Speed Queen fron the laundromat to the home

[julianweber]

I Ordered a new one

Well, I decided to go ahead and order a new Speed Queen AFN50F. I hope it is all the folks on here make it out to be. I am looking forward to delivery next week.

Thanks everyone for the advice and info so far. I am sure I will have more questions once I start using it, since this is my first front loader.

Julian

 

[Iowegian]

Congrats on your new order. It would be cool if you'd post a review/impression after you've gotten it installed and run a few loads.

 

[tecnopolis]

Has your new Speed Queen arrived yet?

 

[jetcone]

Oo Nice

welcome to the SQ Stable!

I have 3- love them. Well one actually resides in my apartment so I never get to use it. Why do you want to change the programming before ever using it? The regular wash is 20 minutes, the delicate is about 10. You can select everything easily except hot rinse!!

I would recommend voiding your warranty and upping the water level, there is a whole thread here about that in the archives- but I never told you, I know nothing!

 

[combo52]

Turning Up The Water Level

Will not void the warranty on anything but the water level control.

 

[julianweber]

The machine is in...

The new washer was installed a couple of weeks ago, and so far it is working well. Today I received a water tempering valve which I intend to use to boost the cold water temperature. As it stands, anything other than a hot wash is below 70 degrees F. I am also experimenting with the water level. I will see how this goes.

 

[Iowegian]

It's a shame that SQ doesn't get into the latter part of the 20th Century and provide temperature control on their FL & TL machines. We have had Whirlpools that have had ATC since the mid-1990s.

Don't get me wrong, I like what they are doing building machines in the U.S and building them to last, but if a person buys a SQ, it's not like deciding between the used I-Phone that has 3G and the newer one that has 4G.

If you buy a Speed Queen it's like going back to a dial pay phone. And I mean that in the most complimentary Ward and June Cleaver way...

 

[mrb627]

IMO

ATC in any fl machine is almost pointless as they really don't use enough water at any one fill to make much difference. Further, most modern detergents are being formulated to perform better in cooler temperatures anyway.

Malcolm

( I do wish they would bring back the heater )

 

[teknikleespekng]

Water tempering valve

Julian, can you give me more information on this? This is an issue of concern for me. I am spoiled by my current machine with ATC and true hot fill that I am loathe to give up. I just want to love the machine once I get it.

I still havent bought the SQ yet (AFN50R). I would love to have a smaller Euro machine (24" depth because of space issues), but the SQ looks to be the best investment on the dollar. I have put off the machine for financial reasons, and now with Superstorm Sandy, my DH and I have been out of work for weeks w/no pay. Fortunately our home and our lives are intact.

 

[julianweber]

The tempering valve is being used to mix hot water into the cold water inlet and thus bring the temperature of the cold water up. The outlet temperature of the tempering valve can be set between 60 - 120 degrees F.

The one I am using is a Watts model l1170-ut-m2
http://www.mrsupply.com/watts-series-1170-1-2-l1170-ut-m2-0206024.html

And this is a picture of it with a few fittings to adapt it to the hoses.

 

[Iowegian]

@mrb627:

Yep, there's not a whole lot of reason to get excited about how accurately a machine can control fill temps when the mass of the inner and outer drum would swamp what the water temp could accomplish. My thought process has been stuck in top-loader world where there would be maybe 15-20 gallons of water used. A front-loader might only use, what, maybe 3 or 5 gallons?

How well a machine could raise or maintain the wash temp is more important - which is why you probably mentioned the heating element. Thanks for the reality check.

 

[teknikleespekng]

ATC, water tempering

Thanks Julian! Looks like a lot of hoses going there. I would assume you have to split the hot line to get it into one side of the valve, the cold intake and the mix out.

Malcolm - its only November here and my machine is doing a mostly hot fill with some cold to do a warm wash (note my hot water heater is only set to 120F because of my son). My cold is about half/half tempered with the ATC. I know new machines have different temperature standards, which is why I really wish I could fix this machine. The only problem is the bearings.

 

[julianweber]

Teknikleespekng

If you look at the picture, the plumbing is actually quite simple. The valve has a hot input on the left, a cold input on the right, and the mixed water exiting at the bottom. You are correct that the hot water is split and you can see the tee on the left (Hot) input of the valve. In case it isn't obvious in the picture, the mixing valve sits in the middle of the water hoses feeding the machine with the water flowing from top to bottom.

 

[teknikleespekng]

Hoses

Gotcha - does the cold terminate at the valve? The hose leading out of the valve goes to the cold inlet on the machine? Im asking because I see 4 hoses in the photo. Is that the hot water hose coming from below to go into the top of the splitter?

 

[julianweber]

" does the cold terminate at the valve?"

Yes, Hot/Cold come in, and Hot/Warm go out.

 

[teknikleespekng]

2nd Photo

PERFECT! Thanks! Now I understand the angle of the other shot.