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They're an American thing it seems. Every apartment we viewed had one, as did many of the US homes we viewed where the washer wasn't in the basement. Frankly, they're just a complete pain in the arse and allow US appliance manufacturers to continue to make crap appliances rather than implement sensors to prevent internal leaks (as ze Germans manufacturers have done).

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Never heard of them. Never seen them.

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Ditto.

Surely the biggest possibility of a leak is a hose breaking. I don't see how a drain pan could be of any use for that.

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It doesn't make much sense. A hose breaking or the drain backing up is much more likely and if you turn and off the water valves, the packing can leak but that is away from the pan. I don't know who thought of that idea but didn't think about dishwashers which can leak as the seals lose flexibility.

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I completely agree. They're a complete con. I want the one in our home removed ASAP. They are nothing other than a total pain, especially when you want to move the washer.

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So what IS it? The one I found online was a sort of plastic thing. never even heard of them before.

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Your search skills served you well.

Oatey Washing Machine Pan-34067 at The Home Depot

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I bet if Dyson made one, that would be built in. ;)

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Dyson did make washing machines. They did not have an overflow protection built in from a quick google search. Guess only real appliance companies do that.

UPDATE: I was wrong. Dyson built in a leak sensor: http://www.washerhelp.co.uk/reviews/...01-review.html

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I thought the drain pan was necessary for a laundry room upstairs, and not needed for downstairs laundry.

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:lol:

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They were very common in the homes we viewed in New England unless they were in the basement.

Either way, like I said, I have absolutely no idea why these things exist. It seems to just imply that washing machines here are crap and are going to leak. That's like going back to the 80's in Europe.

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Near as I can tell, you stick a sensor in the pan and if a hose blows out, the sensor gets wet and does.... something? Force field maybe. Whatever, it's crap. I'd just toss it out.

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I've never known a WM to leak. The WMs in the UK are horrible little things.

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Whilst they are smaller, they're of infinite better quality than the junk on sale here.