It became known why washing machines add extra time to the end of the cycle

Washing machines often take longer than expected, and people are just beginning to understand why.

The time indicated on the washing machine is usually an underestimate.

This pattern prompted a puzzled Reddit user to ask: “Explain to me as if I were five years old: Why does the last minute of washing in the washing machine always take several minutes? I turn on the wash and it says 40 minutes left. I come back around that time and see there is 1 minute left so i stay to put the clothes in the dryer or on the hanger after a few minutes there is still 1 minute left why the machine loses sense of time at the last minute?”.

According to Home and Gardens magazine, there are several reasons why this could happen. H2O Plumbing's appliance expert Rich Mullins says this is mostly due to modern washing machines being able to change cycle times…