Haier Motor

[hoover1100]

The only real problem is that even if the motor is available (parts seem non-existant on the net, can't imagine them having a huge service department) it will probably cost almost as much as the machine did new, rendering repair pointless.

If it's anything like an Indesit company machine the motor will be about 75% of what the machine cost new, on top of labour, it just isn't worthwhile. I would suspect Haier would charge very steeply for a new motor.

 

[bertrum]

hi hoover1100

With regard to noisy motors, I used to see some of the old AEG washing machines with worn bearings on the motor but I have never seen a motor running with a noisy armature.
Only when the brushes are worn down to the armature do they get noisy, or if the armature is burnt out (it wont spin then anyway).

Have you taken the belt off and run the motor on your mums whirlpool? You may be supprised where the noise is coming from!

good luck

 

[ariston4life]

if it is a motor used on indesits as well ive seen then on ebay priced as little as £30 so its not to bad. mabey tomorrow ill take the motor out and get the model number and then search for it on google and see what i get.

 

[hoover1100]

Hi Bertrum

The noise seems to definately be coming from the motor, the obvious culprit would be the bearings, but those don't seem too bad, brushes would be another option, but there is no sparking from the motor and it dosen't struggle to turn the drum at all, I can't really imagine it going 18+ months on bad brushes either.

I came to the conclusion it must be the armature, just because I couldn't really think of anything else it could be, it quietens down once the machine has heated and when it's only doing a light load with a low water level. I guess motor bearings are definately a possibility, but I thought that was a very uncommon fault.

Matt

 

[zodawash]

6-7 a day

Forgive me for pointing something out but why are you using a domestic washing machine to do 6-7 washes a day everyday of the week?
That level requires a heavy duty machine with higher weekly cycles factored into its motor bearings etc. Even 6 washes a day 7 days a week is 42 cycles a week or 2184 a year. An enourmous strain on a budget washer. A Whirlpool heavy duty light commercial machine is only guaranteed for 25 cycles a week. You need a second hand Miele little giant or something similar to do the job your asking of it.

Steve

 

[servisslimline]

6-7 washes a day

hope you dont mind me asking this but why do you do 6-7 washes a day, i dont even do that at weekends!
phil

 

[fl1012]

Bertrum.....

My Zanussi FL1012 was doing the same thing that Hoover1100's Whirlpool seems to be doing, and whilst i can't 100% guarantee its cured it (as ive not used it much since repair), i just put a new belt on it.

I believe my FL couldve used one of three makes of motor, but it looks like its got an AEG motor in it, which makes Bertrums point about worn bearings on the motor particularly interesting.

Do you know if my machine couldve been fitted with one of the AEG motors susceptible to this, Bertrum?

Many thanks

 

[aquacycle]

Even in a house with 2 adults and 4 kids, we never did 6 - 7 washes a day. How many times a day do people in your house change clothes? Surely, in an average family home, at the end of the day you'd have a few school uniforms, some office wear, maybe a work uniform or 2? Surely thats 2/3 loads, tops? I know when I was younger, the washer was on pretty much daily but only with 1 or 2 loads, max.

 

[ariston4life]

well in our house theres 6 of use plus a dog a rabbit and a buggie the two girls are constantly changing cloths and we have a lot of washing to do its that simple and if the mother decideds to go on a cleaning rampage, like all the curtains and badcloths etc. the machine could be on nearly 10 times in one day.

 

[aquacycle]

...yes but surely even if you're doing a mad cleaup, you're not going to do it everyday. Think about it, if you spend a day doing all your washing - clothes, bedding, curtains, cusion overs, seat covers, dog bedding, towels...the same load of washing is not going to be their needing to be done again the next day. Surely, the next day, you're only going to have a 1 or 2 loads to do unless you have serious OCD and insist on washing everything daily. So if you do 6 washing loads in a day, you'd have empty baskets the next day. I also find it very hard to believe that you are able to create 6 loads of washing a day based on what time you would have to start doing the washing in order to have it complete by the time you go to bed. I mean, it's actually not possible unless you stay up all night doing washing. School uniforms and work clothes won't be ready to wash until dinner time - say 6pm by the time the whole family gets home. 6 washing loads at an hour each will take you through to midnight. I doubt that anyone, after a day at work/school/college would want to spend 6 hours doing washing.

 

[aquacycle]

and another thing...you said there's 6 of you. There was 6 of us when I was younger - Mum, Dad, Me, 2 brothers and my sister. You do realise that, based on how much washing you claim to do daily, you're saying you create a load EACH. Personally, I get up, I have my work clothes to wear and then I change when I get home. I wear a different shirt everyday and a different pair of work pants every 2 days. Jeans will last a few days because I only wear them for a few hours after work. I can probably make a pair of jeans last Monday - Friday providing I don't spill anything on them. So how many differnt sets of clothes do you wear in order to create a whole washing load EACH!? Surely, if you wear 1 t-shirt for 3 hours, it doesn't class as dirty and can probably be worn the next day for another few hours before it needs washing. How un-economical are you?

 

[iheartmaytag]

How un-economical are you?

UHH--this is an auto washer site. People are OCD, and facinated with things that go splash. Don't judge.

There are three of us currently in my family, and I manage at least a load a day in my large May-pool machine. When I had a smaller TL machine I could easily manage two or three loads a day.

Don't judge me.

 

[aquacycle]

I'm not judging anyone. 2-3 loads a day is completely understandable. I know growing up our washer was on everyday. My point is, I find it very hard to believe that 1 family of 6 can create a washing load EACH daily. 2-3 washes a day, fine. But 6? No. Sorry but I find that ridiculous.

 

[hoover1100]

I rekon the budgie's to blame.

 

[paulinroyton]

OMG

Hi Ariston4life, my god, how much washing, lol.

I know Costco do Whirlpool machines, one a top loader, with no built in heater, and a massive big front loader, dont know the model numbers. I was gonna take a photo, but got stopped by one of Costco staff. Said it was illegal to do so in Costco.

The front loader looked well cool, and would cut down on your number of wash loads.

Good Luck

Paul

 

[aquacycle]

Matt...

..OMG you don't 'alf crack me up sometimes sweet cheeks

 

[ariston4life]

Aquacycle

this is the last time im posting in this thread because you clearly dont understand, yes theres alot of use in the house which means that our entire cupbert under the stairs which is used as our laundry basket is almost always full as washing builds up and thats why our machine is almost always on....you think is ridiculous..it just normal for use as we do have alot of washing...i just dont get people on here sometimes i thought people on here would like to see there machines on most of the time..ah well at least i get to.

Matt:
haha good one about the buddgie... the amount of times we have to sweap the hall a day over it...now thats a joke.

 

[aquacycle]

No, you're right - I don't understand how anyone can create so much washing and I don't believe for a second that you can create 6/7 loads of washing in a day. Even families I know with 5 kids in one house don't create that much washing. I think either you're exagerating WAY to much in defense of your Haier or you keep washing the same things over and over again for the sake of it.

 

[lavamat_jon]

We wash for 6 people and our washer is only on 3-4 times a day maximum, most of the time twice... sometimes we will have a marathon where it is on all day non stop, but then we won't do laundry for another 3 days or so. That's including everybody's bedding, towels, and also considering one of the people we wash for is a 1 year old!

Jon

 

[iheartmaytag]

Many a moon ago

When my Niece and Nephew were still wee ones. My Sis-n-law and the two children under the age of 2 moved in with us while my brother was being transferred. Both babes were at the time in cloth diapers, they with the four adults in the house generated 8 to 10 loads of clothes a day. When I state clothes I mean about two loads of diapers, in addition to each time they took a nap they would wet the cloth diapers through and all the bedding as well as their clothes had to be washed.

At that time we had a Heavy Duty GE Filter Flo, and just for the record, though that machine only had that duty for about five months; it continued to serve us for another 17 years when we sold it to a friend. It was still washing up until two years ago when they decided to get a New machine and finally let it go to scrap.