Out With It!
Really don't know what came over me, I mean it's not like one has room to fling a dead cat (I beg your pardon)around here in terms of appliances, but when one saw the listing on CL simply made an inquiry. The inquiry lead to the man "holding" the unit for me, then felt almost beholded to take the thing.
So after much going back and forth about price (seller wouldn't budge), and shipping finally committed myself to the thing. All told am now out of pocket for about $200, including shipping via U-Ship (was not that dear, but wasn't cheap either), however once saw the thing upon arrival was glad to have gone with U-Ship. The thing is one square large metal object, and weighs nearly 200lbs (according to manual), certianly not something one could easily lift.
This and That:
Have just spent the past several hours washing down the cabinet (with Lysol disenfectant kitchen cleaner in a bucket of water), and cleaned inside the lid and along the top plastic part of the drum. Years of soap scum and dirt simply won't shift quickly, so will see what there is in my cleaning supplies that will do the deed without causing harm.
Have hooked things up with an old drain hose had lying about, and in water hoses that came with the unit. As will be using one hose manual water connection, plan on seeing if there is a quick connect hose kit with extra long hoses.
Just let the machine fill to low with some cold water and now watching it go through a short cycle to see if things are working correctly. Don't know if this is normal, but this unit is not at all quiet. There is a sort of buzz or loud humm, is this normal?