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No, the washer will not heat during the "Woolens" cycle. You can test this by turning the temperature dial as the machine is filling or has filled. There won't be the loud "clunk" which engages or turns off the thermostat indicating the washer has powered on the heating element.

My guess it is a saftey system to prevent a hausfrau who forgot to turn the temperature dial down, from toasting her woolens. If you have the owner's guide, it gives the range of temperatures for each cycle.

L.
 
Ah, yes, this machine actually came with the original owner's manual. I just have to remember where I stashed it.

Just as well we can't toast the woolens. LOL. But I think you'll agree the 1065/70 controls offer more flexibility than later designs.

OK, found the manual. It indicates the range for woolens is from cold to 100F (which is what is considered warm these days). Since I have the machine hooked up to cold only, the heater would have to come on to heat up to 100F for that cycle. I might have to find some woolens that need washing to verify that ;-)
 
Woolens Cycle

On my new Electronic control Miele's, the Woolens cycle can run at tap cold, 30 or 40degC.

On the W423 from the 70's, there is no interlock between the temp and a woolens cycle. If you set it to 95degC it'll heat that high. On a normal cycle it has a heating phase that it maintains with intermittent tumbles until the water temp is reached.
On the woolens cycle, the heating phase works in the same way, and I've used to to do a cleaning cycle as the machine ends up half full of almost boiling water. The only difference seems to be the slow intermittent tumble.

The Interlock must've come along with the 700 and 1000 series of the 80's.

My vote would be with the Miele's unless you want to wash large comfortors or Blankets. If your normal pet load is towels and singlebed sized blankets you shouldnt have a problem. The machines made in the last 10 years or so, have an almost self cleaning filter, so the pet hair goes straight down the drain. On the earlier machines, the filter is more like mesh and requires more frequent cleaning.

My understanding of the 110V machines in the 6kg size, was that they were basically identical to the 240V Miele's. It was only the Large capacity ones that were constructed differently. The cycles mightn't have the flexibility that the rest of the world has, but I assume for most things you'd just put them in on a custom heated wash and let it do its thing.

If you can lay your hands on a 220V Miele, a standard 60degC wash cycle should only be about 40 minutes or so.
 
You do not want a used machine if it has to wash that many loads a day every day of the week. You also should not consider a front loader or any other HE washer with all of that animal hair. It will clog pump protectors and possibly wrap around the tub shaft at the back of the drum causing you lots of maintenance and the hair wrapping around the drum shaft can possibly damage the rear bearing. We have supplied Whirlpool direct drives to our local animal hospital and they last about 5 years and come out full of animal hair, much of which around the top of the tub opening could be removed by the persons using the washer, but is not for some reason.

What brand of washer did you have that lasted 5 years? Why not buy the same brand?
 
Don't many, if not most, modern front loaders have lint traps that can be cleaned out on a daily basis? Not sure there would be as much pet hair in an animal clinic as there would be in a kennel or other long-term animal boarding facility. Shouldn't be that much on the surgical towels, for exampe, but maybe I'm wrong.

I recall when my Neptune 7500 was first worked, I asked the repairman (back when he actually drove a Maytag van) about the reliabiity of the Neptunes. He said the only problem he'd seen was clogged pumps. Once from a quarter caught in the tubing (kids in house? yep). Another was a kennel where the dog hair clogged the pump. So yeah, it could happen, but the Neptune doesn't have a user-cleanable lint filter. In my machine, when I wash blankets that the cats like to use to sleep on, most of the cat hair comes off in the dryer, not in the washer, anyway.
 
Belinda, it doesn't sound to me like you have the money to spend on a brand new Miele. You might want to check Craig's List for a reliable old "center dial" Maytag from the 70's or an 80's vintage (the 80's ones have the brown control panel). A machine like that will run forever and can at a minimum handle the laundry chores and allow you to take your time finding something else--but you will probably end up wanting to keep it and stop looking.

I once bought a 12 year old car with 119K miles on it to replace one that had just been totaled. It was supposed to be temporary wheels until I found something else. That car was clean, tight as a drum, not a single rattle, was quick, and ended up serving me well for a few years before I passed it down to my partner's daughter for her first car. Almost 20 years later she still says what a great car it was. For curious readers, it was a '78 Audi Fox.

I think this same scenario could be applied to an older Maytag if you can find one. There are some recent posts here with pix of the type of Maytag I'm suggesting. They are as close to indestructible as you will ever get with a washing machine regardless of their age, and they do show up on Craig's List fairly frequently.

Ralph
 
~and a toggle switch gets a charge out of being toggled.
Only her hairdresser knows for sure!

DAMN ALL OF YOU! *LOL*.

Soft-mount Wascomat???? #$%^&* hell, now I have a new dream-washer, and I have no excuses. CURSES- ANATHEMA!

So now back to our regualrly schedule dprogram:
Well, I was going to suggest a classic Maytag, but I thought I read a front-loader was desired.

(ducks and runs! *WHOOSH*)
 
So, in a nutshell, I recommend:

If you can get a used washer, Classic or 80s TL Maytag.

If you need a new washer, lower price TL ones made by Whirlpool, also labeled Kenmore, Roper, Amana, and even Maytag now. Just try not to overload.

Speed Queen is good, but a dealer may be hard to find.

At home, you probably would do well with another Frigidaire front loader, as the others are rather expensive. You can also get a top loader there too.

Find out if there is a Sears Outlet store near you. They often have bargains on new appliances that have been scratched, dented, or returned and carry a warranty.

Is your practice dogs and cats or do you have horses? For horse blankets you may need a Whirlpool Duet or Kenmore He3t.
Thank you for taking care of the animals, they appreciate it!

Let us know how all this turns out. Nep
 
I happen to have found a dealer for Speed queen. While I was looking for myself, I asked about one for the Clinic. They had Speedqueens and just happen to have a grooming place right next door. Said they love theirs.
We are waiting for the repairman to come put a new motor back in the broke one so we can take it back to home deephole.
I am going to take the info on the SQ to work tomorrow and see what the Doc says. It's her money I guess. Just don't know if she will cough up 1200. or not. She thinks FL are the way to go.
I have no idea what the old washer was. When I started working there about a year and a half ago, it would go off balance and start walking with every load. We would run, shut it off and try to rebalance it. that was a very time consuming machine
 
Toggle, If that's the case, you should be adding PMP to the LMAO.
Depends, while good at handling surface run off from light showers and even deep soakings from heavy downpours, are not the most ecological method of flood control.
 

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