The great turn-off question

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Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
  Building Technologies Office

DOE Issues Draft Guidance for Test Procedures for Clothes Washers, Clothes Dryers, and Dishwashers

The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a draft guidance concerning test procedures for clothes washers, clothes dryers, and dishwashers. This is a draft document and does not represent a definitive view of the agency on the question addressed.

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For a clothes washer, clothes dryer or dishwasher with a “hard” on/off switch or electromechanical dial that physically breaks the connection to the main power supply, is the appliance considered to be in “off mode” when the switch or dial is in the “off” position? Guidance

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