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

 

[Chetlaham]

Timed fill periods before the start of wash was very much a thing with vintage washers including Whirlpool belt drives and commercial coin operated direct drives.

I'd like to see select vintage washers put back into production some of which may have for the reasons of longevity, simplicity, cost and serviceability a dedicated timed fill period before the start of agitation.

With the current 1995 design if the pressure switch failed the washer would continue filling indefinitely until manually stopped.

With to much allocated time like 20 minutes a washer would fill until the pressure switch would cut out in say 6 minutes and then wait 14 minutes in soak wasting time while on the other side allocating to little time like 3 minutes would cause agitation to start prematurely before the tub has had a chance to fill completely.

I've gotten the spray rinsing water usage down but still unsure where to nail down the timed fill period prior to the start of wash.

 

[combo52]

No whirlpool automatic washer or combination washer dryer ever had time Phil controlling the water level in the machine.

Just because the timer might be running for the first increment of fill or two that doesn’t mean it’s a time fill machine in any way shape or form.

The great thing is modern machine machines with computers almost all will time out if there’s no water detected by the water level sensor system this prevents massive flood damage to homes when a hose comes off the pump where the drain hose falls on the floor, etc. this is one of the many Advantages of electronic controls in machines. The amount of property damage saved is enormous every year.

John L