No spin
A lot of European washers did not spin at all before final spin.
I remember the BOL Bosch washers for example, IIRC those were still on the market in the mid to late 1980`s and they were popular.
Rinsing was quite good according to our consumer magazine, but they were waterhogs just like any American TL of that time.
5 times almost half way up the door water levels plus some pendulum rinsing. A low wash water level made them very energy efficient compared to a TL though.
I think the reason behind was to keep the inner to outer drum space as small as possible thus again saving on energy but it also meant lots of suds locking if a washer spun between rinsing.
So in the end those that spun between rinses had to use almost as much water to get the desired rinse results like washers that did not spin at all.
You could also use a less powerful and thus less noisy drain pump if a washer did not spin between rinses. Lots of apartment dwellers have their washers in kitchens or bathrooms so noise has always been an issue too.
Some had a more expensive timer that made pulse spins before each intermediate spin to limit suds locking.
Water use wasn`t such an issue back then but energy has always been expensive here.
Then came those noisy DC brush motors along with electronic suds lock control and water use decreased dramatically.
Personally I never liked the concept of a washer that does not spin between rinses.
No matter what Stiftung Warentest said back in the days I always had a feeling that soap does not get out as good from things like heavy hems.
I also don`t get the statement why extraction after main wash would pull dirty water through wash.
The whole point of a washing machine is to pull water through clothes. Washer pull dirty water through the fibers during the main wash already, don`t they?
A lot of European washers did not spin at all before final spin.
I remember the BOL Bosch washers for example, IIRC those were still on the market in the mid to late 1980`s and they were popular.
Rinsing was quite good according to our consumer magazine, but they were waterhogs just like any American TL of that time.
5 times almost half way up the door water levels plus some pendulum rinsing. A low wash water level made them very energy efficient compared to a TL though.
I think the reason behind was to keep the inner to outer drum space as small as possible thus again saving on energy but it also meant lots of suds locking if a washer spun between rinsing.
So in the end those that spun between rinses had to use almost as much water to get the desired rinse results like washers that did not spin at all.
You could also use a less powerful and thus less noisy drain pump if a washer did not spin between rinses. Lots of apartment dwellers have their washers in kitchens or bathrooms so noise has always been an issue too.
Some had a more expensive timer that made pulse spins before each intermediate spin to limit suds locking.
Water use wasn`t such an issue back then but energy has always been expensive here.
Then came those noisy DC brush motors along with electronic suds lock control and water use decreased dramatically.
Personally I never liked the concept of a washer that does not spin between rinses.
No matter what Stiftung Warentest said back in the days I always had a feeling that soap does not get out as good from things like heavy hems.
I also don`t get the statement why extraction after main wash would pull dirty water through wash.
The whole point of a washing machine is to pull water through clothes. Washer pull dirty water through the fibers during the main wash already, don`t they?
