G'day Brett,

Would have to be pure sine wave for this one sorry - you'll run the risk of the washing machine overheating with modified sine wave inverters.

G'day Anne,

No, it doesn't.  This unit operates on 240v power only.  Historically I have seen one or two 12v washing machine models around, but we don't have any in our range.  The alternative options are manual washers, that have a crack arm.

G'day Garry,

Great question!  The washing machine only has three dials - one each for the speed of the wash or spin drum, and the third dial is to allocate what operation you'd like the machine to undertake.  Whether you are washing, rinsing or spinning is determined by this single dial, so you cannot run two different operations at the same time.
Hope that makes sense!

G'day Samantha,

Companion doesn't list a specific water capacity for the unit but looking at the size you'd need at least two standard buckets of water to run the wash cycle, and then the same again for the rinse cycle. You can download the user manual directly below the specifications that might help understand the process and time frames for using the washer.