Maytag Maxima Front Loader
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Sixth Sense is Whirlpool's name for Fuzzy Logic and all the other systems where appliances adjust cycle length etc. to the individual load.
Alex
Alex
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I took this video of my dad's new Duet washer around Christmas but never got the chance to upload it.
This is a video of the spin in diagnostic mode, gives you an idea of how the direct drive motor sounds as it ramps up to 1,400 RPM and I also love when the electronic brake kicks in! (The repair guy for the first machine told us that Whirlpool insisted this machine has no motor and instead has a "stator.")
Please excuse the rattling, there was plastic silverware on top of the machine!
I took this video of my dad's new Duet washer around Christmas but never got the chance to upload it.
This is a video of the spin in diagnostic mode, gives you an idea of how the direct drive motor sounds as it ramps up to 1,400 RPM and I also love when the electronic brake kicks in! (The repair guy for the first machine told us that Whirlpool insisted this machine has no motor and instead has a "stator.")
Please excuse the rattling, there was plastic silverware on top of the machine!
mark_wpduet
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The new Duet's are direct drive?
Really?
I had NO idea. I guess this is an entirely different animals than the older Duets like I have.
Logixx -
If you read this, I just noticed that you're in Germany. So wouldn't that mean your machine will perform differently than a U.S. machine?
Really?
I had NO idea. I guess this is an entirely different animals than the older Duets like I have.
Logixx -
If you read this, I just noticed that you're in Germany. So wouldn't that mean your machine will perform differently than a U.S. machine?
mark_wpduet
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Animal
Well, the cycles are longer and it can heat from cold to boiling temps. Mechanically, the washer is practically the same as the one that was shipped to the US. The door glass is different, is has a pump-access door and *maybe* less soft shocks - other that that, it's really the same unit. Oh, and it also lacks the tub vent on the back of the unit and the amber lights indicating optinal selections that some Duets had.
I see this new direct-drive washer takes longer to stop than the old belt-driven system. Here's mine to compare:
I see this new direct-drive washer takes longer to stop than the old belt-driven system. Here's mine to compare:
mark_wpduet
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Logixx.
Thanks, but most importantly, I'd say your version uses more water.
Thanks, but most importantly, I'd say your version uses more water.
I'm not sure. For the wash portion of the cycle, water covers about half of the perforated area of the bottom of the tilted drum - it that makes sense. For rinsing, the entire perforated area is just about covered.
Alex
Alex
The new Duet's are direct drive? I had no idea
Mark, you obviously did NOT read my post in reply #12. I DID state these were direct drive machines!!!
Mark, you obviously did NOT read my post in reply #12. I DID state these were direct drive machines!!!
mark_wpduet
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Sorry. I read the post, but I must have glazed over that part.
Apology accepted Mark.
I ran my machine empty on several wash cycle fills tonight. Jeans and bulky items used the most water, but nowhere near what Alexander's machine showed after filling. They aren't hammered with the water restrictions like we are with Energy Star. Whites used slightly less water for filling with water empty. Normal/Casual aws even more pathetic than I thought it would be. It added waterr for less than a minute and finished. It as about an 1/8th of an inch deep and only abouty 3 to 4 rows of holes deep from the back of the tub, nothing more. About 1/3 from back to front across the tub. Like I've said in another post, that cycle won't be used edxcept for washing one or two items at most. Bulky/jeans had water the spread about 2/3 across from baffle to baffle. Whites was slightly less. So that's about it. Hope you find it somewhat helpful Mark.
I ran my machine empty on several wash cycle fills tonight. Jeans and bulky items used the most water, but nowhere near what Alexander's machine showed after filling. They aren't hammered with the water restrictions like we are with Energy Star. Whites used slightly less water for filling with water empty. Normal/Casual aws even more pathetic than I thought it would be. It added waterr for less than a minute and finished. It as about an 1/8th of an inch deep and only abouty 3 to 4 rows of holes deep from the back of the tub, nothing more. About 1/3 from back to front across the tub. Like I've said in another post, that cycle won't be used edxcept for washing one or two items at most. Bulky/jeans had water the spread about 2/3 across from baffle to baffle. Whites was slightly less. So that's about it. Hope you find it somewhat helpful Mark.
mysteryclock
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Are any of the Maytag / WP FLs in the US true horizontal axis machines or are they all tilted? IIRC the older WP Duet Sports were, but now I'm not sure what is and what isn't....
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