They correspond to hot, warm, cool, and cold. To the best of my knowledge, home washing machines do not have thermostats to regulate water temperature. When you select "hot," most or all of the water will come from the hot water tap that the machine is connected to. When you select "warm," the machine will mix in water from the cold water tap in some pre-set proportion. When you select "cool," most of the water will come from the cold water tap, and when you select "cold," there probably won't be any hot water added to the mix at all. What actual temperature each setting corresponds to would depend on what temperature your hot water heater is set at, what the average temperature of your cold water is, and what proportions your make and model of washer uses for each settings. The good news is that most clothing isn't that fussy about temperature. If you have some special items that require a given temperature of water, you should probably wash them by hand. If you're doing other temperature-specific things, like dyeing, you might get a fair idea of water temperature by holding a good thermometer that's made to use in liquid (a candy thermometer comes to mind) and holding it in the water as you fill the washer at each temperature setting. Karawan: Then you should have asked about how the temperatures on the European machine would relate to the temperature settings on an American machine. I answered the question you asked.

Hot: boil wash Warm: 60 degC Cool: 40 degC (water is tepid) Cold: cold - rinse cycles use cold water.

I also have a question. My washing mischine is olsa showing temeratures like Cold, Cold Warm, Cold Hot and Warm/Warm. wat temeratures do they belong to?