Creating your own lint filter for modern washers

[norgechef]

Just so all of you know I tried as many ways as I could think of to rig one up on the washer before coming here and asking this (And don't laugh!) but...I have an old fish tank filter that I was looking at to see if it was worth selling yesterday and it got me thinking, is it possible to rig up your own lint filter on a washer using something like this? So I took the filter to the washer and tried to position it somewhere around the top of the drum but every time it got in the way of something. So my question for all of you is, is it possible to create your own flowing lint filter for a modern day washer that does not have a lint filter? doesn't matter if its a fish tank filter, im just trying to be creative and think up some possible ways that this could be configured. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

 

[wp-dude22]

sure

but i wont do a floating system what kind of washer is it i would say rig up a re circulation system that starts when the washer starts to agitate as in find a way to hook up a secondary pump and house to a slim housing that will hold a filter not only a fish tank filter where the water will pass through the filter leaving behind the lint. that way u get a lint filter and it can still be removable to clean

 

[norgechef]

My washer

Is a norgetag (Maytag Ensignia). How would you hook up a secondary pump? This washer has a belt driven pump too so im not sure if it would be possible to hook up an electric pump.

 

[spookiness]

I would love to find a solution. I hang-dry a lot of my clothes, and even though I sort fabrics, I still end up with a lot of lint on clothes. Often lint in the tub left from prior washes.

 

[yogitunes]

first you have to think outside the filter box.......

for the most part, the outter tub is plastic isn't it?, and then install a pport to an electric pump.....or better yet, cut into the tub to pump hose, install a "T"....theres your port to an electric pump....now to run a hose to the top of the machine, and probably best to use something like a cartridge filter box and insert from a Kenmore/Whirlpool.....

electric supply would have to come from the motor wires, to operate only while the machine is in agitation mode......

you may have to cut a few areas for clearance.....

this would be simpler, and has been done.....on something like a Kenmore belt drive machine.....a few changes, even with a self clean filter in place, a manual filter can be added....

on the traditional Maytags.....newton built versions......te pump runs backwards during agitation, and theres a port already....once drilled out, instant water flow for the addition of a filter flo....

most stuff can be done......just work out all details before digging in....

maybe save yourself time, and just get a GE FilterFlo...already equipted!

 

[tomturbomatic]

If the pump runs in reverse during agitation, you don't have to install another pump, but you do have to install some plumbing. Yogi is spot on; just find youself a washer with a lint filter like an older GE, Maytag or belt drive WP-made machine.

 

[yogitunes]

Another simple method...although this SpeedQueen has a self clean filter ring.....a little extra hose and fitting from a GEFilterFlo.....and instant drama of a filter flo into an actual GE filter pan, that fits the agitator....

some things can't be done....yet others can...give it a try!

This is before......original design

 

[yogitunes]

and AFTER.....a simple change....

 

[combo52]

Adding a Real Lint Filter to an Automatic Washer

I would use one of the outer-tub mounted Self-Cleaning filters from one of the last of the BD KM washers. All you would have to do in cut a 1 1/2" hole in the side of the outer tub and mount and it and connect the hoses, these filters even have a built-in check valve so no additional pump is needed.

 

I drew up plans to do this to a DC MT washer several years ago, on my MT design I was also going to drill out all the holes in the wash basket, use the 50 cycle motor pulley and add a gear motor to the motor carriage so the machine will do a more desirable neutral drain before spinning. This would further improve lint and grit removable from the clothing and allow a faster spin without as many balance issues.