### Question
How is the term commercial clothes washer defined?


### Answer
The term **commercial clothes washer** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 6311* as the following:

> a soft-mount front-loading or soft-mount top-loading clothes washer that—


(A) has a clothes container compartment that—


(i) for horizontal-axis clothes washers, is not more than 3.5 cubic feet

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 6311*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 77-ENERGY CONSERVATION > SUBCHAPTER III-IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY > Part A&ndash;1-Certain Industrial Equipment**

