Full-time washers are on-call five days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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The total number of high-rise window washers in and around the city isn't clear.
This is exactly what we observe for goods such as toasters, TVs, iPods, washers and dryers.
They retooled their factories to sell new front-loading washers, which use half as much water as their top-loading counterparts.
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Cherry asks its car washers to follow a fairly simple job description: show up quickly, be pleasant, wash a car.
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Each market is burgeoning with growing middle classes eager for wider adoption of washing machines, dish washers and the like.
It was a big kitchen, and the pot washers were at the bottom of the job ladder, below even the dishwashers.
For example, brass washers and other non-ferrous metals are placed between the chromoly frame and the stainless steel bolts to slow electrolysis.
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Shortly before meeting Dr Kabamba, your correspondent interviewed a group of Congolese ore-washers who were delighted to have found such lucrative work.
Freitchen also points out some good buys in small kitchen appliances like stand mixers and larger appliances like washers and dryers from Sears.
The researchers found that for residential users heating water (showers, clothes washers, cooking, hot tubs, etc) accounted for 75% of water-related energy use.
Borgiani says that regular washers with a 5-pound load of laundry require 2 kilowatt-hours of electricity and 80 liters to 90 liters of water.
Investigators haven't provided details about who they suspect was responsible or why they targeted the men -- windshield washers and farm workers, according to Notimex.
One truck and a fleet of vans house over 32 energy-efficient washers and dryers that are capable of cleaning over 300 loads of laundry every day.
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Big black bags holding 250 pounds of dirty coveralls and uniforms are dumped from a rail system overhead into 450-pound steel washers big enough to scrub a small rhino.
In addition, from cell phones to computers, washers and dryers to electronic ignition for cars would be damaged by a massive solar storm that directly hit the Earth.
These are the sort of things you would expect, Wi-fi-connected appliances like refrigerators, ovens and washers that can download recipes or take advantage of off-peak electricity rate times.
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But the prospect of a near future in which scaffold-riding professionals are replaced by automatons doesn't appeal to everyone particularly window washers and the New Yorkers who romanticize them.
To that end, some new vehicles come with features that add comfort and relieve stress, including heated mirrors, heated steering wheels, headlight washers, heated washer nozzles and heated windshields.
Although demand for home appliances retreated in the December quarter due to a tepid global economy, Samsung saw increased sales of high-end refrigerators and washers in the U.S. and in European markets.
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Executives at General Electric and Whirlpool say consumers should expect networked homes and neighborhoods by 2012 and a drop in overall energy use of air conditioners, refrigerators and clothes washers by 50% to 75%.
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About five years ago, the federation joined with local community groups mobilizing to improve working conditions for car washers, mainly immigrants sometimes paid less than the hourly minimum wage and largely relying on tips.
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Picture the fairgrounds -- perhaps enlarged several fold -- filled to the brim with ultra-slim televisions, giant smartphones, tablets, laptops and enough washers and dryers to keep the entire population of Germany's wardrobe squeaky clean.
The morning after the eviction, teams of cleaning crews with power washers moved in to execute a "deep clean" of the site, which gained a reputation for a foul smell during its four months of operation.
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Washers and dryers in dorm laundry rooms can be connected to the Internet via equipment from Mac-Gray (nyse: TUC - news - people ) or privately held USA Technologies , based in Malvern, Pa.
And the list of products potentially affected is long: mowers, tillers, pressure washers, blowers, trimmers, chainsaws, generator sets, mixers, loaders, pump units, backhoes, forklifts, farm vehicles, motorbikes, go-carts, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, inboard and outboard motoboats and heavy-duty trucks.
The energy consumption data also could help home and business owners take stock of their energy use and take actions to save money, such as putting in more energy efficient light bulbs and appliances or running washers and dryers only when electric rates are low.
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The pilot project will include about 10, 000 households, and these residents could create an online account to not only view their reports but also browse rebates offered by the water district to buy water-efficient household items such as clothes washers and toilets or to change the landscaping of their lawns to use drought-resistant, native plants.
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