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[mark_wpduet]

I actually did NOT know

that you couldn't add clothes after the washer started in a TL HE washer (LOL). In my Duet FL, I don't do this often, but you can actually pause the machine after it has started to add a garment, then again - my duet is 11 yrs old now..Is this the case in NEW FL washers too now, that it senses the load so you can no longer add anything?

 

[DADoES]

 
Depends somewhat on the individual machine, moreso with toploaders.  Some of them run a test routine immediately at start of the cycle involving spinning and/or oscillation to judge the weight of the dry load.  One reason for the slower flow rates and/or filling in "spurts" is to give the load time to absorb water and the machine time to sense/react to the saturation.

Any machine with an "Add Garment" indicator surely can take more items while the light is illuminated ... but it expects the cycle to be paused and restarted so the controller "knows" there was an interruption that may have been for reason of adding an item.

 

[brucelucenta]

I really can't see much happening other than the clothes getting all tangled up and covered with lint from all the wear and tear on them. What a mess!

 

[joeypete]

My Kenmore 28102 (Cabrio) would add a bit more water if you opened the lid and closed it again while the "Add a Garment" light was still illuminated. I guess to compensate for an additional item.

 

[tdbowmanusa]

jumper

One time I washed a "coverlet" (basically a bedspread) in my little Danby (Gorenje) front loader. It was in my laundry room off the garage. The spin was set to max (1000 rpm). I started it and went inside and a while later I heard this banging noise coming from the garage that sounded like an earthquake! I went into the laundry room and the machine was literally jumping off the floor. This is a machine that weighs several hundred pounds. It had evidently got past its balancing routine and then like someone else said it became unbalanced after the initial part of the faster spin. Although it sounded like the machine might have damaged itself, it was no worse for wear. In fact it still works great! Oh by the way I'm selling it if anybody is interested. I just bought a slightly bigger Bosch.

 

[combo52]

Self-Destructing Washers

When this type of failure occurs the washers load becomes suddenly out-of-balance while spinning at a fairly speed, this can happen when plastic covered bedding and pillows are washed. The plastic holds the water in place and the washer thinks that the load is balanced and ramps in speed, and at some point the spin force causes the plastic to rupture and releases the water creating a severely unbalanced load, this is the same as trowing a 15 pound cinder block in a washer that is spinning at nearly 1000 RPMs.

 

Yes this would even destroy a FD Unimatic, you would not see any flying plastic but as top heavy as a UM is it would likely tip over and due a lot of damage to the inner and outer tubs, mechanism support etc. If any one has an extra UM they want to sacrifice I can demonstrate this, or you can just throw a cement block in it and see how well it holds up.

 

[logixx]

Seems like they were washing a comforter and a sheet in one load.https://youtu.be/_eRdLELmv5E

 

[mrb627]

Did He Say..????

Let me call the police?

Malcolm

 

[vacerator]

How old are these youtube video's?

I will check the dates. The mounts may have since been improved.
You should have seen the one with a gals SS GE profile range that she was blaming GE for the finish on the face plate being scoured off. Thats what she did, with a brillo pad no doubt.

 

[vacerator]

those are from 2013.

Nice try!

 

[vacerator]

Lesson learned,???

As my dad used to tell me, never send a boy to do a mans job.

 

[logixx]

Which video is from 2013? It says under both of the last two videos that they were uploaded 2016 (February and March).

 

[vacerator]

the one from 2013

is the first one. maybe the other following are the same age washers?

 

[tolivac]

"Let me call the police!" Washer is going to be arrested for what crime?Vandalism?Watch those Samsung washers-they are homewreckers!Again--did these folks read the book??Did they use the right cycle for the right load?I just wonder if these incidents were "cockpit errors".

 

[vacerator]

Right cycle?

Did the load get distributed evenly in the basket by the person washing it?

 

[cornutt]

Adding clothes after the load starts

I can tell you that the GE Harmony will re-sense the load if you open the lid in the first few minutes after agitation begins. I've never played with it to find the exact point in the cycle where it will no longer do this. But we've added items to it many times and seen that it will add more water if it thinks it needs it.

 

[vacerator]

David,

All HE top loaders do that. In some instances, the load still can not balance properly though to spin. I.E; A heavy towel mixed with light weight fabrics, or a blanket that reaches only two thirds the way round the tub.
The machine may also drain, and fill repeatedly to try to balance if it keeps tripping the unbalance sensor.
I have witnessed my on Bravos X do this.
In some loads, it is just slightly off balance, and will reach high spin speed, and when it is finished, it has moved slightly on the concrete floor.
I can imagine if I had a first floor laundry on a wooden sub floor, it may have also exploded.
Manufacturers need to re learn how to build a washing machine.

 

[henene4]

Subflooring

I doubt subflooring has any contribution to whether it explodes or not. All forces on a TL are directed parallel to the flooring, thus only verry little vibration will transmit to the floor. Thus, the floor has no function in terms of damping or suspension.

And AFAIK, no Bravo washer has exploded yet.

 

[johnb300m]

Henene4, I would agree with your 'forces to the floor' comment except for TL machine designs with a central floor pan pivot point.
My parents' '82 Maytag would regularly flex the floor in corners on spin in a challenging balance situation. So there's definitely some forces going to the floor.
But on the more modern floating tub design with the suspension rods, I believe you're right. I've noticed much less transfer of forces to the floor in those designs.

 

[vacerator]

A later type machine

which is not level will walk. An unstable wooden subfloor makes it unlevel when spinning by vibration. A walking machine hits the wall or dryer.
Once that wall or dryer hold the washer still, it can only bounce horizontally, so the tub does the dancing inside the cabinet.
Sound logical?
Perhaps no Bravos has ever exploded, but they have torn up seals and leaked all over the floors.