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Yaaay! Reversible Washer Door!

FINALLY a front loader mfg beside Maytag has come out with a front loader washer with a reversible door. In the past I've commented here and over on That Home Site that technically I don't see any reason why a glass washer door couldn't be made reversible. Although the feature undoubtedly adds some cost to the product, it is probably made up for by allowing more customers to accomodate the washer in situations where it must be positioned to the right of the dryer.

Like others here I think a 4.5 cu ft washer is a bit of an overkill. However with water levels tailored to the load, it's probably just as efficient with medium size loads as most other smaller washers are. And I could certainly fill that big drum up with a week's worth of bath sheets. Currently the Neptune struggles with six and seven is really pushing it. Also have a big old sleeping bag that won't fit in the Neptune - it would be nice to be able to give it a wash at home as well.
 
I'm anxious to actualy see these in person.I was glad that the young lady I spoke to there at Electrolux's customer service number was open and willing to send me the literature posted here.Thank you,Thomas for sending the pix I emailed to you! Some of the questions I myself have are probably similar to other members here regarding other "special"features I myself like to see in front loaders. "Is there an interior drum light? Can the light be turned on with the door closed?Are the arms perferated?Are the arms polypropaline or stainless steel?Does it spin clockwise or counterclockwise?Is it belt driven or direct drive? Does it have a recirculating spray during the wash and rinses?"Enquiring minds want to know!lol
 
Chuck

Some of it´s details I can tell (if they didn´t change the project after I quit)

It´s nothing more than an enhanced affinity washer. It does have an interior drum light (LEDs) and the paddles are the same affinity´s design, but a little bigger and they are perforated.

It´s planned to spin counterclockwise and has an enhanced balance system, to avoid those horrible delays trying to balance a small load.

I don´t know it it´s DD or BD. Probably the max spin speed is 1200 or 1300 rpm (Maybe there´s the spin speed on the specs above)

It doesn´t have recirculation spray, but the paddles act as an inverted scoop, injecting the water inside the drum.

Also, as this washer is the first of the 2nd generation of HE washers, the gap between the inner and outer drum was reduced to only a few milimeters to save water.

Also, it has the AWS- Automatic Weighting System, which really senses the load and select proper water level, instead of the traditional "automatic water level activated by the clothes absorving water", which means more than "2 tablespoons or water" when necessary.

It also has an ecoball (detergent recovery system)

This washer was inspired at the 18kg professional model with aquaclean (Lagoon) technology.

Both dryer and dryer programs were copied from the professional "Clarus" control.

The dryer combines two different moisture sensors, to be more accurate just like the professional RMC - Residual Moisture control and also offers the option of multiple temperatures during the same cycle, like Affinity.

I don't know if the washer communicates with the dryer, but it was one of the topics being discussed when I quit.
 
Why,I wonder,are consumers even considering replacing their old or making their first self-owned washers an agitator type top loader?Hasn't everybody seen that now, more than ever before,the quality,popularity,performance,energy eficiency,low water usage,price,availability and versatility of front loaders has well surpassed any predicted forecasts ever placed on their sales?Over 90%of the people I either know or have aquainted that own them are extreamly pleased with their performance.Style is another reason they've soared in sales.I don't see where price has benn as much of an issue as features including the versatility and ability to be free standing,built under a counter or stacked.My preferance is to have them built in with the risers/storage drawers underneath.I am almost as excited as I was when the Jet Action 1-18's were released in 1969!I wonder if there's a red shade on their list of new ideas???I do miss my 1-18's
 
Well,since I adore Lucille Ball as well as Betty Davis and both of them refused to tell their age,"I ain't tellin'nobody" my real age but I can say I pass for 35!those who know or hear my true age never believe me and I'd rather be seen as the age I look as aposed to my real age.So,I'm 35.I have true blond hair on my head and eybrows,eye lashes,arms and legs,light complected and my eyes are normaly turquoise but have actualy changed to blue,green and brown.After I had major brain surgery back in '89,they were brown for two and a half years and when I wear dungarees,the ge bluer than normal.I now have frizzy,long,wavey hair that can look as severe as "Little Orphan Annie"or "Carrot Top"with blonde hair.The only other "hint"on my age I will provide is that my Mom went into labor on a Thanksgiving day at the dinner table and had me the next day.Friday November 23rd,19--.LOL
 
1 inch = 2.54cm and yes 2 inches makes a big difference.

A "standard" U.S. door tends to be 30" (figure 75cm) for rooms within a house. [Not the entries, which are larger].
The jamb ("molding") on each side (against which the door closes) takes off 1+1 inch (2 inches total) so that leaves 28" total clearance. I believe this is why a U.S. washer has (had?) a 27 x 27 footprint.

Bathroom doors and linen closet doors tend to be 24" (60cm) wide. TRUE compact/portable washers and/or dryers have one dimension at or near 24" and another that is usually LESS than 24" to get into these spaces/rooms via narrow doorways.
 
Jon.

Just ignore it...

It's one of the wierd Electrolux's projects.

It has no chance to be launched
It's basicly a mix of a washer, a toaster and an artistic sculpture.

The idea was to make a washer that can wash WITHOUT WATER.

They only reinvented the "technology" of burning something using a magnifier and sunlight (or a strong artificial light)

The project became a cold case but the design will be used in a few years as a HE top loader.
 
Thanks,Thomas for sending that for me! Guys(and gals) this is the specification/feature pack for the higher end model with the 1300 rpm spin speed as well as the steam/dry features. (The 65's)this clerifies the differences in all the models.
 
I know.I even tried calling them today and ask.I was quickly told they were ,unfortunately,unable to release that as of yet apologising emensely.The girls atitude was that of curiosity wondering why I wanted to know so much about those specific models.I tried to explain my interest and where it stems from but she was still clueless as far as where my excitement and interest in appliances was going.
 
I pumped my source at Gray's yesterday!

I found out two things!
One they are holding so tight onto the specs that the factory rep only showed the plans to Grays and then took them right back! Usually they leave the information for the sales staff to read over!
Two the washer capacity is supposed to be HUGE and it is NOT based on the Affinity tub.
Three he is going to try to get me into the training session on these machines!
Ooooh my mouth is watering just thinking about it!
 
Training session

Jon,that's F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S!! I have a feeling you're going to have a blast and also become quite fond of these.My discouragement,if any,is why the hell is there no customer/owner access to the "button trap"from the outside? I love being able,as a front loading washer owner/user,to clean that sucker out once a month.It realy makes a difference.Not that I myself am one who doesn't check pockets and clumps of wash for loose debre but,things happen and aluminum foil your gum is wrapped in does not disolve as easily and makes weird noizes as it's going through the pump.
 
ALMOST DIDN'T FIT

I didn't think about measurements at all when I got my Frigidairs. They came in through a basement garage, but when it came time to bring them into the laundry room they had to go through two other doors, and they just barely fit. The timer knob on both the washer and dryer had to be taken off in order for them to fit through the doorways. I didn't think of the doorways until a couple of days before they were to be delivered.
 
there is 0.1 cu ft burning my brain.

They worked nights and nights to make it 0.1 cu ft bigger, after everything was ready and now they decided not to use it?

It sounds stupidity... or maybe something very clever, related to marketing.

Well, Electrolux is used to do this kind of wierd things...

Here in Brazil, after 9 years in a project and millions of dollars spent, after everything ready for the launch, production started to make the first stock, tv ads ready to go on air, website update ready to be loaded, all service centers across the country trained... they decided to abort the project 1 hour before launching it. And it was forgotten for almost two years.

Stupidity, right? WRONG! It was one of the most brilliant things they did.

When the competitors relaxed, they launched it. IN OTHER COUNTRY, without any notice... booo! surprise! we have a new product. Consumers, enjoy it! Competitors, I'm sorry, you don't have time to copy it this time.

The internal staff (and a possible spy) just knew it only when the marketing campaign started in Argentina. At the same time, the containers with the moulds and other production equipments arrived in Turkey and the first lot we had in a warehouse left the plant in Curitiba to the Buenos Aires port.

I suspected when I received the test protocols. Everything has to be made using Skip and Ariel. (we don't have Skip in Brazil) I was so fucused on the tight schedule that I ignored it 10 seconds later.
 

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