Pakistani spinner commits suicide.

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i have used the "shooting range" method to get rid of some machines that died on me-was a fitting end-even more fun than the "krusher"In fact the shooting tenderized the items for the krusher.I had a HORRIBLE NEC VCR and a friend of mine had one too-we took both to the range and worked them over with various guns--30-06,6.5Swedish mauser,12ga shotgun-after all of that not much left.one of them didn't survive after an 8 round burst from an M1 Garand.All I could find after the barrage was the headwheel!Now that shooting pit is a housing district-miss it.Sometimes people dumpted washers there-would take parts and use the rest as a target.Its amazing what a 416 magnum does to a washer!!
 
Toggle, pissed can also mean furiously angry here (although we will tend to say pissed off, i.e. "He was so pissed off with her"), and piss is also another more vulgar word for urinating. As well as getting pissed as in getting drunk. Having recently turned 18 I tend to use the last mentioned definition a lot lot more :-D.

Jon
 
Actually I am a nice guy-sometimes just need some "Boom" therepy!That range also served as good source for washer parts-got a few agitators that way.The ranges out here won't let you bring "condemeed" appliances to the range!And they cost $200 per year membership-yes I have a few additions to my gun collection I need to try.Will have to break down and pay the $200 to try them out.
 
Jon:
TYVM. Good to know

Rex,
TE HE HE HE
Never implied or inferred that you are NOT a good guy.

I guess we both keep Magnums in our night-stand drawer.
LOL ROFL LMAO
 
Just LOVE your hat, GF....!

Well, at least I can make a fabulous bonnet for the Arizona wash-in out of the top mat.

I would have sent mine to Allen /Whirlcool, but he no longer uses one.

Mine was actually useful with the top-loader but didn't pull much (if any) water out of a front-loaders batch. So I just spin the top-loaders stuff in the front-loader. LOL
 
Good for Tolivac, practicing your Second Amendment rights. When all other amendments are suspended, you can always reach for the Second to get the rest of 'em back!

Toggleswitch, I think Whirlcool's suggestions are good. I'm sure they'll replace the unit under warranty.

Re. those flying spin-mats: I can't imagine how they'd get loose unless the spinner was vibrating like crazy from an offbalanced load. There should be an edge around the interior of the spinner, and the spin mat should be just a tad larger so it stays in there under the edge. I don't recommend omitting the spin mat; anything that can get loose will, i.e. including shirt sleeves.

Re. The7 re. 50 hz vs. 60 hz: How does an increase of 20% in speed translate to an increase of 40% in G-forces? (Here's me setting myself up for a most un-geek-like embarrassment for missing some obvious law of physics, or maybe you're mistaken?) In any case, I always regard such instances as guinea-pig tests until/unless they prove out. That is, if I buy one of those English micro-twins and run it on 60 Hz, I'm not going to freak out if it self-destructs; after all it was a guinea-pig. But if it works, great.

Re. SpinX: These things are made in the USA in limited production runs, that's why they cost as much as they do. But with the price of natural gas (for the tumble dryer) going through the roof, they should pay for themselves more quickly now. I expect to be designing a communal laundry for a small cohousing project in a couple of years and will spec a Spin-X and put a coinbox or card-key on the tumble dryer, so people will see they're saving money when they save energy.

Last but not least: There is presently a commercal extractor on Ebay; do your search for "clothes washer" and look for the obvious product title that comes up. Presently has 3 days to go.
 
Pakistani Spinner commits suiside

Toggleswitch,
I own a Spin-x for about 8 years. Bought it in 98. It has not given me one bit of problems. It has a stainless steel tub and it has an internal 3 minute timer. While it is loud during the spin it's usually because the load is unbalanced, but it has never walked from it's spot. I paid $359 for it with shipping and I think it is now somewhere in the $400 range. It's well worth the cost as I too live on LI and dry by gas and it has cut the cost of my gas bill considerably. I can dry 15 towels after spin-xing them in about 40 minutes on the automatic cycle. If you really want another spinner I would definately recommend buying the spin-x.
 
Designgeek:

The edge of the spinner cover does fit under a "lip" at the top of the spinner drum. The problem is that either the spinner cover is so light weight that is "distorts" under the G forces of spinning, or it doesn't go far enough under the lip.
It has only let go on me one time, but that was enough! With the cuts in it, it won't stay on for more than 3 minutes.
 
Toggle,

I was looking through this thread again today and noticed. You have the same Frigidaire/Ge setup I have except i have the front mounted controls. Is your dryer gas or electric? I think your GE TL is similar to the first one we had when we bought our house. Hope to get to see them.

MikeO
 
Thanks, So we both have gas, that could be a problem LOL. I thought I saw the black gas line and 2 110's but was not sure because the deceased may have been the other 110 cord. My dryer is the Profile line but does not have the stainless interior.

MikeO
 
Whirlcool: interesting; I bet they'll replace the spin-mat under warranty too; or you could pay for a new one and use the present one as a Frisbee:-) Danby's solution to the spin mat is to mold it in such a manner that it cannot sit perfectly flat, it's always slightly warped, and this appears to give it a bit more strength to resist bulging outward (yes, I've lifted the lid and watched:-). It appears from pictures that Hoovermatic's solution is to make theirs like thick concentric ribs so it doesn't bulge.

Speaking of SpinX, that is definitely a company to buy stock in if at all possible. Those things are going to get incredibly popular as natural gas prices keep going up. (Disclaimer: I am not related to SpinX, and I am not a Financial Counselor.)

Noise level is definitely a funciton of balance. A balanced load is practically silent (like, "is it still running?"); jeans loaded improperly are noisy as h---. This is probably all the more critical at 3200 RPM than at 1600.
 
Steve,

Belated condolences on the loss of the Paki spindryer.

As for purchasing a European spindryer and using that on 220V 60Hz, I did a bit of calculation with the help of an online G-foce calculator (link). My Miele spindryer with a radius of 120 millimeters and a speed of 2800rpm would have to handle quite a lot of G's extra. If the spinspeed would go up with 20% to 3360rpm, the G-forces would increase from 1053.7 to 1517.32. An increase of 43%!!!! You'd better get out of the room in that case too!!!

http://www.msu.edu/~venkata1/gforce.htm
 
Whirlcool,

Perhaps most of the owners have been killed off by their Pakistani spinners in an evil plot for them to take over the world? :-)

Jon
 
What You Need Is One Of These!!!

The Amazing "Frigidaire" 6lb load, Vitreous Enamel Drum, Spinning at 2,850 rpm, Pulling 1132 G force.This old girl (Freda Frigidaire)is 40yrs old.

Have never known a twinny or a spinner to break like the ones with plastic drives, Freda has a very heavy cast iron cradle base etc, just as well with those revs...LOL

Cheers, Mike

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Ooooo... Laundry room terrorism! Another plot by Islamic extremists to bring down capitalists by hitting them where it hurts, next to their Maytags and Frigidaires!

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