is it frugal to replace old top loading washer with new front loading energy star?

 will the savings I make on water and electricity be substantial enough
to pay for a new washer? Anyone notice lower utitily bills after
replacing old top loader with front loader or is the difference not
noticeable?

 

Unlikely to be noticeable unless you do a hell of a lot of
washing and very little of anything else that uses water.

 
my wife has been washing clothes pretty much every day so it's a
pretty sizeable amount of our daily water usage and my washer is about
20-30 years old.

 

It makes more sense to change than than to change the washer.


Still wouldnt be economic to change the washer for a new front loader.


If its lasted that long, it could well last another decade or more too.

Sounds like you are looking for an excuse to buy a new one.

 

I am, this old washer doesn't really clean the clothes very well and
the clothes come out sopping wet so if I don't run the dryer 2 cycles
my clothes end up with a slight mildewy smell. But it still works... I
was hoping someone would chime in and tell me that their electric
usage went down just from the fact that the spin cycle on these front
loaders is so thorough that the clothes need less time in the dryer.
The thing that really kills me is reading about how in other states
people can get rebates from their state and utilities up to $200 for
buying an energy star rated machine. Not so in CT...