GE washer with no hot water selection.

[cam2s]

I usually browse our local craigslist to see if anything interesting comes up, there usually never is but I seen something that I've never seen before on this GE washer. I know many energy star machines will water down hot water selections but I've never seen a washer not offer one at all. The selections are 105" F, 70"F, and tap cold. I know some older BOL machines only offered limited selections too but this does not look like a BOL machine. Is this machine an oddity or does this sort of thing happen more often than I've seen?

Cameron

 

[lordkenmore]

Others would know better than me... But I have to wonder if 105 degrees isn't more normal than not, and GE was only being honest on the control panel. Rather than a button saying "HOT" with a footnote in small print on page 87 of the owner's manual that says that "hot" is temperature controlled.

 

[washdaddy]

Considering the machine has a 'WHITES' cycle. that particular cycle set with HEAVY SOIL should give you the machines HOT wash.

The newer the machine- the more DUMBED DOWN and controlled the water temps are.

Notice what temp light comes on when you select a cycle. The 105° button is probably what GE has done to the HOT temp selection in the machine.

Only a small handful of today's new machines will give you a true "hot" wash and those machines don't come cheap.

 

[qualin]

This is a near TOL early to mid 2000's GE Profile. I had the model down from this that had a bunch of knobs instead of touch controls. It had a Hot/Warm/Cold temperature selection, but only cold rinses.

 

[wishwash]

IIRC these machines don't dilute the hot water.

 

[logixx]

Looks plausible to me

Here's a snippet from a 1996 Whirlpool Resource Saver Spray Rinse System washer. Hot is 100F max.

 

[gyrafoam]

IMO Useless Drek O Matic

I wouldn't be able to wash anything in it. I even Rinse some loads in Hot water.

 

[qualin]

The one quirk I can't really understand about these machines is how differently the Automatic Temperature Control works when the lid is open vs when it is closed.

I don't honestly see what opening the lid while it is filling should have anything to do with it, except that perhaps it would prevent hot water from scalding you if you were adding in items?

 

[mayken4now]

if you want a really hot wash, turn your water heater up, then close the cold supply valve on your washer until such time is needed for other uses.  You may have to trick the machine with a spliter if you wish to go that far.