I did it, I finally brought home an LG washer!

[revvinkevin]

OK, it may be used, and it's not the TOL model with heater and all, but the price was reasonable so brought it home yesterday.

Model # MW1832CW. Can any of you tell approx how old it is? The said it's about 4 years, but I think it's older!

I ran a load in it this evening, washing not one, but TWO quilted furniture packing blankets! I did "babysit it" adding water to each fill so the level was just at the bottom of the door glass.

I will have to "play" with it more, but I thought it was odd that when I ran the "normal" cycle with the pre-wash option, the pre-wash (according to the "time remaining" display) was LONGER then the main wash (only 5 minutes?)! I was quite surprised about that. Then it took about 10 minutes to drain and pause repeatedly before finally going into the spin. I was bewildered by this!

Have any of you out there with the full sized LG washers notice anything like this?

Thanks!
Kevin

 

[revvinkevin]

And a close up of the control panel.....

 

[qsd-dan]

Gasp!

No way that unit deserves to reside next to the 806

*Ducks and runs*

Cool purchase!

 

[chestermikeuk]

LG

Oh Kevin, how many & counting..!!! addictive isnt it!!nice looking machine, LG sells really well here and not as many problems as other makes on the newer stuff, we dont have the back panel control models here...AND it even has its protective film still on!!

Whenever I see that I always want to peel them off but to a collector its a very nice bonus!!Sounds like its doing its sensing/draining/spin balance routine which is a pain on certain models!!

enjoy, Mike

 

[sudsman]

that is the same model we had 2 of them

They did a wonderful job of washing when they did work , but that was not very often. Leaked from day 1 4 or 5 years old is about right. hated the way it dumb down the hot water temp.service on them when we could get it was as often as we could get them to come usually after a nasty fight with them and district manager. never had the same service tech. they all quit within a 2 or 3 weeks. none ever made it past 6 weeks.

 

[sudsman]

That is the same model we had 2 of them

4 or 5 years old.

They did a wonderful job of washing when they did work. but that was not very often. Always had to have a fight with service to get any at all. Leaked from day 1. 2 of the worse machines I have had in 30 years.

 

[peteski50]

LG

I agree with Sudsman - washed well when it worked but leaked. And service was the worst I ever seen!
I hope you have better Luck!
Peter

 

[peteski50]

LG

Also was a nightmare when it tried to spin - it took forever to balance. To much time wasted!
Peter

 

[frigilux]

That's a sharp-looking washer, Kevin! Leaks were a common problem with them a few years ago. You'll love the uber-capacity.

I have a couple of friends with LG's (both purchased less than 2 years ago) and they've had no problems with them. Our local dealer also services, so that takes care of that issue.

Have fun!

 

[pulsator]

GASP! There is still packaging on the control panel!!!

I just got a new LG washer, the BOL model, which is suprisingly not very BOL! I love it! My machine doesn't take more than a minute or two to balance before spin and it does a great job washing and the rinsing is pretty damn good considering the water level! I will usually use the extra rinse option when washing towels or a full load.

 

[revvinkevin]

No way that unit deserves to reside next to the 806....

Yes Dan you had better duck and run! LOL No, kidding! But don't worry, the 806 will be moved out of there because I have to pull it apart to replace the damper pads (yikes!). Just another item on the "things to do" list.

ChesterMike: How many do I have now? WAAAAY too many and counting!! I swear, I NEED you guys here to come do an intervention... I'm out of control! And I'm NOT kidding!
(They'll be coming to take me a way, ha ha... to the funny farm... ho ho he he ha ha... where life is beautiful all the time.....)

Frigilux: YES, I already love the uber-capacity! Are you familiar with those thickly padded, quilted furniture blankets movers use to protect furniture? I washer two of those at the same time and it was full, but handled it perfectly! And with that 8 minute long, 900 rpm spin, they were practically dry!

Jamie: Yes this machine balanced and went into spin very quickly too, but my issue is the 5 or 6 minutes it took BEFORE the spin when it cycled the drain pump on and off with long pauses between.

 

[revvinkevin]

By the way..........

Prior to the spin when it was cycling the drain pump on and off with those long pauses between, it did NOT tumble / distribute / balance at all. It just sat there like a KM/WP doing their neutral drain.

 

[mrb627]

Suds Kill

That is LG's SUDS KILL sequence. It must have detected too many suds in the wash. I have heard that the LG's are very sensitive to sudsing. Mine goes through that routine on almost every cycle.

MRB

 

[revvinkevin]

Wow...

Suds Kill... now that makes perfect sense!

Thank you Malcolm!

I'm going to try another load again today and tomorrow too!

Kevin

 

[redcarpetdrew]

It even has a 'Get A Life Window'...

If all you have to do with your time is watch the clothes move thru the window, you need to 'get a life'... LOL!!! (ohhh, the Westinghouse guys are gonna get me for that...)

I think the LG uses pretty much the same system as the rest which is keeping track of motor torque to tell if there might be suds. Many of them use motor torque sensing to see if the load's balanced as well.

Listen, Kevin. I think that's SWAT outside your door using a bullhorn... "Kevin, put down the washer and come out with your hands up! We only want to talk and get you some help!!! Oh yeah, and the Sargent wants your wringer while we're at it...)

RCD

 

[stevet]

Takes some getting used to!

Kevin, I have the 2032 model of your machine in Platinum and it does many of the same things your machine does. The major problem we have with it as some of you may remember when I first bought it(used btw and going on 5 years old from the date stamp on the back panel) was the LE error which says the drum is overloaded. What it actually is seems to be a cheap connector on the control board that doesnt always make a good connection and it happens to be what turns the drum so the machine thinks it is overloaded. Sometimes it happens at the start of the cycle and other times it happens somewhere else in the wash or rinse portions. It can be annoying to have to reset the whole cycle but I leave the control panel unscrewed and even my wife will pull the connector out and reconnect it if the chime goes off.Then the drums starts turning like nothing was wrong.

Other than that, I haven't had any leak problems at all and found that by putting the front feet on small pieces of rubber backed rug and checking the levelling of the machine, I have stopped the dances it did on the ceramic tile floor in the laundry room.

I do think it uses too little water and many times we will wash at the Permanent Press, Delicate or Hand wash setting to increase the water levels.

Our machine does the over suds routine too and sometimes it takes its time to balance the load but all in all, we are happy with it.

Been lucky enough to not have to call for service yet. Hope you don't need to either.

 

[spiralator60]

Full-size LG Washer

Hi Kevin,

You have added a nice looking machine to your collection. What is the serial number?

I've had the WM0642 model for almost a year, and have also run into some of the experiences that you describe. This usually happens when washing bulky items like throw rugs, bath mats, and heavy woolen items like blankets. There is no issue with things getting clean, only that the machine takes a long time to go through the drain, pause, spin sequences.

The regular sized (smaller than queen size, larger than twin) wool blankets were a definite learning curve for me. I was not sure if enough water was being used the first time running one in this machine, so I added about a quart or so of water through the dispenser door. The cycle selcted was Heavy Duty. There was definitely some splashy action going on in the window, though I did not select the pre-wash option. After the regular agitation period, the machine quickly drained and then sat quietly for a short time before tumbling the drum a couple of times, then sitting still for a few minutes before doing this again.

All told, it was a little over fifteen minutes before the machine went into a full spin (900 rpm) and the rest of the cycle continued without as much pausing before the final spin period. The entire cycle lasted about 1 hour and 50 minutes, including an additional rinse. Did you manually add water to the machine also?

The next load with a wool blanket was done on the Normal setting and I did not add any additional water. There was some pausing after the main wash, but nowhere near as long as before. The entire cycle this time, including an additional rinse, was about 1 hour and 10 minutes.

There is a Speed Wash setting on this model that I use mainly for bath mats and throw rugs. Normally this is about 40 minutes with an extra rinse selected. This cycle uses more water than most other settings, meaning that there is a lot of water visible in the drum and on the window when the items are tumbling around. For some reason, this never seems to increase the time of the pause and spin sequence. In my usage, I have only encountered the LE error message once, and this was when a load of rugs balled up and I had to physically separate and redistribute the items in the drum before the machine would go into a spin phase.

These days I don't add any additional water to the machine, other than to select an additional rinse. Over-sudsing has not been a problem or an issue, either.

I'm thinking that this may be the way that the machine is programmed to deal with extra water with this cycle selection, and that the extended pause and so forth is the way that the machine is supposed to react to water levels or amounts or load weights outside the parameters set for other cycles. I could be dead wrong here in this thinking, but it has not been a problem one way or the other, so I really have not thought much more about the pausing matter.

 

[bajaespuma]

I love mine.

Kevin,

I have the TOL 2432(looks like yours), and I love it. I have been lucky; my machine was assembled well and has not needed service calls. It does get some getting used to. Firstly, I can tell you that you're going to end up using the PERMANENT PRESS cycle more than any other, as it will give you the highest fill available. Secondly, as MRB says, the SUDS KILL protocol will come on if the machine detects oversudsing and will hold the machine in long pauses while it occasionally injects cold water and drains. On my machine, the suds have to come all the way up to the top of the window for it to engage. I've only had this happen a couple of times when I was fooling around with the machine, trying to use soap instead of detergent or just testing how far I could go with regular detergent. And yes, if you are actively monitoring the machine, it seems to take forever to go into spin, but the machine spins so fast that I believe it is protecting itself(I would love to have a spray rinse cycle included but I believe that would throw the machie off-balance and cause damage).
I love my LG because it is the ONLY machine I've ever owned that you can truly set and forget. I usually set the machine to run in the middle of the night by starting the machine on a PERM PRESS cycle to fill with cold water and cold water detergent, allow the machine to run for a couple of minutes then I stop it for a long soak. I then set the machine to a delay start cycle to begin sometime in the early morning, with a pre-wash(to finish and drain the soak water), then a SANITIZE wash with an extra rinse. The dispensing system is so complete that I can add everything I want (except liquid detergent, no problem for me), and it will be dispensed properly.

My only complaints about this machine, as I've said numerous times on this site, is that instead of an efficient 6000watt heater coil like the Miele has, this thing has a very feeble 1200watt one, which means it never gets even close to a boil wash and takes forever to get there. My other criticism is that I think the bleach should be dispensed during the first rinse, the way the Duets do it, for optimal bleaching. I still think this is the best washing machine I've ever owned.

 

[revvinkevin]

OK Drew.........A "get-a-life window" huh? Boy, you sure were right when you said all of the Westinghouse guys are going to get you! Lest you forget I am a Westinghouse owner now too? (Come on guys, LET'S GET HIM!!!) And also, if this is not the pot calling the kettle black!! Gee Drew, you have NO room to talk... AT ALL!! Grrrrr! ROFLMAO

:-D

Jamie: Was your "GASP!" about the protective film on the control panel a good thing or a bad thing? I removed it, so it looks much better now.

Darryl and Ken, Thanks for the info about experiences you've had with your LG's! I am still learning about the machine and the way it's cycles are programmed.

One thing I am VERY SURPRISED about is, when it goes into the rinse which flushes the bleach dispenser, the water keeps flowing until the water lever reaches the point in the photo below! The water finally shuts off about 30 seconds before draining! It's done this on all three loads I've watched (both the normal & cotton/towels cycles). This is the only rinse/fill that does this.