m inclined to believe that this machine works based on the fact that Haier’s a pretty established company.
Initially available in France, no word on US plans yet.
Detergentless Haier WasH20 Washing Machine [Freshome.com]
Product Page (in French)
Eric (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Electrolysis? How about the H+ ion then goes into a storage tank and you use it to drive your hydrogen car? :-D
The remaining hydrogen peroxide then is dealt with separately. It readily breaks down in water (the cleaning process?) and emits heat.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts174.html
Jeremy L. (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Wait—you only do your laundry once per quarter? I’m guessing you don’t get invited to many parties right around laundry day.