GE Top-loader in the house

[toggleswitch]

Selling my house and moving.

Giving mom my Frid-Ge-More front-loader.

She is putting aside for me her 24" wide 1985 Kemnore DD with dual-action agitator.

It has never been repaired.

 

[toggleswitch]

GE Top-loader in the house

Taking to my aparmtent my circa 1990 GE Filter-flo.

See my dryer to the left of it?
(Yes it IS a rack, but as the child of an immigrant I am alllowed. LOL)

 

[toggleswitch]

GE Top-loader in the house

So I bought this for $320 to leave in the house.
(It matches the gas dryer).

[Looks over shoulder to check for bridal shower..LOL]

 

[toggleswitch]

GE Top-loader in the house

I've got a couple of BIG loads to handle ...

So let's get to it!

 

[toggleswitch]

GE Top-loader in the house

Close-ups of new toy.

 

[toggleswitch]

GE Top-loader in the house

Close-up of new toy.

Wanted H-W-C on a selector switch, not on timer dial
and don't G-A-S about a dual-action agitator. Won't be nmine for long.

Wanted the appearance of two speeds. Casual cycle has pulse/pause agitation.

 

[toggleswitch]

GE Top-loader in the house

Close-ups of new toy

Water-level and temperature selector switches.
(If only it was a Toggleswitch!)

 

[toggleswitch]

GE Top-loader in the house

Close-up of new toy.

Normal cycle and "gentle" (causals) cycle. Just enough.

 

[toggleswitch]

GE Top-loader in the house

Close-ups of new toy.

That is one big-@$$ tub. I think it said 3.2 cubic feet.

The agitiator appears to be one base for both dual-action (corkscrew) and this "straight-vane" type. The upper piece on this low-end thingy appears to be screwed to the fin-base.

 

[toggleswitch]

GE Top-loader in the house

Close-up of new toy.

The lid hinges appear top be an older design re-visited.
PANATHEMA SE (Pan-anathema to you)magnetic lid switch, CURSES!

The hole for the older style lid-switch plunger is still made in the lid!

 

[toggleswitch]

GE Top-loader in the house

Close up of new toy.

She's on her maiden voayage.
(Did i just hear a cherry soda-pop?)

Saturday is sheets day.

HMM NO ATC (Automatic temperature control.)

 

[toggleswitch]

GE Top-loader in the house

Add some phosphated VIVA (Con Perlas Activas) courtesy of Ross in Tucson. AZ

(HA! no eco-Bolsheviks allowed in here!)

 

[toggleswitch]

GE Top-loader in the house

and we get a clean-clean wash and a suds cake to boot.

GD magnetic lid switch.
Had to crank the lid open an inch and sneek a peek.
at my age sneeking apeek. HA!

NO SPRAY RINSE AT ALL. :-(

The drain hose is supposed to be shoved into the stand-pipe.
HEre it is in the slop-sonkl for now. Story of my life the new one is two inches shorter than the old one. *SIGH*

 

[toggleswitch]

GE Top-loader in the house

close-ups of new toy

Offending lid switch.

Machine will not agitate or spin with lid up (FOR NOW!)
Will fill and drain.

The draining is via is a separate motor.
Neutral drain(water pumped out out first, then clothes spun).

 

[toggleswitch]

GE Top-loader in the house

Close-up of new toy.

Other half of switch.
This is the enclosed magnet that triggers the contacts.

 

[toggleswitch]

GE Top-loader in the house

Close-up of new toy.

Washed, spun and ready for dryer.

 

[toggleswitch]

info

http://products.geappliances.com/ApplProducts/Dispatcher?REQUEST=SPECPAGE&SKU=WDSR2080DWW&SITEID=GEA

 

[toggleswitch]

GE Top-loader in the house

Users' Manual- downlaodabel PDF. File

http://products.geappliances.com/Ap...=WDSR2080DWW&DOC=Products.Use and Care Manual

 

[askomiele]

no spray rinses??
how many times the washer rinses the clothes?
only once???

 

[appnut]

Not even a spray rinse after the rinse? Gee, my Shredmore at least does that. I hate not having spray rinse(s) between the wash and deep rinse.

 

[toggleswitch]

One rinse only
But it rinses with 25 gallons of water (100 litres).

IIRC, a front-loader uses about 4 gallons (two buckets full) per rinse or 16 litres. Even with three rinses ( 12 gallons or 48 litres) the top-loader rinses better!

 

[westytoploader]

As much as I loathe the plastic GE's, the straight-vane equipped machines are pretty cool. My grandmother has a circa-1995 plastic Hotpoint with this agitator; I've put water in it but haven't seen it washing clothes (yet)...my guess is that it would be similar to a DD Kenmore with a straight-vane even though the stroke is a tad bit slower. That one is also a TRUE 2-speed machine; not sure why GE later switched to the "pulse" agitation for Gentle. I have to admit that the tub is quite big and can handle a Bob-load with ease; when we got OUR plastic GE set in 1996 (with the DA clone), I remember Mom being impressed with how much she could put in. With a wonderful new addition to the family (my sister, who was born a year earlier on Groundhog Day 1995), the White-Westinghouse TL's tub became small VERY FAST and we needed something that could handle all of the crib bedding and burp cloths we threw at it!

That particular GE lasted only 2 years, when we moved and it developed a pronounced tub index! I'm thinking that my dad might have dropped it down the stairs while moving it (and didn't say anything...).

Steve, I dare you to do a spin-drain with this machine or fill it beyond the top row of holes!! With that stupid overflow tube, you'll be mopping up water...

--Austin

 

[westytoploader]

I also forgot to mention that ours was MOL, with 3 temperature combinations (OY), 4 water levels, and a separate wash/spin speed dial. It also had 4 or 5 separate cycle settings I believe.

 

[foraloysius]

Decent washer to leave behind I think. And it seems to match the dryer which looks good when you sell the house. Thanks for the pictures.

 

[lavamat_jon]

IIRC, a front-loader uses about 4 gallons (two buckets full) per rinse or 16 litres. Even with three rinses ( 12 gallons or 48 litres) the top-loader rinses better!

But through the process of dilution, it can be proven that a multiple-rinsing frontloader using less water can actually rinse better than a toploader that uses more water but rinses only once through a simple experiment - dilution of detergent (and of any solution, really) is more effective with multiple rinses, even with less water, than with the amount of water used. Take a glass, fill it 1/5 full with a coloured liquid to represent the detergent residue in the load of washed laundry (such as milk, fruit juice, or a fizzy drink), then fill the rest of the glass up with water. Leave this glass at that. Now take another glass, again fill it up a fifth with the same coloured liquid, but this time only top up the glass with water by another 1/5 so that the glass is 2/5 full. Tip out a 1/2 of this solution, refill the glass again so that it is 2/5 full, tip out a half of that solution, top up again with water until the glass is 2/5 full. Even though you've used considerably less water, the solution that has been diluted several times using less water should be weaker than the first solution that has been diluted only once. Teamed with high speed interim spins, this is exactly how frontloaders can rinse with relatively little water. As much as this is difficult to believe (even I was skeptical at first with the lower level rinses), the lower level rinses do rinse surprisingly well and much better than at least a modern TL with one deep rinse. However, one thing can still be said that shallow rinses just aren't as dramatic & exciting to watch as deeper rinses

But, in conclusion, I always get clear rinse water by the 2nd rinse even though I've used a fraction of the water that needs to be used in a TL.

Jon

 

[neptunebob]

A Sam's Club washer?

Toggle, did you buy this washer and dryer at Sam's Club, that's the only place I have seen them here. Also, what is with the strange plumbing in the backgroud, why a trap Above the sinks?

 

[frigilux]

1) My sister has this same (new) GE washer.

2) You and I have the same Frigidaire FL washer.

Good luck with your move, Toggle! Be sure to take pics for your biography. And thanks for all the above pics, as well.

 

[toggleswitch]

Austn-
Spin-drain? How?
Overflow tube? OY-VEY!

Thank you Jon-
But launderess says more water rinses better. That suffices for me AND it appeals to my sense of order and logic in the world --wink--

NeptuneBob-
NOPE not Sam's club. We have a retailer called P.C.Richard- best prices and decent selection.

Trap above sink- The house's main sewer line runs ABOVE the washer's rear control panel (40 inches / 1 metre off the floor). A pump pushes water from the slop-sink UP to the trap, and then falls into the main sewer pipe

http://www.pcrichard.com/cgi-bin/lansaweb?procfun+homeproc01+pghome+pcr+eng

 

[westyslantfront]

Hi Steve. GE looks interesting with one piece agitator. I think machine also has neutral drain before spinning. I have also heard that they don't last longer than 7 or 8 years.

Ross

 

[toggleswitch]

HMMMM! I believe that...........