Jim Beacon wrote:
We had a washing machine with an electronic
controller. It was such a pain
that the replacement had to have a mechanical timer - vital if you live
somewhere with unreliable mains, the electronic ones reset on power off, a
mechanical one just picks up where it left off.
Give it a couple of years. Washing machines will come with a USB port and
you'll be expected to hook them to your UPS. And they'll probably be able to
play music.