Abstract: Disclosed herein is a leveling pedestal usable with a washing machine. The leveling pedestal includes a plurality of pedestal sections configured to place the washing machine thereon. The plurality of pedestal sections are connected to each other to adjust the overall length of the leveling pedestal depending on the size of the washing machine or a distance between a plurality of legs of the washing machine. With such a length adjustable configuration, the leveling pedestal is recyclable so as to correspond to different washing machine sizes, achieving commonality in use.

Abstract: A washing machine and a method of controlling the same that is capable of determining whether laundry is a single load or a multiple load based on detected value of eccentricity or detected laundry amount and changing revolutions per minute of a motor or the number of eccentricity detections based on the determined load amount such that different spin-drying actions are performed. The washing machine comprises an eccentricity detecting unit for detecting eccentricity of laundry received in a drum, a motor driving unit for driving a motor such that the drum is rotated, and a microprocessor for determining whether the laundry is a single load or a multiple load based on the value of eccentricity detected by the eccentricity detecting unit and changing revolutions per minute of the motor or the number of eccentricity detections of the eccentricity detecting unit based on the initially determined load amount.