I just couldn't resist...

[lordkenmore]

"I found the service literature for this beast. You'll need to drop the http:// from the front of the url."

After removing the "http://", I also needed to add a colon between the "https" and the first "/" (This forms: https://).

Thanks for the link, Malcom! I've been curious about this washer, and the service info will tell more than the sales literature.

 

[pulsator]

Not sure what I'm doing wrong but, I can't get the link to work... :/

 

[pulsator]

And finally...

Some videos!!!!

Flushing/filling:
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Washing:
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Rinsing:
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Spinning:
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End of cycle signal:
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[paulinroyton]

Cool

Wow, what a cute machine. its sounds so quiet on the wash and spin cycles.

Paul

 

[lordkenmore]

Service info link trouble?

This is the link. It should work with a simple copy and paste your web browser's address bar:

https://secured.whirlpool.com/Service/SrvTechAdm.nsf/2cd44500d572193285256a45004fd9d6/c9561425d87eb04b85257753004ef472?OpenDocument

 

[mrb627]

URL

It appears that AW doesn't like the https prefix and attempts to attach http: in front. Then, the browser want to strip the second : from the address.

The double whammy!

Malcolm

 

[gefilterflo]

When it's washing, it sounds exactly like a GE Hydrowave

 

[mrb627]

Service Tech Sheet

Here is the Service Tech Sheet that is normally found in the console.

http://www.servicematters.com/docs/wiring/Tech_Sheet_-_W10240504.pdf

 

[lebron]

The wash action reminds me exactly of your Hydrowave w/out the post... frankly I'm not impressed with the wash action on these. If I want an HE machine I will go w/ a front loader

 

[vintagesearch]

nice seems to use sufficient water and we can see great rollover! yes i want one NOW

 

[appnut]

Cute machine. Nice to see a bit more water in the tub for a HE TLer. How well does it turn over that load of towels? I love the EOC chime. It's singing--You're clothes are clean!! Your clothes are clean!! All ya need is a slant-front westinghouse dryer that plays how dry I am at the end and you'll be set!!

 

[mark_wpduet]

I love the way the washer looks........What bugs me the most is the wash/rinse action, in that how LONG it takes for the towels to submerge and roll over. I know that this does "eventually happen", but so much time is wasted waiting for it to happen, that I wonder if they are getting as clean and rinse as they could. I mean, when the towels at the top take three minutes to finally roll over.....I guess it's just me. Lots of people like these machines and say they get clothes clean so maybe there's more going on than what I'm seeing.

 

[spinmon]

nonplussed

I wish I could like the sounds of the new type washers. I can't. Sounds like they're straining doing what they should do happily. The turn over doesn't impress either. Sorry. My '96 DD is gonna' keep doin' our duds for the forseeable future. If it was terminal at this point,I'd go SQ TL, possibly SQ FL. I wanted to like this new Whirly.

 

[alr2903]

Jamie your machine is very nice. I just don't think i am a T/L hE person. I doubt, if a casual user would even notice the difference. It would be very difficult for me to embrace this "change". If your old enough to remember the double take customers in sears made when they first saw the dual-action, wait until older customers see this and I am taking it that there will be no other Kenmore option when WP completely changes over? arthur

 

[whitetub]

Most of the clothes we wear every day does not get that dirty. You have to do a test with really dirty clothes, like taking a white towel, and wipe the sidewalk, or a dirty balcony with it. Then run the same load and see if it comes out clean.
I have serious doubts that this machine would do the job. When I buy an HE machine, it will be a front loader for sure. I just don't see how this top-loading wash action can clean anything. And I think most people who buy those machines have no clue what goes on inside before they buy it. They assume this: A big tub, without an agitator, I can fill this up with a huge load. Wow. And I don't have to bend down. Cool. Let's buy it.

So please do a test with a really dirty load and let's see the results. To convince us, the skeptics. haha.

Thanks,

 

[mayguy]

I'm not sure if this is the same as the new Maytag Bravo, but the bleach is dumped into the tub right away, and it looks like the tray could take it, but it's capped off with a "HE" logo.

I'd like to see a video of a full load (to the top) as most large house hold would do.. Will the clothes wash?? (I'm still not sold on TL HE washers.

 

[logixx]

Here's a cut-away of the drive mechanism. Look's like a regular TL from the outside...

 

[golittlesport]

deep

these new top loaders with deep, deep tubs look like you'd need the arms of an orangutan to reach the clothes at the bottom...ha-ha

 

[mrb627]

Agitator

It does appear that a model with an agitator is coming. Should perform just like the Hydrowave. Of the two, I wonder which one will outlast the other. My first guess would be the Whirlpool over the GE, but time will tell.

Malcolm

 

[pulsator]

Water cheat!!!!

I like the gray wash plate in the Maytag!

For those who don't like how little water it uses, I made a vid showing how machine performs using the water cheat I found!

It only takes about 3-4 minutes, here's how I do it: Put the load in sans chemical, start it, use my hand to divert the flowing water to drench the load while turning the tub to drench the WHOLE load, set the machine to spin on low speed for a few seconds, stop it, add chemicals, set controls and start it. It senses the weight of the load and determines the correct water level via the weight sensing. Making the load slightly heavier makes it use more water.

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