Lint Removal On Modern Washers

[DADoES]

More Whirlpool Filters

<blockquote>Older Whirlpools had automatic self-cleaning lint filters.  It was a sort of rubber disk affair with internal hooks that caught lint during recirculation, and then expelled it during drains.  Later Whirlpools shifted the lint filter to a plastic comb at the recirculation outlet above the tub.  From the one I had in the 80's and 90's, it never seemed to catch much and it was a PITA to clean anyway.</blockquote>Manual-clean recirculating filters of the comb and cartridge type into the 80s were on lower-end belt-drive machines.

There were several designs on the self-clean/recirculating filter.

Later belt-drive machines went to a passive self-clean which was a disc/comb piece mounted under the basket.  Water currents during agitation carried lint into the comb which was flushed during spin.  This was also used on direct-drive machines, which by design couldn't have an active recirculating filter.  It was later substituted to four simple "plug" filters, which were then eliminated completely.  The parts diagram for the Catalyst that I recently refurbed showed the disc-style under-basket filter but upon disassembly I found it did not have a filter.  Parts indicated substitution to the four plugs but the new basket that was sent did not have mounting holes for them.

 

[Jsneaker]

a "Norgetag"?

I have seen many people mention their "Norgetag" washer. I cannot think of any "Norge-type" features any Maytag washer had, except for the old Maytags having nice, wide agitation arcs. Would someone please bring me up to date?

 

[DADoES]

 
Norgetags are single-belt machines ... I believe also referred to as "Herrin" models, being built at a manufacturing facility in Herrin, IL which also produced Norge & Magic Chef washers.  So-called classic Maytags of the two-belt design are "Newton" machines which is a reference to Newton, IA.

 

[drewz]

SO, all the Kenmore's I grew up with that had that Filter Light, showing it was filtering meant nothing other than the lint was going down the drain?

Or was this to make you feel special because you had a Lady Kenmore, 800, or 70 Series?

I also use the metal mesh thingy at the end of my washer hose and you would not believe what it snags coming out of the machine, by the end of 30 days it is almost totally clogged with lint.

 

[DADoES]

 
Wash or rinse water was actively pumped through the recirculating self-clean filter during agitation periods.  Recirculation flow reversed during drain to backwash the filter and flush away the accumulated lint.  The light was tied to the agitate solenoid circuit so it illuminated during filtering but not during drain.

 

[maytagbear]

This has been

very interesting! Thank you all for your knowledge.

How does my Maytag LAT9806 deal with lint? It does not have a removable filter like my former A208. I have never had noticeable lint when unloading my Dependable Care.....

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[DADoES]

 
LAT9806 has a passive under-basket filter similar to the Whirlpool concept pictured above.  Look up your model at SearsPartsDirect.com to see the parts diagram.

 

[kenmoreguy64]

An interesting note about the disc filter that Glenn picture

This filter debuted with Kenmores in 1982. By this time, the slight capacity reduction (baseplate redesign) had already taken place and machines had been manufactured for close to a year with the old type filters.

When the disc came out, the baskets had to be altered to have the holes underneath the agitator to allow the currents and lint to be flushed onto the disc., AND agitators had to be updated as well to have little vanes on the underside of the skit to create these currents. In fact, there are two differences between the gold Kenmore Penta-Vane and the white - one is the inclusion of these mini-fins in the white version.

Many people don't realize that this disc filter will be largely ineffective if a previous agitator is used in disc filter model.

 

[yogitunes]

For you guys who catch the lint in the sink with those little screens that fill up quickly.......stop wasting your money......

I got this at FiveBelow...for 5.00....this one is about 3 years old, and time for a new one......but once it gets filled, I take it out back and backflush it with the hose.....and it gets used over and over!.....

 

[yogitunes]

I have 4 machines draining into this sink, and mainly because I don't want it to clog the sewage ejection unit, or the sink drain.....just simpler and cheaper than those little screen socks..

What do you think?

 

[sudsmaster]

Hmm.

I have a couple of Miele washers in the workshop. They drain into a plastic laundry tub. Because there is no nearby drain, I hooked up a 1" diameter 75 foot red garden hose to the drain on the tub, and then it goes the length of the shop to a toilet in a little half bath in the back there. I used stainless steel 1" piping and fittings to make a hook over the edge of the bowl, and since the lip of the bowl is a bit lower than the bottom of the laundry tub, it all drains well enough. It's been like that for years and there's probably plenty of lint, but the hose has never clogged and I doubt the sewer line would ever have a problem either.

The water is shut off to the half-bath (I think it used to run off well water), so the toilet isn't used for the usual purpose, so the washer drain line isn't in anybody's way, so to speak.

 

[300c]

Portable Agitator Top Loaders Still Have Lint Filters

The Whirlpool LCE4332, Haier XQJ50-31 and GE Spacemaker WSLS/WSLP1100 agitator top loader washers all have lint filters. This is probably because it would be a problem if strands of lint drained into the kitchen sink used for draining the machine.

I believe that even the GE WSLS/WSLP1500, Avanti and Haier impeller top loader portables also have lint filters.

 

[bpetersxx]

all of my top load Haier washers that i got to play with have manual clean lint filters

In fact my Haier XQJ50-31 has 2 lint filter on it

 

[DWLaurie]

YogiTunes! I think that is ingenious! I have one of those "file baskets". I think I am going to go try filing some lint!

 

[wringer]

I have

the GE portable mentioned above and it has 2 lint filters opposite one another in the tub. They are really full of lint at the end of the washing. They are kind of a pain to clean out but not bad. I have put a nylon on the drain part of the adapter at the sink and there has never been any lint expelled into it. They must work great. The only drawback is if you use a modern fabric softener they all leave a scum on the filters that is a bit hard to remove. This is the only thing I don't like about them.

Jim

 

[spookiness]

I'm confused

A lot of these posts seem to focus on filtration of the discharge.

Are there any machines that filter lint so that it doesn't get on your clothes?