New Speed Queen Top Loader; what re rinse cycle Temp. options?

[pumice]

I plan to buy a new Speed Queen Top Loader. I searched around on their website but can't find mention of the Rinse Temp. setting options . What is the Rinse temperature for Wash temperature: Warm, Hot, Cold ?

Only the Wash Temp. setting options has a Knob : Cold, Warm, Hot.

The model is the AWN542
http://www.speedqueen.com/home/en-us/products/product.aspx?id=346

OR below Commercial Top Loader
http://www.speedqueen.com/media/259971/combo_pushsttlw_swt820_am11-0402.pdf

 

[golittlesport]

all rinses are cold

 

[pumice]

Is there a way to easily modify the Rinse to provide Hot or Warm rinse?

 

[nmassman44]

Unfortunately no, or not that I know of. What you see is what you get. Unless you reverse your inlets and you will get a hot rinse and cold will be hot and hot will be cold kinda thing.

 

[thefixer]

This mod would make rinse temp same as wash temp.

 

[jeffg]

FYI according to Alliance the last SQ TL model with a warm rinse option is the AWS75, circa 2006/07. If you can find one of these older models it's the easiest solution.

We missed it by several months and wound up with its successor, an AWS76, cold water rinse only. So we installed a splitter on the water taps and all is well. We never rinse in cold water, strictly hot/warm or warm/warm loads in our house.

thefixer: Do you have a similar hack, but instead to make cold water always warm? It would allow us to get rid of the extra plumbing behind the washer. [this post was last edited: 9/7/2013-14:34]

 

[pumice]

So easiest would be to connect HOT Water supply pipe to the COLD water inlet of the machine and the COLD water supply pipe to the HOT water inlet of the machine. This would give:

WARM wash + HOT rinse
HOT wash + HOT rinse
No COLD wash possible.

Have I got it right?

 

[thefixer]

No, you would have only hot rinse, hot wash when set to cold, cold wash when set to hot, and warm wash when set to warm.

 

[whirlcool]

That seems like s simple enough hack to do. If you want a warm rinse all you have to do is turn the water temp knob to warm during the spin between wash and 1st rinse.

 

[pierreandreply4]

or for a warm rinse you set it back after the first spin for a warm fill rinse before its start filling with cold water reset to the main wash so your washer fill with warm water then go back to the rinse portion of the cycle so the washer rinse and do the final spin

 

[washer111]

Reversing Taps:

Here's my understanding:

On Dial Setting -> Actual Result
HOT -> Cold
Warm -> Warm*
COLD -> Hot

As the rinse is cold inlet, you would get a hot rinse. As for the *, I used that to indicate that you would get a HOTTER Warm wash, as the SpeedQueen has flow restriction on "HOT" to make a 40% Hot 60% Cold Wash. Now, you would get 60% Hot, 40% cold, which is much better.

Hot rinses are ultimately better if you use Fabric Softener, Starches or really bubbly detergent on a frequent basis (Helps to prevent excessive buildup in the last rinse. Truly a "Self-Cleaning" washer!). Perhaps it isn't so good for your clothes, though.

As for mixing the water, you could run two lines off the hot tap, and have a water valve fitted onto the merging point between Hot/Cold to control how much hot the cold line gets. Just remember to turn that off after each use, to prevent mixing of your Hot and Cold supplies.

 

[mrb627]

Wiring Hack

If you chose to go the wiring modification route, the temperature for rinse will always be the same as the wash temp. So, basically, once your machine starts washing, reset the temp knob to the desired rinse temp and your done. No need to run back at the end of the first spin and reset the timer or fool with any hoses. It is the best solution in my opinion.

Malcolm

 

[pumice]

To Malcolm
So with the electrical hack, I can get:

Cold Wash + Cold Rinse
Warm Wash + Warm Rinse
Hot wash + Hot Rinse

?
Can I get Hot Wash + Warm Rinse?

I am leaning towards this solution but does this adversely affect the reliability of the machine, because I plan on sending it overseas after a few months to mom's house in Ceylon. There are no Top Loader American style Agitator machines available there; I spent weeks searching for one.

 

[pierreandreply4]

i think the only way you could get a hotwash warm rinse woul

i think the only way you could get a hot wash + warm rinse would be for you to look into buying a vintage machine or earlier models thats still have that option as not much washer has that option anymore sadly like this washer or earlier speed queen models that have 5 temp from cold to hot water wash including warm rinse credit to the original picture taker for the pic i am using

 

[combo52]

Warm Rinse ?

Current SQ TL washers use a 30/70 inlet valve that gives 30% hot water when both coils are energized.

 

Unless you have free solar heated hot water a warm rinse in any washer and especially a TL washer wastes far too much energy [ Global Warming Is Real ] A warm rinse also allows bacteria etc to thrive in your clean laundry and in the washer itself. It is also harder to rinse out detergent in warm or hot water, there is a reason that NO detergent manufacturer OR washer manufacturer recommends ANYTHING except a COLD rinse for ALL laundry loads.

 

[jeffg]

John, you drank the Kool-Aid. Open the lid of any top loading SQ washer made between 1958 and 1989 and tell us what it directs for a rinse temperature for cottons.

95% of what we own is cotton and cold water rinses SUCK for cotton. And some people wonder why their towels stink!

 

[pierreandreply4]

my duet washer

My duet washer i have a whirlpool duet washer thats all cold rinse and i notice because of the all cold rinse that my dryer takes longer drying a load when its rinse in cold water and if you look credit to gansky1 for the pic i am using look at the temp button you will see that it has a wam rinse option with a hot water wash as well as a warm wash warm rinse

 

[washer111]

Whilst it may hurt the environment, Warm rinses probably are better for clothing items that are especially prone to shrinkage (if washing in Warm or Hot). There is less temperature change between the Wash and Rinse.

And lets face it, mould will grow in your washer regardless of wash/rinse temperature (within reason, of course) if you don't care for your machine. Thats a fact of life, unfortunately.

 

[thefixer]

If instead of doing the mod I showed, you could tap into terminal R of the timer which is pin 18 of the timer connector (normally not connected to anything) and jump that to pin 3 of the temp switch, you would always have a warm rinse and normal function of the wash temp as per temp switch setting.

In wash cycle, timer terminal P connects to terminal H and V connects to W. In rinse cycle, P connects to V and V connects to R (R not normally used).