POD 6-24-14 Hotpoint LW43

[tomturbomatic]

This question is not specific to this model, but since it had such a beuatiful illustration of the sediment ejector, I want to take this opportunity to ask. Did the water cascading over the top of the tub during the spin/drain and over the open end of the tube leading up from the bottom of the tub create a siphon to help pull the sediment out or was it the spinning action that mostly emptied the sediment chamber without the need of the water flowing over the end of the tube?
Thanks

 

[bajaespuma]

The idea was that the heavy sand and sediment would be forced out of the tube during the throw. The SAD truth is that this didn't work as well as the simpler sediment hole in the bottom of the GE solid-tubs did. Several people have told me that the tubes got clogged very easily and then corroded. I noticed that the old Speed Queen that Jon Charles is working on had an almost identical tube on the side of the stainless steel tub; I wonder if he will comment.

 

BTW I just met somebody the other day who is having his kitchen redone and we started discussing the pro's and con's of Stainless Steel (which I don't like). He said the name came from the original marketing of the product which meant to describe a new product that "stained less" than ordinary high-nickel steel. Has anyone heard this before?

 

[jeb]

sediment tubes

Way back, in the ancient of times when I worked for an appliance repair company we were told to remove the tube (if it wasn't already broken off) and put the cap of an old style magic marker in the hole at the bottom of the tub. It wedged in there pretty good and the centrifical force kept it there. Jeb

 

[tomturbomatic]

Thanks Ken and Jeff. Ken, did the heavier than water soil that fell through the bottom of the inner tub get sucked into the pump and vomited out into the filter pan or was there some way of trapping it in the bottom of the outer tub until the rush of water into the outer tub during drain flushed it into the pump? I still remember that loud gurgling noise during agitation when the water saver feature was used.

 

[toploader55]

Hotpoint

Doesn't Ben have this machine with the Wonder Dial ?

Or was that a different Hotpoint as P.O.D. ?

 

[bajaespuma]

There was a trough of sorts directly underneath the sediment hole that was supposed to hold the sediment in place until the maelstrom of the spin cycle carried it out to the drain. I think it must have worked well because we had a solid tub FF at the beach and I don't remember seeing any sand leftover in the tub. In the Hotpoints, however, I've seen the sand and grit that CU talked about  ending up inside the agitator assembly.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Well, that was a very complicated agitator/pump. I would have used the Latin for "with," but did not want to cause the threat of a thread transfer.