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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!
 
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
 
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.
 
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
 
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?
 
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
 
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
 
lavamat_jon, I totally agree with you about the effectivity of multiple rinses vs. one massive deep rinse. But you keep forgetting one important thing: WE'RE AMERICANS. We don't let science get in the way of our personal beliefs, LOL!

:)
 
Actually speaking of fact versus personal beliefs.... I hear rumors that the Metric system is catching on a little bit.

Don't tell our gov't that..They may have to do something USEFUL and convert us over!

I mean the English have made the English system of measurement and temperatures secondary to the Metric system. Does that tell us anything?
 
Unless the "magnetic" lid switch uses some type of tamper-resistant technology, couldn't you get an ordinary magnet (say a magnetic parts retrieval tool) and place it over the switch to cheat the interlock?
 
Cant Complain

Hi Steve

Looks a fine set to leave, shouldnt be any issues with those..

Love those flayed spray flumes, those modern machines are great to use for people like us not used to them, I used Scotts TOL Kenmores in his last house and was impressed with them..

Cheers, Mike

p.s. you cant blame the english for changing to metric, its been forced on us by The European Commission for Standardisation....we call it bastardisation, and some of our market sellers have actually been imprisoned for not following the directive. How draconian is that!!!
 
Re: GE Models:

Hey! Toggles, what Model Numbers are the GE Washer and Gas Dryer, your leaving with the house?

Is the Washer fairly Quiet, does it Wash/Rinse well, considering no Spray Rinses? Why no Fabric Softener Dispenser on the top of the Agitator, could someone buy one optional? I personally like using the Downey Ball in Top-Loaders, after Resetting for extra Rinses, when original Cycles are complete. That is one way to make sure that the original Fabric Softener Dispenser on the Washer stays nice looking and clean...

Peace and Happy GE Laundrying, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...
 
How the heck does that GE washer wring out the clothes well enough with such sparse and vastly spaced holes?
 

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