Samsung recalls more than 660,000 washing machines after fire hazard reports

[mark_wpduet]

Remember the Samsung Eco Bubble? WTH was that all about?

I honestly don't know about the latest Whirlpool or Maytag FL washers. I've seen the wash cycles on youtube vs LG and the LG with turbo wash seems SOOO MUCH better with my eyes...Not only the recirculation but it just looks like they use more water.. I know the whirlpools/maytags have recirculation too...

it's so crazy... I remember complaining when I first got my duet in 2005 because I couldn't believe how little water it used... and in comparison with the ones on the market now, my duet is like a freaking swimming pool.

 

[ozzie908]

How odd nobody has commented on

The age of my old Whirlpool? Is it because its not US made?

 

[DADoES]

 
The console/controls design reflects the early/original Duet.  The rotary cycle knob is like that of the KitchenAid Ensemble and Maytag Epic ... so presumably mid-2000s but the market timeframe may be a bit different in the UK.

 

[combo52]

German Built full size whirlpool washer

Neat to see that they sold those there. They were good washers. They sold a ton of them here in the USA

It was built sometime from the mid 90s to the early 2000s I can’t decipher the serial number.

I have the KitchenAid pro line version of that machine. The only thing I don’t like about it is the tangling due to the silly slanted tub.

It could probably last a long time yet though.

John

 

[foraloysius]

Austin,

That Whirlpool Dreamspace was built for the European market, perhaps even only for the UK. Specifications were different than the models for the North American market. The capacity was a bit smaller IIRC and the spin speed a bit higher. Just like the early American Duet models, these machines were made in the Bauknecht factory in Germany. There was a matching dryer available for a while, but that had to be imported from the USA and therefor an expensive product.

 

[logixx]

Austin

If I can decipher the serial number correctly, your washer was made in 2003, week 43.

 

[combo52]

Whirl, pool, front load washer from Germany

That date of 2003 sounds about right.

Austin measure the depth and diameter of the tub and I can compare it to the US models. I highly doubt that they made a smaller capacity version of that machine. It just would’ve been cost-effective and there would be no reason to make a 27 inch wide machine smaller capacity anyway.

But you could be right Louis you usually are.

John.

 

[foraloysius]

John,

Don't forget that a different capacity rating doesn't have to mean a different sized drum. It's just a rating in another country. A different standard may apply here.

BTW, what was the spin speed on the first North American models, I forgot. Was it 1100 or 1200 rpm? This one has 1400rpm, just as the similar Bauknecht model in Germany. Germany may have had this Whirlpool model too in it's line up.

 

[logixx]

The earlier versions of this Whirlpool washer had a drum of 80 liters and were sold as an 8kg machine. Mine is the later version with a larger drum of 93 liters (miraculously the capacity increased to 11kg) and the spin wash lowered from 1400 to 1200 rmp.

That's how it was in Europe.

 

[foraloysius]

Thanks Alexander

 

[combo52]

German whirlpool washer

I’m talking about drum size I know they make different claims for the same size drums. We’ve been doing that for years in the US but my point is the drums are going to be the same size.

And so the usable capacity would actually be the same.

In the US we had final spin RPM of 1100 to 1300 they played around with that a little bit depending on the model.

John

 

[joe_in_philly]

Hettie

I still have my HE3t. I do love the option of being able to have it start with cool or warm water and heat it to hot (121°F, 127°F, or 153°F-depending on cycle).
If it makes it to June, it will be 20 years old and I’ll need to post about it in the Imperial forum!
Joe

 

[bradfordwhite]

#36 FL that started it all for me.

A friend had one similar in 2007 and that introduced me, and sold me on FL washers. I ditched my Kenmore TL from 2000 amd bought a new WP 9200.

 

[ozzie908]

@combo52

Hi Joihn

As best as I was able to ascertain it measures 14.5 inches from the back to the front rim and 66 inches around the inside of the drum.

I am surprised to learn its nearly 20 years old its doing well and with my 32 year old Huesbch gas dryer they make a wonderful vintage couple both of whom have had very little done to them.

Austin