How Much Fill Timer Before Agitation?

[Chetlaham]

Question- how much time would you allow for filling before the start of agitation in a continuous advance timing scenario? The machine can keep filling once agitation starts.

Here is an example of why I ask:



The cycle is on hot / warm. On hot the machine in the video takes 6 minutes 35 seconds to fill to full, on warm it takes 3 minutes 33 seconds to fill to full.

How much time should be allocated for filling before agitation starts? I'm thinking 5 minutes, but unsure if any harm would come to the clothes if the machine starts agitating at 3/4 full of water.

 

[appnut]

Why can't you just let the machine do what it's designed to do Filll to the water level set by that knob. Just walk away if the slow hot fill drives you nuts. Better yet sounds like you need to attend to the fill valve or sediment.

 

[kenmoreguy64]

Chet - I have a question as well…Why even ask about fill times in this scenario? The machine has a pressure switch for good reason. So why ask about something that we aren’t going to be faced with? Five minutes or twenty five, who cares?

Are there not enough topics to choose from regarding vintage washers from the last fifty years or so without making up something that was never produced on the subject model?

Let’s get back to relevant topics such as repairs, collecting, and real machine functionality.

Gordon