Mini basket water level detection : how does it work ?

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Excellent videos Mike....I have seen them before and didn't know that was you.....you have a nice collection there.....

for some of the hoses you have with the leaks......not sure if this helps, but I have on several occasions used auto-type hoses for replacements, some have been exact matches, worth a shot, you never know!

I would like to see a full load in that vista-matic....funny how the agitator in that one has vanes all the way up, yet in the automatic their only half way up...

Thanks again

Martin
 
Maybe I'm being dense, but there is one thing I cannot seem to get my mind around.  OK, on SS setting, the water stops coming in after a minute or so and the water is held in the mini-basket for the concentrated stain cleaning/scrubbing.  But, what blows my mind is, did I get reality correct?  That being, when the regular mini-wash settings are used and the SS action does have that valve clamp off the filter-flo flume, is there neough water sloshed out of the holes in the top of the MB tub to keep replinishing the pump for constinat water circulation?  And what about the lack of little holes in the bottom for heavy sediment.  Being a former MB user it just blow my mind at the concept of water being sloshed/flung out of the top holes while activating to keep pump replenashed and circulating for regular MB applications and no SS cycle.  That's why I asked whether the machine came with two MBs, one for regular mini-basket washes and one for the SS application. 
 
Sloshing Water

Bob, Oh yes, there is plenty. Plus the extra buffer of water that machine fills with compensates. That thing just keep overflowing, no shortage at all. It doesn't look like it would, but it really does.

 

If I'm getting what you're saying, and correct me if I'm not. The SS cycle is the only cycle that cuts the filter spout, and only then will it do so if you've set the SS dial. All other mini-basket functions (including the 2 rinses on the SS cycle) keep the filtering on and overflow the min-basket like on a normal machine. When the SS is not on, the water really does flow out of the basket top holes like crazy. One basket only, there are no sediment holes in the SS basket because it needs to hold the water in because once the SS timer cuts the water, there is no other way for water to enter the basket. The SS timer equates to the SS basket being about 1/2 full before shutting off to ensure as little splash out as possible.

 

I hope I answered that... I was a little fuzzy of what you were asking
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-Tim
 
Bob

sediment is one downside to a solid MB.......

the same amount of water is used as per the pressure switch set at MW......wether used as SS or normal MB use...........if adjusted correctly, there is enough water available for either option, I don't have a SS option, but I did plug the holes in the bottom of my MB, I just prefer it that way....I always thought most of the water comming out of the MB was from the top, never thought about the bottom holes, some of the first ones even had holes in the middle of the agitator....

granted some water will be sloshed out during SS selection, but enough will remain inside for effective use..........any water leftover in the main tub will just get swished around by the agitator, and then drained during the spin.....

consider it like the first GE FF with the solid tub, water overflowed, from the top, into the outer tub, and then replenished by the pump back into the inner tub, first going thru the filter pan.....there was no bottom holes, not totally sure about GE, but speedqueen ST had collected sediment under the agitator, and a tube ejected/flushed it during the spin.........
 
thanks Tim & Martin.  Just as I was beginning to read both of your posts, the light in the dim watt lit up.  SS harkens back to the original solid tub filter-flos.  The water going over the top of the tub helped keep the pump primed and flowing, along with the little hole in the activator that went to the outer tub.  DUH.  
 
GE SOLID TUB FF WASHERS

Martin all the GE FF ST washers did have a port under the Activator that allowed water to constantly flow into the outer tub to take out heavy soil and sand.I think it was much more effective than SQs , HPs and Franklins sediment tube as every one of these I ever saw was completely clogged.
 
I know what you mean John....SQ sediment tube was not very effective as staying cleared out....most were just compacted like it was cement....on mine it is usually best to remove the agitator and vacuum it out if any was built up...but normal users would never check on this stuff....

Seems like GE had the better plan, a continuous flushing with water, SQ was only effective if it was a few grains, any more and it was an instant clog....

What did Frigidaires solid tubs do for sediment ejection?
 
"What did Frigidaires solid tubs do for sediment ejectio

 

 

Hi Martin, they did nothing. In the view of many, it was their only defect. CR always rated them poor in sand disposal which is no big thing unless you're around sand. And I know about this first hand.

 

Every summer we'd get a cottage for a few weeks at Crystal beach, Ontario, and when we came home and did the wash, our Tower Unimatic would have these interesting patterns of sand on the sides of the tub. We'd wipe them off with damp diaper rags.

 

Thanks, Pete. Hearing that makes me happy.
 
Thank you all !

Now I get it. Have seen a Fliter Flo' and her matching dryer back in the 80ies. The local trader of GE french door fridges (sold here as luxury items) tried to push some 220 V machines without success.

People in Europe can't live without internal heater (one wants really hot water when necessary) so even nowadays -with all the "green" propaganda pushing hot and cold fill washers- all those rare, brand new LG or Samsung V axis toploaders end up on eBay

http://www.subito.it/elettrodomestici/lavatrice-lg-10kg-nuovissima-caserta-21899060.htm
 

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