reference to fig6 in response to signals from the programmed controller 59 an amplifier circuit 60 operates a triac 62 through a resistor 61 so as to control the operation of the control components such as the motor 15 a power supply circuit 63 transforms an ac power to a lower voltage and rectifies the low voltage ac power to a dc power which is supplied to components and switches in the control device 49 as well as to various sensors which will be mentioned later a main switch 64 can be manually turned on and off when a predetermined time has elapsed after completion of a selected program an auto off switch 65 operates to automatically turn off the main switch 64 a subordinate switch 66 is adapted to be automatically turned on by an auto on relay which operates simultaneously with the turning on of a later mentioned input switch 68 the switch 66 is automatically turned off when a selected program is completed the switch 66 also can be turned off by turning off of a later mentioned lid unbalance switch 70 the above mentioned input switch 68 is used to select and input one of the programs stored in the memory of the programmed controller 59 e g a process from washing to dehydration or a process from washing to drying an indicator panel 69 is capable of indicating or displaying various data such as the state of the power supply the kind of the selected program progress of the process of the selected program time and so forth the lid unbalance switch 70 mentioned before.