Disclosed is a clothes treating apparatus comprising: a drying device including a heat exchanger, a compressor and a fan and having a drain hole formed to drain condensate water produced by the heat exchanger; a tub arranged underneath the drying device and storing the condensate water drained through the drain hole; a water level sensor configured to detect a water level in the tub; and a controller configured to start a drying process, operate the drying device based on the start of the drying process, and determine a load for drying to be one of no-load and a small load based on the water level in the tub failing to reach a preset water level while a preset time elapses after the start of the drying process.

Disclosed is a clothes treating apparatus comprising: a drying device including a heat exchanger, a compressor and a fan and having a drain hole formed to drain condensate water produced by the heat exchanger; a tub arranged underneath the drying device and storing the condensate water drained through the drain hole; a water level sensor configured to detect a water level in the tub; and a controller configured to start a drying process, operate the drying device based on the start of the drying process, and determine a load for drying to be one of no-load and a small load based on the water level in the tub failing to reach a preset water level while a preset time elapses after the start of the drying process.

A clothes treating apparatus includes a tub, a drying device configured to supply hot air to the tub, a drainage pump configured to discharge water stored in the tub to an outside of the clothes treating apparatus, a temperature sensor located at a predetermined height from a bottom surface of the tub, and a controller configured to: operate the drying device in response to a start of a drying process; operate the drainage pump for a predetermined time in response to a predetermined condition detected by the temperature sensor; and determine a termination time point of the drying process based on an operation cycle of the drainage pump.

A clothes treating apparatus includes a tub, a drying device configured to supply hot air to the tub, a drainage pump configured to discharge water stored in the tub to an outside of the clothes treating apparatus, a temperature sensor located at a predetermined height from a bottom surface of the tub, and a controller configured to: operate the drying device in response to a start of a drying process; operate the drainage pump for a predetermined time in response to a predetermined condition detected by the temperature sensor; and determine a termination time point of the drying process based on an operation cycle of the drainage pump.

A combination washer/dryer laundry appliance includes a recirculating process air flow system in fluid communication with a conditioning system for dehumidification and heating of the process air. The laundry appliance may be adaptable for use in a recreational vehicle with a water conservation mode setting for one or more laundry cycles. In the conservation mode, condensate water from a prior drying cycle is stored in a sump for use in a subsequent wash cycle.

A combination washer/dryer laundry appliance includes a recirculating process air flow system in fluid communication with a conditioning system for dehumidification and heating of the process air. The laundry appliance may be adaptable for use in a recreational vehicle with a water conservation mode setting for one or more laundry cycles. In the conservation mode, condensate water from a prior drying cycle is stored in a sump for use in a subsequent wash cycle.

A washing machine is provided. The washing machine includes a tub, a drum provided in the tub, a drain pump configured to drain water from the tub to an outside, memory, including one or more storage media, storing instructions, and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the drain pump and the memory, wherein the instructions, when individually or collectively executed by the at least one processor, cause the washing machine to operate the drain pump at a maximum power based on a start of a draining process, determine a first target revolutions per minute (RPM) and a second target RPM, different from the first target RPM, based on an operating RPM of the drain pump operating at the maximum power, control the operating RPM of the drain pump to the first target RPM based on a water level in the tub being higher than a threshold water level, and control the operating RPM of the drain pump to the second target RPM based on the water level in the tub reaching the threshold water level.

A washing machine is provided. The washing machine includes a tub, a drum provided in the tub, a drain pump configured to drain water from the tub to an outside, memory, including one or more storage media, storing instructions, and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the drain pump and the memory, wherein the instructions, when individually or collectively executed by the at least one processor, cause the washing machine to operate the drain pump at a maximum power based on a start of a draining process, determine a first target revolutions per minute (RPM) and a second target RPM, different from the first target RPM, based on an operating RPM of the drain pump operating at the maximum power, control the operating RPM of the drain pump to the first target RPM based on a water level in the tub being higher than a threshold water level, and control the operating RPM of the drain pump to the second target RPM based on the water level in the tub reaching the threshold water level.

A combination washer/dryer laundry appliance includes a recirculating process air flow system in fluid communication with a conditioning system for dehumidification and heating of the process air. The laundry appliance may be adaptable for use in a recreational vehicle with a water conservation mode setting for one or more laundry cycles. In the conservation mode, condensate water from a prior drying cycle is stored in a sump for use in a subsequent wash cycle.

A combination washer/dryer laundry appliance includes a recirculating process air flow system in fluid communication with a conditioning system for dehumidification and heating of the process air. The laundry appliance may be adaptable for use in a recreational vehicle with a water conservation mode setting for one or more laundry cycles. In the conservation mode, condensate water from a prior drying cycle is stored in a sump for use in a subsequent wash cycle.