I am interested in purchasing a new portable Whirlpool online. The model is not available through a retail outlet.
I notice from the owners manual that the model has an electronic control panel for selecting wash cycle, water temperature and level, and start/off.
My last Whirlpool was an older model with manual controls.
I liked the manual controls because I always prefer to wash my clothes for a longer period of time than is provided by the maximum/heavy duty wash cycle. To
accomplish this, I would manually restart/reset the wash cycle again after the first wash cycle/period was completed (and before the rinse cycle began). This "manual restart/reset" process would give me 25 or more minutes of wash time, which I always prefer to get out heavy stains and for bleaching whites.
My question is as follows:
Given the electronic controls now present on the new models, will I be able to do the same thing (i.e. restart/reset the wash cycle at the beginning, before the rinse cycle begins) to get more washing time?
In other words, if I press the "off" button just before the rinse cycle begins, and then press the "start" button again, will the washing machine begin a brand new wash cycle, or will the washing machine resume the wash cycle at the point/time when the "off" button was pressed (just before the start of the rinse cycle)?
To put it another way, does the "start" button on these new models act as a "resume" button if the "off" button is first pressed during a wash cycle (just before the start of the rinse cycle)? Or, will the wash cycle start at the very beginning again?
In other words, I'm unsure how "smart" the new electronic control panel is on the new models with respect to the "start/off" button (i.e., does the start/off button serve as a "reset" button if used during the wash cycle - i.e., a "smart" control).
I hope my question isn't too confusing.
DD
