The purpose of this standard is to establish a uniform, repeatable procedure for evaluating the performance of household clothes washers. This standard provides technical means to compare and evaluate the performance of different brands and models of household clothes washers. This standard applies to automatic household clothes washers and combination washer-dryer equipment. With respect to combination washer-dryer equipment, this standard covers the washing function only. This standard includes definitions and test methods for evaluating the performance of various cycles of household clothes washers.