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Sure, conditions are different in the US than they are elsewhere. But there is a trend here toward building tight energy-efficient homes that don't breathe at all. How do you folks deal with all that moisture from a dryer without venting it to the outside?

I think the red dot is a QA function to demonstrate that the pressure tube and pressure switch are working correctly...after all, if they don't, the new machine could flood the customer's laundry room But it would be cool to buy a new SQ that had everyone sign the back of the machine. Back...

I guess depending on the tub seal design, the "GE Queen" could be a good buy for someone. At least it would be easier to move than those old GE Filter-Flo's that had a big lump of concrete in the bottom. I used to help out a friend with a local moving business, and I'd curse those GEs every...

A really neat machine, but I have become accustomed to ATC bumping up the cold temp to 60-65F or so and warm to 90-95F. That's a really useful feature where we live, because incoming cold water temp can get down to 45F in the winter. Down South were you live, that wouldn't be a problem. But I...

Knock wood, but I have an Amanatag SAV4655 that has been doing an average of 10 loads a week for better than 7 years. But if you compare the so-called "infamous" Amana NAV and Maytag SAV models against the current Speed Queens, there's really not that much difference. Different outer tub...

I don't own a Miele, so take this advice for what it's worth... Generally speaking, an AC induction motor with bad brushes will be not be able to deliver its nameplate power rating. It may well be able to develop full design RPM with little or no load, but it won't be able to perform its...

Congrats on your new order. It would be cool if you'd post a review/impression after you've gotten it installed and run a few loads.

What a great story! Alliance Laundry Systems, who makes Speed Queen is privately owned. The major investor in Alliance is a Canadian teachers' pension fund. Not a big corporation that is just trying to maximize quarterly financial results to appease analysts and stockholders. (Not that...

As combo52 mentioned, natural gas is the least expensive heat source in the U.S. Perhaps the EU should encourage more natural gas production and distribution... Adding a heat pump to a dryer would be considered nonsensical here - like a Rube Goldberg cartoon. A heat pump is an air conditioner...

Wow! If it wasn't so far away, I'd snag it in a minute. Wonder if it has auto temp control to temper the cold wash selection...

The people that complain about eBay's unfairness are the same ones that disparage the SNAP program without realizing the similarities. Go figure.

I think some venture capital firm bought the trademark for the "Mommie Dearest" clothes hanger product line, though...

Too bad the British powers that be didn't do more to save their domestic appliance industry. Once an organized society can no longer do their laundry start-to-finish domestically, what to do? It's not like dental and breast implants business will make up for that, even though none of those are...

Attractive and practical - what more could you ask for? A properly protected washer and dryer could have withstood a Red attack. And as we all know, looking good is the next best thing to being good as far as armies go, Napoleon and Tin Disease not withstanding.

Well, if idiot-proofing should have an epicenter, it should be in NYC! That was intended to be humor, poorly executed on my part... But I would enjoy hosting a jaunt from your home ground to places in the Midwest where the local hospitals not only have to have bilingual signage (English and...

Security fasteners were used in microwave ovens to make sure people that didn't know what they were doing from messing up doors and door seals so they wouldn't be exposed to dangerous levels of RF energy at frequencies that were detrimental to humans and pets. Yeah, I get the fascination with...

Either have the glass for your coffee table recut so it doesn't slide around, or train your cat(s) to not jump on it. Or get used to the idea that your coffee table glass may be slightly misaligned occasionally due to your cat. Or buy a dog to keep the cat off the coffee table. Or do none of...

"That's true, but when you let it stand it turns into ammonia. Now, on the subject of using urine to clean clothes you can google that." OK, but now you're into, "Picking the fly poop out of the pepper" territory. How many gallons of normal human pee would it take to make enough ammonium...

My sources indicate that your machine is intended for use only in the Southern hemisphere. Using it in the Northern hemisphere would most likely be problematic due to the Coriolis effect.

Sure, hardmount and gravity drain are site-specific things, but my point was does the Laundrylux machine have the kind of controls flexibility that the SQ OPL machines have given the same mounting and draining conditions? Being able to control what the button-pushers do is important if you're...