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GE Harmony

The only similarity I notice from the picture is the bubbles in the tub. That is just about it.

Malcolm
 
Bigger

The machine I saw was bigger than a standard EU frontloader; from memory more the size of a US top loader (not that size is important to me or anything ;-)
 
Louis,

Our Local independant retailer had a 10kg LG T/L a few years ago but it did not have the impellar in the bottom of the tub, instead the whole drum was stainless steel with an impellar shape at the bottom but it did not move independently.....I think it was marketed ad 3D washing but am not sure. Anyway the machine was huge, bigger than an American T/L. It had the same filtration system as on yours though.
 
Pauls...

There were indeed machines much bigger than this Turbodrum. I've seen pictures of it on the internet, but never saw one in real life. These machines were never sold here.

There should be a separate wash plate in these machines, especially in the 3D machines. Mine is a 3D machine too, it's about those three little pulsators in the big pulsator I think. On my machine the Fuzzy cycle (regular cycle) and the jeans cycle. The 3D action is not used in the short and the wool cycle.

The Harmony has a full stainless steel and impeller too. Are you sure the one you saw didn't have that as well?
 
Thanks for the link. Mine is a WF-T7500. Judging by the model number perhaps it is indeed a 7.5kg but only in theory IMHO.

I found an English manual online. The Air dry cycle appears to be for both drying the drum and for drying laundry. Mainly for polyester. Odd, polyester blends are mainly non-iron items. They advise to use the air dry cycle for over an hour for polyester items. I bet spinning them for an hour will wrinkle them severely.

I also found out about the Fuzzy cycle that it has an auto water level feature. If you don't select a water level the machine will detect it itself by do a bit of turning in the first eight seconds.

I find it an interesting machine. Lovely toy! LOL
 
turbodrum

the original LG Turbodrum washer did not have a separate impeller - it had the floor of the drum moulded into an impeller shape, and the whole drum rotated back and forth. It would also do a short spin during the wash every now and then.

I saw one working on display when they were new - it looked like a pathetic wash action. They now all seem to have an impeller, so I guess the original Turbodrum was a flop. The original model also used a direct drive flat motor which was like a copy of Fisher and Paykel's Smart Drive - I read somewhere that F&P sued LG over it.
 
Lid Switch

Hi Louis

I am working on a very similar machine to yours for a neighbour. It is badged as a Hitachi but it is made in Korea and I believe it is an LG.

The lid switch is behind the left hand lid hinge. It is a conventional switch, not magnetic. It would be hard to reach to bypass the lid switch. (unless you open up the control panel - the switch is clearly visible inside.) The switch is NOT sealed, you can see the live contacts inside so don't go poking around in there, especially with wet hands...The easiest way to see "action" when washing is to remove the front half of the clamshell lid - you can then close the back half and the machine performs, you can see through the gap from the front half.
To remove the front half of the lid - the two halves are held together by several hinge joints moulded into the plastic. The one furthest to the left has a tiny retainer moulded in the plastic. If you try to slide the front half of the lid to your RIGHT, you should see it being blocked by a small plastic lip by the furthest left hinge. You use a small flat screwdriver to bend the lid away from the hinge pin and simultaneously slide the front half of the lid to your right. It should now slide over and disconnect from the back half. Now lower the back half of the lid and the machine will work.

The machine I am fixing needs new hinge pins for the rear half of the lid - the right hand one is missing, the lid spring (to hold the lid open) is missing too. The machine still works but the lid is loose and it falls closed when open. I am chasing up new lid hinge pins - I believe Hitachi no longer sells washing machines in AU so I may have to chase LG parts for it.

chris.
 
Chris/ronhic,

I absolutely agree with you that the capacity of this machine is around 5.5kg. That's why I said "only in theory IMHO".

Chris/gizmo,

The wash action with the separate impeller is not pathetic, but it's not spectacular either.

The lid switch on this one must be magnetic. I don't see any difference between left and right in the lid hinges. I did a spin cycle while I lifted the lid a bit in the middle. (so the back half was tilted up a bit). No problem, it did a spin. But as soon as I lifted the front part a bit (while the back part stayed in the same angle) so the front part of the lid didn't touch the control panel anymore it stopped spinning.

I finally found the specifications of this machine on a Chilean website. It spins with 700 - 750 rpm, the motor is 340 Watts (less than most of my blenders) it's made in China and the weight of the machine is only 33.5 kilos.

 
Congratulations Louis, welcome to the 21st century! :-) When I had my GE Harmony I had to use a really strong magnet to trip the lid switch, standard fridge magnets didn't do the job.
 
Almost the same as mine

Hi Louis,
Your Turbodrum is basically a copy of my machine, although mine has a larger stated capacity, 8.5kg,(in reality about 6.5 maybe 7.)
Mine has the same washing action with the large impeller and the 3 smaller ones on it and mine has an indexing washtub,I do agree about turnover, it is ok while not spectacular, but overall I am very happy with it.
Mine has 8 programmes and my favourite is the "Silent" wash which is a cycle one uses mostly at night before going to bed, it washes the load and you hang it out the next morning, it is about a 75 minute cycle, with a short burst of vigorous pulsating to start with and then has intermittent shorter washes and pauses in between.
The "Fuzzy" cycle is the recommended one for everyday clothing and you are correct it moves the dry load around for about 8 seconds and then the display chooses a water level and recommended dosage for detergent.
Hope you have fun with your new toy.
Cheers.
Steve.
 
Type of detergent

Hi Louis,
Standard top loader detergents for this one it is nota H.E. T.L.
I tend to be a bit of a brand swapper at the moment we are using Fab powder with frangipanni fragrance and we have 2 boxes of Drive powder,(generally one of the most expensive powders here in Oz, but we got it on special at half price.).
Actually I have wondered if low suds detergents would be as effective in a standard top loader or not, I dare say rinsing would not be a problem for one thing.
Cheers Louis.
Steve.
 
I've used both...

....top load and front load detergents in a top load machine.

Generally speaking, I use 1 1/2-2 times the minimum dose for a full load and about a normal does for a 1/2 load - Remember, there is a lot of water in there and you are relying on a particular detergent concentration to get things clean...
 
I wondered about that

Thanks Chris,
Yes I wondered wether the lack of suds would cause a problem with dirt suspension and I suspected it would, also the more vigorous washing action would also cause the low foam formula to break up faster.
Your point about using more to cope wih this would ease this problem but I don't think it would be very cost effective in the long run with having to buy more detergent more frequently(although that does have a certain appeal to it.)
Cheers.
Steve.
 

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