Saturday find

[tomturbomatic]

A long time back, I thought about getting one of those nursery monitors so that I could hear what the laundry appliances in the basement were doing while I was upstairs. We hit a few sales and I was sort of half tuned out by all of the junk when I spotted two of them on a table. I got the newer one for $10. It works. I plugged the monitoring unit in by the washers I am using now, but can switch it to the other cluster. The part I listen to works on either a 9 volt battery or the transformer like the base unit. Now I can keep tabs on things, especially the dryers during the winter to get permapress clothes out. Right now it is handy for listening for the front loader washers to go into rinse so that I can add more water.

Safeway had Arm & Hammer HE on sale 2 containers for the price of one. It does not suds much in the wash, but when the rinsing starts, you would think old fashion Tide has been added to the water. Actually plain old Purex liquid does not seem to suds very much in the front loaders.

 

[gadgetgary]

Great Idea

Tom,

I go to Tag/Estate sales too and never thought of that idea. It is difficult to hear when my Maytag Neptune dryer signals that it is done since it is downstairs. The signal is very weak, not like my top-of-the-line GE that I sold to get the Neptunes(probably one of the last of the Filter-Flo washers with the black backsplash-what was I thinking???New gadget FL in 1997???). That GE dryer sounded a LOUD signal for over a minute and I always heard it. Now I will have to look for a baby monitor for my Neptune.

Thanks for another 'gadget' for my vast collection.

 

[Unimatic1140]

That's actually a good idea Tom, sometimes when I have a wash going in a vintage machine and I want to go all the way up my office on the third floor of our house to use the computer, I worry that something is going to go wrong and I need to be able to stop the machine quickly, but I won't be able to hear it up there.

I'll have to keep my eyes on the lookout for one of those.

 

[mixfinder]

More, Sir?

I am so validated, Tom, to read you listen to add more water in the rinse.

Kelly

 

[toggleswitch]

COOL. Live and learn.

When my nieces were younger and a baby monitor was in use, all manner of (potential) gossip came through the baby monitor from the neighboring apartment buidlng.

Justt be reminded that not only will you hear your machines,
you will hear anything that that *radio receiver* picks up.
CATTION: AND YOUR NEIGHBORS WILL POTENTIALLY HEAR YOU.

How does the song go?
Let's give them something to talk about.............

 

[tomturbomatic]

Steve, I live by myself and other than the occasional curse when I hit, drop, spill or break something, I do not talk to myself, yet. And, judging by yesterday when the Creda was in operation, very little can be heard over it except when it pauses before reversing tumble directions. The Creda does have a Super Wash switch that I activate when the wash water drains so that the rinses will be at a higher water level.

Kelly, I have an extra set of hot and cold faucets at each washer cluster. I have a short Y hose that connects the faucets to a 5 foot section of large diameter fill hose so I can fill washers fast, give the top loaders spray rinses during the spin and blend hot and cold for cool rinse temps. The Duet and the W1986 Miele easily accept water through the dispenser drawer so I warm up the cold fill and raise the water level in the rinses. When the water is coldest in the winter, I also add a bit of hot to the cold fill only deep rinses in theCreda and the Kenmmore Dual Tumble. It fills plenty deep after I molest, I mean adjusted, yes that's the word, adjusted the pressure switch.

 

[mixfinder]

Water in your Drawers?

You are doing what I tried in the Neptune. It seemed to work, so I asked about the practice, in the thread, Water in the Window.
What I learned at the end of the day from that thread was, front loading machines used outside the US fill with more water.
Kelly

 

[tomturbomatic]

Kelly, you have to be careful with a Neptune because there is no seal at the bottom of the door so that if the water level gets too high, that's where it will leak.
Tom

 

[rayjay]

More Water in the rinse

Hi Tom. To add more water to your duets, do you just put the hose in the drawer and fill to the desire level? You also talk about the pressure switch? I have an LG with the controls on the back. I would just then add more water through the dispenser drawer on the top of the washer. Can you please explain more about the pressure switch?

It would be nice to know if anyone out there has been able to rig the LG's or Duets to add more water to the wash and rinse.

Thanks, Ray

 

[chachp]

You and Gabrielle Solis..

..only she had a different use for hers. Did the job though didn't it??

Calling all Desperate Housewives fans........

 

[chachp]

Why add water?

Why do you folks want to add water to your F/L'ers? My Bosch uses very little water in the Wash and a bit more in the Rinse cycles. I am very pleased with the cleaning performance so I wonder if you're adding water because you want a little more drama in the window or because it improves performance.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Ray, the pressure switch I adjusted is in the Kenmore Dual Tumble, a 90's machine and not all electronic like the new ones. With the Duet, I just have to add the water manually through the dispenser drawer. It's no big deal. I guess you do the same with the LG. The electronic machines have too many complications with the water level for me to try to fiddle with how high they fill.

Ralph, I don't add extra water to the wash, only the rinses to give better rinsing. It's my own craziness about rinsing detergent out of things that touch my skin. Tom

 

[chachp]

Extra Rinse

Ah I see. I have the option on mine (called Rinse Plus) to add an extra rinse which I always do for probably the same reason you add the water LOL.

My machine has a sensor to sense for soap in the water and adds extra rinses as appropriate but I think many of them have that option these days.