A washing machine appliance or method for operating the same may include determining a self-clean condition exists at one or more washing machine appliances and identifying a daily availability or coordinated arrangement for one or more self-clean cycles. The method may also include prompting a user to initiate the one or more self-clean cycles. The method may further include receiving a cycle-initiation command and initiating the one or more self-clean cycles at the one or more washing machine appliances within the daily availability window or based on the coordinated arrangement.

A laundry treating appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior. A drum is located within the interior and defines a treating chamber. The laundry treating appliance includes a recirculation circuit including a recirculation pump having an inlet and an outlet. The laundry treating appliance further includes a bulk treating chemistry dispenser. A method for rinsing or cleaning the bulk treating chemistry dispenser can be included.

A laundry treating appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior. A drum is located within the interior and defines a treating chamber. The laundry treating appliance includes a bulk treating chemistry dispenser. A method for rinsing or cleaning the bulk treating chemistry dispenser can be included. The method includes monitoring an operation of the laundry treating appliance and determining by a controller that a rinse or cleaning cycle for the bulk treating chemistry dispenser is due.

A washing machine appliance may include a cabinet, a tub, a wash basket, a ventilation line, a humidity sensor, and a controller. The ventilation line may define an air path from the tub through the cabinet. The humidity sensor may be mounted along the ventilation line to detect humidity therein. The controller may be in operative communication with the humidity sensor. The controller may be configured to direct a dry cycle that includes detecting a humidity level at the humidity sensor reaching a predetermined level target, measuring an elapsed time period to detecting the humidity level, determining the elapsed time period exceeds a baseline time period, recording an excess instance in response to determining the elapsed time period exceeds the baseline time period, determining a previous excess instance corresponding to a prior dry cycle, and determining a fault condition based on the excess instance and previous excess instance.

Disclosed herein is a chemical dosing system for an appliance, such as a laundry washing machine or a dishwashing machine, having a water inlet, the system comprising a meter determining the volume of water supplied to the appliance, a pump for dispensing a quantity of a chemical to the appliance and a control unit arranged to receive a signal from the meter and to cause to be dispensed to the appliance a volume of chemical that is proportional to the quantity of water supplied to the appliance. The disclosed system may enable a correct quantity of chemical to be automatically dispensed to many types of appliance, without the need to know anything about the appliance, or to derive an electrical signal from the appliance.

Disclosed herein is a laundry machine. More particularly, a laundry machine for generating steam by an induction heater and a control method thereof are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a method of controlling a laundry machine including a tub, a drum rotatably arranged in the tub to accommodate an object and provided with a through hole on an outer circumferential surface thereof, and an induction heater provided to the tub, and configured to perform a steam operation. The steam operation may include heating a heating surface of the drum facing the induction heater by driving the induction heater, spraying, through a spray nozzle, water toward the heating surface heated in the heating operation, and rotating the drum such that the steam is introduced into the drum through the through hole in a space between the tub and the drum.

A washing machine and a steam washing method. In order to enable the washing machine to meet a user's demand for refined washing and to achieve the object of reducing washing machine costs and energy consumption, the steam washing method includes: receiving an initial washing program of the washing machine; determining whether a steam washing instruction is received; and if not, performing a corresponding initial washing operation according to the initial washing program, and if so, configuring at least one steam washing program based on the initial washing program, where the washing machine can perform the corresponding steam washing operation according to the steam washing program. The method heats a minimum amount of water each time to generate steam, and determines whether a second heating is performed to generate steam based on the washing effect, so massive heating is avoided if much steam is unnecessary, thus maximizing energy savings.

Disclosed are a control method for a squeezing washing machine and the squeezing washing machine. The method includes: controlling a washing and spinning tub (6) to perform a water absorption wash; controlling the washing and spinning tub (6) to perform a squeezing wash, where the squeezing wash means that the washing and spinning tub (6) rotates at a second rotation speed for a second time period; and repeatedly and alternately controlling the washing and spinning tub (6) to perform the water absorption wash and the squeezing wash based on the preset number of cycles to complete the wash or the rinse. The method is conducive to reduction of wear of the clothes during the wash or the rinse and improves washing efficiency.

Disclosed herein is a laundry machine. More particularly, a laundry machine for generating steam by an induction heater and a control method thereof are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a method of controlling a laundry machine including a tub, a drum rotatably arranged in the tub to accommodate an object and provided with a through hole on an outer circumferential surface thereof, and an induction heater provided to the tub, and configured to perform a steam operation. The steam operation may include heating a heating surface of the drum facing the induction heater by driving the induction heater, spraying, through a spray nozzle, water toward the heating surface heated in the heating operation, and rotating the drum such that the steam is introduced into the drum through the through hole in a space between the tub and the drum.

An appliance, system, and method for operating a laundry appliance are provided. The laundry appliance includes a controller configured to execute instructions that cause the appliance to perform operations. The operations include transmitting a utilization signal including a utilization rate of the appliance. The operations include obtaining a control signal based on an operation schedule. The operation schedule determines whether the appliance is under-utilized, over-utilized, or nominally utilized based on the utilization signal. The operations include adjusting operation of the appliance based on the control signal.