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wash action during the cycle

What do you think of the wash action during the cycle? For example, when I set it on normal, it will tumble about the same speed as the whirlpool duet. Also, I noticed during the rinse cycle, the fabric softener will knock down suds during the deep rinse action which is similar to the wash action.
 
Well Mark, here's the answer. When running yesterday's large load, I timed the spray rinses are 10-15 seconds long. Spray rnses won't be triggered unless spin rpms are approaching 600. A few seconds later the tub begins coasting down for the next deep rinse and once the tub stops, the pump drains everything out of the sump after a fwe seconds of settling down before the pumping begins.
 
Gotcha and thanks :)

I'm a little jealous - to be honest, I still don't want anything to happen to my current duet. I did a bunch of laundry the last few days...Sheets, clothes, everything....and I noticed the final spins were so smooth...I still can't believe it still works!!

I have a queen bed in a box that's way too thick and puffy to fit into my duet..I have to take it once a year to laundromat (which I HATE doing) but I'll bet it would fit in your machine... Probably even a king would fit.
 
I have to take it once a year to laundromat

Mark,

 

That is one reason I switched to a Front Loader.  I still love my old Maytag A608; however, I do love my LG 3900 too.  It's more flexible, efficient, and cleans very well!
 
I think so too

Ever since that guy (I forget his name) made a Youtube video of one of the early LG turbo washes I've kept my eye on them. I remember at one point LG had a rear control FL washer that I really liked the looks of....but I think this was well before turbo wash was introduced.

I really wish they still made rear control FL's.....it would look so much better with a standard dryer...
 
tumbles

The Normal cycle with TurboWash seems to do long medium speed tumbles. I find the speed fine, but the duration is long, and the pauses are short, though this is designed for speed. The WashTower particularly uses this pattern in a slightly more aggressive manner versus my Kenmore. I have watched a few things get a little tangled, but it tolerates it fine.
On my Kenmore, Normal without TurboWash does short fast speed tumbles. I prefer this to keep things from tangling while still washing well. The longer pauses allow for a little extra wash time duration and enzyme exposure.

My Duet on Normal did 5 minutes of slow long tumbles. This tangled stuff easily. Then it would change to fast short tumbles for the remainder of the wash period. I was always impressed with the 'two phase' wash tumbles. It actually did really well despite a relatively short wash period of about 15 minutes average (normal soil).
Odd enough, when using Heavy Duty the tumbles were slow and long for 10 minutes, then would switch to medium and short for 10-20 minutes. If heavy soil was selected, it would do 10 minutes of fast short tumbles at the end. I did not care for this particular combo because it tangled clothes up very easily and did not clean all that great unless heavy soil was selected. Not to mention that this cycle used the lowest water level and slow interim spins, likely because Consumer Reports used the Heavy Duty cycles to test for a short period of time when these machines came out. The best cycle on my Duet hands down was Whitest Whites. It would do slow long tumbles while filling, then would proceed directly into the short fast tumbles for the remainder of the wash cycle. Water levels were perfect, interim spin was relatively quick and lasted about 1 minute, much better wash results, far less tangling and redistribution issues, and the cycle on light soil generally was quicker than the Normal cycle - normal soil. Water temperatures were more than appropriate too. True warm and hot washes were readily available! I do certainly miss that poor machine!
 
spray rinses

On my Kenmore, the spray rinses before and after the deep rinse were 10 seconds a piece. It would turn on as the machine ramped up from ~400 to ~600 rpm, then would turn off and the machine would instantly ramp down. My pump never turned back on after the ramp down. Even if it would continue to ramp up to 800-1000 rpm with the pump on, then ramp back down, far more detergent solution would be removed. I just feel like the programing during this sequence is not the best.

I will have to see what the differences are on the WashTower with the spray rinses and see if they fixed the pumping out of the drain sump before the machine fills with the rinse water.
 
John, yes that is correct--while it's washhing, select delay wash & temperature buttons at the same time. Subsituting the wash temp with spin speed will show you spin rpm speed.

Last week I did a FULL load of towels on Heavy Duty, Extra Hot, and Normal soil level. Wash temp got to 142F before it drained to begin rinses. The 2 lower soi levels would result in a lower hot water temp if needed to be slightly less. Max wash temp I've observed with just using extra hot temp and max soil level on Heavy Duty is 159 to 160F.
 
Bob I use the Normal Cycle to wash towels and I use the Ex Hot and if you tap the soil level one notch above Normal the washer will heat the water to 152F If you go Heavy soil then the AI function will cut out. Why that is i dont know. I wish that LG would send out another software update to have all cycles use AI not just the 2 that use it.

I have not had the need to use the Heavy Duty cycle for anything...yet.
 
Mike, I realize that. I purposely didn't select heavy soil because I didn't need the temperature to be that high. What I am TYRING to replicate is the various hot water temperatures I had available on the Duet that allowed me flixibility for the various types of loads that needed different temperatures. And I want to demonstate that to those that might find that helpful. And I agree, I wish AI was a function on more than just Normal cycle. I used the Juice & Food stains downloaded cycle last weeked. After a prewash it filled with hot water which was about 115-120F, it decreased down to 89-90F and sayed there. The cycle selected the heaviest soil level and wash period was 70 minutes The load included my cotton napkins used for mealtime that undrstandably has all sorts of food soils. Everything came out clean with the default parameters except for 3. And that surprised me given hot water tempperature of 117F wasn't maintained. I rewashed those 3 with HD cycle, extra hot, and max soil level and those stains were gone. The load got to 160F. I am wanting to check out the Collars & Cuffs download cycle--the description is "with increasingly hot water for effective stain removal." I have a load later this week that could be appropriate for that cycle--not by the cycle name, but what I am wanting to see waht it does for the items--my kitchen towels tht are used for daiy activities, NOT wiping up food juices or similar (the cotton napkins are used for that). I wish the dryer cycles would off AI no more than Normal because I'd like to see AI applied to another temperature and dryness level.
 
Thanks Marco and John. That's a nice feature.

I love all the different temperatures that you can get from these machines and that it actually maintains the temps. I love 140 for towels as well. I also like how it gradually increases the temps to release stains that would get set in if it just put out 140 degrees right off the bat. These machines are really something else. I can't wait to get one.

I was looking at the studio washtower to save space in my laundry room. By chance do you know if these 5.0 cu ft 105 kwh machines operate in the same way as the 4200 5.0 cu ft 105 kwh machines as far as temperatures go? I could just get a stack kit for the 4200s if it's not the case.
 
John, I was lookng at the LG web site. There are 3 Washtower versions--The WKx100 doesn't mention TurboWash 360 in two places where it should. The WKx200 does mention TubroWash 360. The LG Studio WashTower is the tol 5.0 cu washer model and also has TubroWash 360. In fact, I just looked at the manual for the washtower 100 and the washtower 200 models. The 100 did not mention or show turbowash on the control panel or in a listing of options and modifiers. So observe carefully. the other thing I don't like about the WAshtowers is the only cycles on the control panel for them is Normal, Heavy Duty, Beding, Speed Wash, Delicates and Download. Sanitary is optional step. If you wanted to use Whites, Perm Press/Wrinkle Free, Towels and Allergene (which are on the control panel of stand alone models), you have to download them. I"m finding that I tend to use the most Heavy Duty, Normal, and Perm Press. I"m finding I use Heavy Duty & Normal with Extra Hot for anything I want a hot wash for. LG's "Hot" 117F is kind of weak in my books. On Normal, warm is 86F and hot is 97F. Heavy Duty, Whites, Perm Press, Bedding, warm is 89-90F and hot is 117F.

[this post was last edited: 1/4/2022-23:38]
 

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