My Agitator has wings

[combo52]

WCI 24" laundry Center---120 Volt Model

The 120 volt machines did allow you to run the washer and dryer at the same time but when ever the washers motor is running a relay turns off the dryers heater and the dryers timer also stops advancing, so the long drying times get even longer.

 

Sometime soon after WCI bought this machine from GM Frigidaire they accidentally started using a 50 cycle motor pulley on the dryer, this caused the dryer to tumble too fast and made the dryer nearly useless as it was not only very slow but left light weight items very wrinkled. It took WCI over 5 years to correct this mistake in assembly leaving 10s of thousands of machines in the field that never worked correctly.

 

Overall between the slow 120 volt operation, the lousy indexing tub agitation, a spin drain washer that can't spin without suds-locking to save itself and a dryer that probably tumbles too fast, Tom is correct this machine is only worth about $20 and that is taking into account current scrap metal prices, LOL.

 

[combo52]

WCI 24" laundry Center---120 Volt Model

The 120 volt machines did allow you to run the washer and dryer at the same time but when ever the washers motor is running a relay turns off the dryers heater and the dryers timer also stops advancing, so the long drying times get even longer.

 

Sometime soon after WCI bought this machine from GM Frigidaire they accidentally started using a 50 cycle motor pulley on the dryer, this caused the dryer to tumble too fast and made the dryer nearly useless as it was not only very slow but left light weight items very wrinkled. It took WCI over 5 years to correct this mistake in assembly leaving 10s of thousands of machines in the field that never worked correctly.

 

Overall between the slow 120 volt operation, the lousy indexing tub agitation, a spin drain washer that can't spin without suds-locking to save itself and a dryer that probably tumbles too fast, Tom is correct this machine is only worth about $20 and that is taking into account current scrap metal prices, LOL.

 

[arbilab]

Wings eh?

That's what comes from using Red Bull as fabric softener.

 

[tnmike]

This machine has not been used too much. We have the boat about 16 miles from our house so our clothing is done at home. We do towels and bedding there though. I can only wash one king sheet at a time. This machine is actually a 240 v so the dryer works while the washer is on with no problem. I have not noticed any issues with the tumbling action at all. We have remodeled/replaced everything from keel to top on the boat except my partner says NO to replacing the washer/dryer. He says "No one gives a damn about a washer on a boat." So I don't fight that battle anymore.

There are some really HOT straight college guys that live on smaller houseboats at this marina and they use the washer. It is amazing to see what straight guys will do. One of them was pouring detergent and softner in at the beginning of the cycle. Use cold water on everything. Sorting consists of how much they can get in the machine. If it all won't fit, then it is sorted into two loads. I have told them I would love to get their laundry and get it clean again! One guy comes to our house in the winter when the boat is winterized and has drinks with us. So he actually uses warm/hot water then.

 

[e2l-arry]

I had one of the defective ones then

Got it at Sears and the dryer tumbled too fast and the clothes just stuck to the drum, didn't tumble, didn't dry. I tried tennis balls, anything I read that suggested it could help and it was still a dud. I never knew until today it was a defect they eventually corrected. Just thought it was a crappy machine. Last thing I ever bought at Sears Scratch and Dent!