LG WM3600 cycle times are SLLOOOOWWWWWW.

[iiijohnnymaciii]

KenC

Hi Ken! Would you be able to check if your 3600 model holds wash temps and what wash temps it achieves? You can check this by pressing the Delay button and the Temp select button at the same time.

 

[appnut]

John, I've already provided the information you are seeking about LGs in this thread and in other threads I've contributd regarding LGs since I got mine October 2021. I could have responded last night, but I thought you would have seen what I've written in this thread plus previous threads. I'm probably the one who has literally sat in front of my LG through cycles than anyone else.

 

[iiijohnnymaciii]

Hi Bob

Oh yes, I’ve read your extensive posts on your 4500 and greatly appreciate them. However, I remember reading Mike’s post on his 4000 and him stating that if you choose warm, the washer maintains that temp. However on yours, I believe you stated it does not maintain temps just gets them there and the heater shuts off. So, I’m wondering if it possibly has to do with the programming for 5.0 tubs vs programming for 4.5 tubs?

 

[appnut]

John, I very seriously doubt there's any difference due to basic programming across the platforms. I will admit once warm is heated to 90F on PP, Whites, and Bulky that the temp will maintain during a 12-15 minute wash on normal soil.

I also just checked the energy star yellow tag for both the 4000 (4.5 cu ft) and 4200/4500 were all a rating of 105 kwh, so no difference in usage thus same programming.

 

[kenc]

appnut - thanks again for the confirmation on soil/temp

John: I think I mentioned in the thread that I tried the delay+temp "trick" but the panel just seems locked to input and ignored me. Is there a step I might be missing, like pausing the cycle first or something?

Another interesting data point, I tried Normal wash +steam +high spin on two blankets and the machine predicted THREE HOURS! Why would normal wash be 1 hour LONGER than heavy duty with all other settings the same?
Now I've tried steam, I probably won't be using it again.

I did determine one nice feature that the SQ did not have, I was able to pause the 3HR cycle and then change the cycle to something else much shorter. Nice, to be able to switch things if you don't like it.

 

[appnut]

Ken, no you don't need to pause the cycle in order to ccheck the tempor spin speed. I do this all the time. Touch the delay wash area on the panel with a finger on my left hand and while holding the touch on delay wash, with my right hand finger touch the temp or spin area on the panel to display water temp or spin speed. Sometimes touching the delay wash area of the panel will cause a "ding" sound but that doesn't mean it's locked out. I jus go ahead and touch the temp area despite the delay wash area dinging at me.

 

[petek]

That's interesting. I'll have to try it on mine next wash

 

[kenc]

appnut: yes, that's what I was trying. The machine did not respond. I also checked the phone app in case that functionality had moved, but no.

 

[appnut]

It's only available via direct panel interaction, not via app.

 

[kenc]

I tried the app in desperation!

I tried quick touches, and long holds, nothing worked last time. Maybe the 3600 lacks this functionality?

 

[lakewebsterkid]

First off…

Congrats!
As you have experienced, some cycles can be a bit slow. BUT, the Normal cycle with Extra Hot does heat the water up. If your tap hot water isn’t high enough or the water heater is far away, it will take longer.
The Towels cycle is much better than Normal, IMHO. Much better wash action and rinsing, and usually runs about 1 hour. Plus, the final spin doesn’t take 20 minutes on Extra High like it does on Normal.

 

[mark_wpduet]

@ Lakewebster

are you saying you use the towels cycle for everything?

 

[lakewebsterkid]

Towels

For the most part, yes. Only Sanitize for a true hot wash. Delicates or Handwash for other items. This applied for many LG FLs I use. My Kenmore doesn’t have the Towels cycle, so I did adjust the water level up to what it would be with Towels. Much better. The wash and rinse levels on Normal were very poor.

 

[mark_wpduet]

OH... so you adjusted the water level... I didn't think you could do the water level adjustment thing anymore... I know some tried it in the past with some success

 

[kenc]

Does the water adjustment trick work on the latest generation of LG washers then? Or have they taken care of that like all big corporations tend to do?
If so, I will be doing this one day after my 1 yr warranty expires.

 

[kenc]

Tried it again: the 3600 does not respond to delay+temp or delay+spin.
No doubt a firmware "upgrade"

 

[appnut]

I"m sorry Ken

 

[egress]

Odd, my WM3900 does respond to the delay+temp trick, I wonder if its a different button combination for some reason? unless its a recent firmware change...

 

[lakewebsterkid]

WM3400

The one I used allowed me to see the water temp, but I had to hold it for a prolonged period of time. I forget the sequence, might be cold wash and temp. If you just use Towels, there is no need to adjust the water level. That way the other cycles aren’t affected, like bulky or delicates. The rinses are just too low on Normal.

 

[spittingllama]

Hello all.

Well I finally stepped into the 21st century when I got a new LG WM4000 on Feb 18.
After experimenting with the cycles for the past 6 weeks, I've settled in on using "Perm Press+Warm+LoSpin+NormalSoil+TurboWash" as my default. I can't remember seeing that particular combination yield a cycle time of more than 48 minutes, and I believe I saw that time only once. Usually the time is 42 minutes. But today the time was 35 minutes. I have seen 35 minutes twice.

"Heavy Duty" is dead to me. It quoted 2 hours once.
"Extra Hot" is also dead to me, seems to add about 40 minutes. No thanks.

The only issue I had is vibration, my machine IS on a pedestal. I had the machine leveled twice by the installers and once by myself. I used to stand next to it with my arms on it during the spin and never ran it higher than "Medium" spin setting. I solved 95% of that vibration with a small 1/8 inch thick anti-vibration pad. Now the only time I even feel any noticeable vibration is when I load more than 12 pounds of clothes in there. And yes, I DO weigh my clothes on a postal scale before I load them in. I no longer stand next to it on the spin.

"TurboWash" isn't all that much turbo. From MY experience it seems to knock off about 6 minutes worth of time.