Modern compact/portable washers

[bpetersxx]

motor pulley for transmission

 

[bpetersxx]

auxillary pressure switch

main p-s is in console

 

[bpetersxx]

off balance switch

 

[bpetersxx]

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[bpetersxx]

water valves

 

[bpetersxx]

pump shot 2

looks like it directly connects to the tub

 

[bpetersxx]

adjustable foot

the other 3 are molded into the bottom panel but this is spring loaded

 

[bpetersxx]

knob for adj foot

 

[bpetersxx]

not sure part of the brake

 

[bpetersxx]

this is interesting

 

[bpetersxx]

tub blocks

 

[bpetersxx]

bottom

I think u can fit eight wheels on this

can roll it back forth and side to side

 

[Designgeek]

Bpetersxx- Looks like the motor/transmission frame hangs down on a suspension from up above. Is that anchored into the top moulding or something else?

Brisnat81- Wash timer on the Danby TT is 0 - 15 minutes. Typically I'll use the 9-minute setting and then run a little water during the last 3 minutes to get the surface suds & stuff to float off and exit via the overflow drain. Or for whites that get bleached, a 12-minute cycle where the first 6 min is detergent only, then I add bleach, and in the last 3 minutes let a little water run through for overflow.

Interesting convergent results re. moving the water more than the clothes. Though, on the "normal" (i.e. strong) cycle, everything does slosh around in there quite a bit.

Out of Balance: not in my experience. The washtub can't. The spinner does if you load it improperly, and there's a learning curve with blue jeans and certain other items. When the spinner is offbalance it vibrates and is noisy, you can hear it in the next room. But when it's properly loaded it's practically silent (as in, "is it running now?"); the ticking of the mechanical timer is louder.

The way to deal with jeans and suchlike is, instead of curling them around the bottom of the spinner, drop them in waist first and then gently scrunch the legs down more or less evenly. And of course never mix heavy stuff like towels with really light stuff.

BTW, total power consumption for a 4-1/2 lb load (which is one full load for the spinner) is .06 KWH, or 60 watt-hours. Total power consumption for a 7- 8 lb. load is about 0.10 KWH or 100 watt-hours, the difference being more spinner time due to having to split the wash load into two spin loads.

All of the above doesn't apply to Bpetersxx's compact auto TL, which presumably doesn't require any manual intervention except possibly resetting the timer if one wants to tweak the cycle. It would be interesting to know the total power consumption (empirically measured) for that unit for a normal load on full cycle and on short cycle.

 

[bpetersxx]

Has suspension rods that hold the entire tub and drive system to the cabinet like the Haier washers I have

I will check and see if I have pictures of the rods if not I will take some to post

 

[brettsomers]

i got my Danby today

it seems to work well... im just doing my first load now... very quiet... more later if yall are interested

 

[Designgeek]

Yeah, say more.

 

[norgeman]

Danby

The Danby washer from what I can see from the pictures is a very well built machine. It should last you many years of use. Happy washing!

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[Designgeek]

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