Dear designers of whitegoods the world over…

Please, explain to me why, in 2008, you cannot design a washing machine that has a fail-safe mode of operation when filling?

Yes Simpson, I’m looking at you and your alleged “Ezi-Sensor” upright washing machine that we bought 3 weeks ago, which has proceeded to flood once, and attempted to overfill a further 2 times - luckily I was there to stop it. Since you know, walking across a tiled floor with standing water on it to operate an electrical device isn’t on the list of things I do for kicks.

Annoying washing machine of mine that keeps trying to flood the house...

Seriously, how much would it cost to add a cutoff to the solenoids if, you know, water is gushing out of the bowl and onto the floor? I would have thought that would indicate a non-standard mode of operation!

It’s not rocket science. It’s not even software engineering. It doesn’t even require any electronics!

FFS.

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