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AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsJoseph Wilson Latham, Michael Lee McIntyre, Noah Damron
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A washing machine appliance includes a tub, a rotatable basket within the tub, and an annulus defined between the tub and the basket. A method of operating the washing machine appliance includes activating a drain pump to remove standing wash liquid from the annulus. The method also includes deactivating the drain pump after removing the standing wash liquid and rotating the basket within the wash tub for a first time period after deactivating the drain pump. The drain pump remains deactivated during the first time period. The method further includes determining a level of wash liquid in the annulus after rotating the basket within the wash tub for the first time period and determining a load type of the load of articles based on the level of wash liquid in the annulus after rotating the basket within the wash tub for the first time period.
A method of operating a washing machine appliance, the washing machine appliance comprising a wash tub mounted within the washing machine appliance and a basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub whereby an annulus is defined outside of the basket and within the wash tub, the method comprising:
A washing machine appliance, comprising:
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