GE Hydrowave!

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The Money Shot!!!!!

I'm lovin this tub, it gives an extra washboard-like action, I wish that it had a single piece agitator though... Anyone know if that's possible? How do these come off?

 

[vintagesearch]

niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice glad you got nice one im diggin' your miele set too!

have fun washing! ( im sure you have)

 

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The maiden washload!

6 bath towels, 2 floor towels, and a hand towel. Does this count as a Bobload?

 

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Filling!

Super, Warm/Cold, Cottons cycle, heavy soil setting!

(Notice how the fill stream isn't quite centered... Nice GE, nice.)

 

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Washing away!

This thing is quite literally whisper quiet, no gimmick there! (At least on agitation... Sounds kinda like a Norge-Beast when it drains!)

 

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All done!

I gotta say, I wasn't satisfied with the spin speed so I went ahead and ran it through the spin dryer for a few minutes at 3,100 RPM and things dried pretty quick!

Something I'll have to video tape eventually is the tub stopping when the lid is raised while spinning, such an awesome sound it makes!!!!

 

[maytagbear]

Thank you!

Awesome pictures!

Hope you have a lot of fun with this machine.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[johnb300m]

I have the non-hydrowave version of your washer. the fast agitation is a bit much, with what looks like a 90deg. arc.
But I gotta say, i do like it.

It does a few interesting things. It does neutral drains :-(

After the wash, it does a series of pulse spins, it doesn't just spin before rinse.
No spray spin between wash and deep rinse.

BUT, it does the spray spin after the deep rinse which i kinda like. And the final spin is quite long.
Though it spins sorta slow, it gets things well ringed out.

I'm diggin' my GE dryer too with the auto thermostat sensors too.

 

[johndaytonausa]

Hi Jamie, the agitator just pulls off. You just have to get a firm grip on the bottom part of the agitator and give it a hard tug upwards. Also I believe a single piece agitator would work as the air bell coupling is the same on all GE toploaders.

Your GE looks to be the same model as mine.

 

[johndaytonausa]

pics of my Sam's Club model Hydrowave

 

[johndaytonausa]

money shot

plastic ribbed tub

 

[frigilux]

I love it! Judging from the video I've seen, the vertical ribbed tub really helps 'scrub' the clothes during agitation. Judging from your towel-load photo, it fills to the top row of holes (an obsession of mine, since my Frigidaire only fills about 2/3 of the way).

How was the rollover with your full load of towels?

Congrats, Jamie, on the new addition to your ever-growing collection!

 

[frigilux]

I love it! Judging from the video I've seen, the vertical ribbed tub really helps 'scrub' the clothes during agitation. Judging from your towel-load photo, it fills to the top row of holes (an obsession of mine, since my Frigidaire only fills about 2/3 of the way).

How was the rollover with your full load of towels? How much slower is the gentle speed agitation? I'm a little surprised the speeds aren't fast agitation and slow spin for the Easy Care cycle.

I really want one of these, now!

Congrats, Jamie, on the new addition to your ever-growing collection!

 

[funguy10]

I wish that it had a single piece agitator though

What is wrong withe the Dual-Action Agitator? It actually cleans better then a straight-ribbed one. Also I guess you haven't disabled the lidswitch yet huh?

 

[mihi]

The hydro-wave is pretty awesome.

Question - if it has no transmission the motor must be directly connected to the shaft. How is it different from the Fisher-Paykel? Also, does it use a diverter valve (a bit of a weak point on the F-P, but easy to fix)
or two pumps?

Very nice machine there.

 

[jeff_adelphi]

This washer has a belt to connect the motor to the main drive shaft and give a speed reduction. It only has one pump for draining, no recirculation. It is a very simple design. I did have replace a motor just this week for a customer because the electronic controller failed. It was just under 2 years old.

 

[tuthill]

That's pretty cool Jamie, thanks for the pictures. Maybe if GE started making these right after the Filter-Flo's the appliance unit would still be in business.

You should do a video but do it better than the lame-wad who felt the need to narrate the fact that people who enjoy this are weird.

 

[nmaineman36]

Nice machines. According to GE those ribs in the wash basket are called ExtrAction ribs...they are more or less designed to give more area to extract the laundry and squeeze out more water. To me they do look like scrubbing ribs. I did notice that they made the holes smaller than the previous flat tub design. I had a Hotpoint version and i would always catch a knuckle on the holes and those suckers were sharp and I always bled. I learned fast not to get too close to them.

 

[frigilux]

If you look at the video linked above---the one with the guy washing 50 sheets in one load---the items are definitely scrubbing back and forth on those ribs. I wonder how much extra water is being extracted? That's interesting.

 

[vintagesearch]

why on some cycles its has no rinse or spin label?