CFR > Title 10 - Energy > CHAPTER II—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY > SUBCHAPTER D—ENERGY CONSERVATION (parts 400 to 491) > PART 431—ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT > SUBPART I—Commercial Clothers Washers (§431.151 to §431.156) > 431.152—Definitions concerning commercial clothes washers.

431.152—Definitions concerning commercial clothes washers.

Commercial clothes washer means a soft-mounted front-loading or soft-mounted top-loading clothes washer that—
(1) Has a clothes container compartment that—
(i) For horizontal-axis clothes washers, is not more than 3.5 cubic feet; and
(ii) For vertical-axis clothes washers, is not more than 4.0 cubic feet; and
(2) Is designed for use in—
(i) Applications in which the occupants of more than one household will be using the clothes washer, such as multi-family housing common areas and coin laundries; or
(ii) Other commercial applications.