I have the identical Haier washer. UPS delivered it right to my door at a campground. I am in a 28 foot Class C RV. I could NEVER live without my washer. I am in love! I've had it 3 years. If my RV was on fire, I would grab the washer and run outside. ;D Mine happens to fit in my bedroom against the wall opposite the bathroom. I keep a round rubber cocktail type bar tray on top of the washer, so it doubles as an extra side table when I am not washing.
Haier Washer:
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The washer runs off a regular 110 outlet, so you don't need a generator at all. I am on 30 amp service too. The water supply quick-connects to the sink and the drain hose fits down my bathroom sink drain perfectly. So I hook mine into the bathroom sink when I want to wash. Luckily the hoses reach from around the corner where it sits in my bedroom, so I don't even have to move the washer to wash.
You just have to "load share" when running the washer. In other words if you are washing clothes and running the air conditioner, you can't run the microwave and coffee pot too, something is going to trip a breaker. But I run my washer with electric heat or air conditioner running, but I don't run other heavy stuff (microwave, coffee pot etc.) until I am through washing.
I put a screen door hook on the bathroom door "yacht style" which enables me to hook the bathroom door open about 2 inches, when desired, enough to let the hoses run through without the door being in the way when I am washing. I mention that because my bathroom door when open, blocks the entire hallway because I have a split bathroom with toilet and sink on one side and shower stall across the hall from it. The door hook I use when I an running the hoses, so the door is almost shut, but not blocking the hallway nor pinching the hoses. My quick-connect is attached to the bathroom faucet and I am able to use the faucet just fine when not washing clothes.
I had to buy a cork at a hardware store that fit the inlet hose, so when I am through washing, I unplug the hose from the sink, then stick a cork in it, so water in the hose doesn't spill out on the floor. For the outlet hose, I found a rubber chair leg cap that fits the outlet hose and keeps it from spilling water when I am done. I put a piece of that double velcro on the hose, that I wrap the two together for storage when not washing.
I have indoor drying for the princely sum of about $30 total. I bought 2 spring loaded adjustable compression posts, the kind used to hold up shower curtains. I also bought closet rod flanges to hold up the compression posts because wet clothes are heavy, so the spring alone is not going to keep the rod in place.
I put one rod across the middle of my shower ceiling about an inch down from the ceiling. The other one runs along my bedroom wall fore and aft, a clothes hanger's half width from the wall and about an inch down from the ceiling.
Next I bought a big stack of plastic clothes hangers and a stack of wooden clothes pins. When I wash clothes, I shake then out, then hang them up on the clothes hangers just the way I want them to dry. I hang these about an inch apart in the shower stall. If I need more room, I have the second clothes rod in the bedroom. For towels I use one per clothes hanger with clothes pins to attach them to the hanger. Ditto for socks and undies, use clothes pins to attach to hangers. For sheets, I shake them out, then simply drape one over a clothes hanger. Yes it's all wrinkly, but it dries surprisingly quick this way. I can wash my sheets in the morning and they are ready to go back on the bed in the afternoon, even with indoor drying.
As long as there is a little air around each article, everything dries quicker than you would think. Clothes hung up to dry feel "cool" when dry, not hot like out of the dryer, so you have to relearn laundry drying techniques. Your clothes will last a lot longer too because they aren't getting beat up by the dryer.
The washer does SMALL loads beautifully. Do NOT overload the washer, and be careful about measuring soap. The fact it only does small loads at a time is PERFECT for indoor drying.
For instance, I often do 1-2-3 small loads of laundry in the morning right after my shower. Then I hang it up to dry as described. Later in the day, everything is dry and ready to be put away. Sometimes I do 1-2 loads at night and let them dry overnight. Put them away in the morning.
Things that are heavy when wet, such as my bluejeans, I only wash 1 or 2 pairs together with nothing else. I hang them up with the legs opened and the waist opened, so there is air inside and outside. They dry quicker than you think. Wet clothes just need air. Sun, wind and heat are optional.
If you are in a hurry, you can use a fan to blow on the clothes. I don't have to worry about an outside clothes line at all. I do travel with clothes line in case I am in a park where you can string one up, but mostly I am happy to dry indoors. I've moved from campground to campground with my clothes drying while I drive. I never wash while driving, that to me would be a disaster.
I wash all my clothes, my bedroom slippers, the dogs padded bed, and my sheets in the washer. I even do my throw rugs one at a time. My washer has saved me a fortune in quarters and hassle. I often stay in parks that are remote and not all have washing facilities. I also workamp part of the year in a beautiful place that has no washer facilities either.
I bought a Downy Ball and use concentrated softener when I do towels or jeans. Everything else seems to come out soft enough. When I am around hard water, I also use some Calgon water softener, this does not soften clothes, but it prevents mineral and calcium buildup and it makes the hard water sudsy. About once a year I have to clean out the screen in the water hose attached to the washer as crap seems to get trapped there sometimes.
When I bought my washer, the instructions were a tad vague about the outlet hose, but you can re-route it to the opposite side of the washer if need be before you put the bottom of the washer on. Otherwise the rest of the manual is fine. Read all of it! They ship the washer with the metal bottom attached over the plastic lid, so it doesn't break in shipping. The consumer has to figure out which side you want the drain hose on, then attach the bottom part.
It comes with casters or rubber feet for you to attach. Mine is on casters, so I can move it around for cleaning under it. You might die laughing, but I put 2 hooks in the wall. Then I have a decorative rope running around the washer attaching it to the 2 hooks in the walls. This keeps the washer from moving around when I drive. Also it holds the hoses in place neatly beside the washer (along with the velcro strap) when I am not washing. I can also unhook the rope and move the washer for cleaning underneath it.
That washer enables me to live fulltime in my RV without owning a mountain of clothes and the storage problems associated with that. Knowing I can wash anything, anytime is wonderful. The washer is well built, with numerous settings. You can also reset it to do a 2nd rinse or another trip through the spin cycle, though this is rarely needed.
The spin cycle is very unique. It goes through 3 phases. The 1st one is a slow spin, the 2nd one is a medium spin, then the 3rd spin is full speed ahead. There is a pause between each cycle. The washer will beep when it it finished and the lights on the dial go out.
If it beeps while spinning and stops, but the lights are flashing, then you have overloaded the washer. You will learn in time to never do this. In that case, you will need to remove something from the wash, then let it finish with the rest, then do whatever you removed in a separate load. I learned this the hard way with jeans or a sweatshirt or big sweater etc. I also have a heavy duty sweater and sweat shirt for winter use. I generally wash each one all by itself in the washer, then do more loads of whatever else I want to clean.
I wish all RV's would come with "empty space" to accommodate this wonderful compact washer. I love mine and for 3 years have dried my clothes inside without issue. The only thing I have used a regular washer for is my big fluffy comforter. I even bought cloth napkins to use when eating, saves me a bundle in paper towels. I also bought microfiber cleaning cloths. I now only use about 2 rolls of paper towels per year.
If you want pics, let me know.
