Neppy TL Moves In
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That machine sure doesn't use much water. I like how the clothes creak and grown during the wash cycle.
Ran a set of twin sheets. Heavy Duty cycle, medium soil level. Absolutely no tangling. Even the two pillow cases were *not* caught-up in the fitted sheet. Could be a fluke, dunno yet ... and could be a different scenario on larger sheets.
The softener dispenser seems to do better if the softener is mixed with water first in a cup for proper dilution, and enough water is used to fill the dispenser to the max-line. I used the lavender Snuggle again on the sheets, and the dispenser was clear.
Larger loads tumble better, of course. Ran a small load of cleaning rags/towels, and rollover was much less pronounced, although sometimes the tumblers caught the items in the right way to give them some good flippage. Used Super Wash with Soak & Stain Treat soil level, hot water, liquid Gain HE (finished out the bottle). Cleaning results, *very* good.
The softener dispenser seems to do better if the softener is mixed with water first in a cup for proper dilution, and enough water is used to fill the dispenser to the max-line. I used the lavender Snuggle again on the sheets, and the dispenser was clear.
Larger loads tumble better, of course. Ran a small load of cleaning rags/towels, and rollover was much less pronounced, although sometimes the tumblers caught the items in the right way to give them some good flippage. Used Super Wash with Soak & Stain Treat soil level, hot water, liquid Gain HE (finished out the bottle). Cleaning results, *very* good.
Neptune
Hi Glen, nice machine and kewl action, love the rollover, you can see this must have a lot of fun when they developed this, even better when it was seen to wash clean!!!!
Whats the spin like opposed to the F & P, do the clothes feel damper/drier??
Cheers, Mike
Hi Glen, nice machine and kewl action, love the rollover, you can see this must have a lot of fun when they developed this, even better when it was seen to wash clean!!!!
Whats the spin like opposed to the F & P, do the clothes feel damper/drier??
Cheers, Mike
Hey, Mikey! 
The Neppy tops-out at 850 RPM vs. F&P 1010 RPM .. but the Neppy basket is a larger diameter (I haven't measured, but it looks larger), so G-force is probably similar. The sheets are light-weight fabric, but dried in record time, about the same as from the F&P spin.
The Neppy tops-out at 850 RPM vs. F&P 1010 RPM .. but the Neppy basket is a larger diameter (I haven't measured, but it looks larger), so G-force is probably similar. The sheets are light-weight fabric, but dried in record time, about the same as from the F&P spin.
Neptune TL
Glen,
Is oversudsing ever an issue with the Neptune TL? Also, how long has a normal cycle been with this machine?
Glen,
Is oversudsing ever an issue with the Neptune TL? Also, how long has a normal cycle been with this machine?
I imagine oversudsing certainly can happen, but I haven't yet used it enough to do that, either accidentally or purposely. The instruction manual recommends HE detergent, but *specifically* states that regular detergent can be used at lower dosage. I haven't studied the service manual in detail, I don't recall if there's mention of an oversudsing recovery routine.
If I'm interpreting the serial number correctly, the manufacture date is 2005.
If I'm interpreting the serial number correctly, the manufacture date is 2005.
After running jeans through the Neppy three times, I'm seeing some wear-spots suddenly happening that weren't there before. And this isn't on my oldest pairs ... although they're all getting older so it could be coincidental. :-/
At this hour the videos are not available by clicking or trying to right click download. Problem with the other site?
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And another -- Spin deceleration and fluff (61 seconds, 5.3 MB)
A few more observations after several more loads. The softener dispenser continues to perform consistently well when the dose is diluted with a maximum amount of water.
It doesn't flush some kinds of particulates from the clothes very well, which I suppose is an understandable effect of the low-water tumbling action. Sheets have a bit of body hair remaining, although that comes off in the dryer. A t-shirt that had debris stuck on it from yard work had some left after the cycle. Also on that load, I used All HE liquid, which is blue. I noticed through some of the wash period, the aforementioned t-shirt had a blue splotch on it that took a while to disperse, where the detergent apparently dribbled during dispensing.
I used non-HE lime Ace on a load (I think 3 oz.) and there was NO sudsing, although the water was 'slippery.' Will try again sometime, a stronger dose to get some sudsing, see how it deals with that.
And another -- Spin deceleration and fluff (61 seconds, 5.3 MB)
A few more observations after several more loads. The softener dispenser continues to perform consistently well when the dose is diluted with a maximum amount of water.
It doesn't flush some kinds of particulates from the clothes very well, which I suppose is an understandable effect of the low-water tumbling action. Sheets have a bit of body hair remaining, although that comes off in the dryer. A t-shirt that had debris stuck on it from yard work had some left after the cycle. Also on that load, I used All HE liquid, which is blue. I noticed through some of the wash period, the aforementioned t-shirt had a blue splotch on it that took a while to disperse, where the detergent apparently dribbled during dispensing.
I used non-HE lime Ace on a load (I think 3 oz.) and there was NO sudsing, although the water was 'slippery.' Will try again sometime, a stronger dose to get some sudsing, see how it deals with that.
Wear spots on jeans...
Maybe it is something Calypso related. On the other hand, that is the first video with sound of a Maytag Neptune TL spinning. It has to be the most mehanically complex Top-Loading washer.(The award for most mecanically complex Front-Loader goes to the Dyson Contrarotator.)
Maybe it is something Calypso related. On the other hand, that is the first video with sound of a Maytag Neptune TL spinning. It has to be the most mehanically complex Top-Loading washer.(The award for most mecanically complex Front-Loader goes to the Dyson Contrarotator.)
Jed - you can read about the patent by searching in Google Patents for Maytag patent 2645107. The link may or may not work.
Ben
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