Spray Rinse vs Deep Rinse

[Chetlaham]

My money is on ultimate cost cutting. Neutral drain allows for more economically designed clutches and drive trains.

FWIW in the early 2000s a Maytag home center service tech told me that Whirlpool went to neutral draining because the clutches were wearing out to fast.

 

[DADoES]

 
My grandmother had a spin-drain DD from 1984 to 1999, which I also used from approx 1986 to 1991 while living in an apartment.  Never had a problem with the spin clutch.  No repairs of any kind on that machine for the duration.  It was sold when I passed my KA pair to her upon getting my first F&P set.

 

[Chetlaham]

Lucky grandmother, she was treated right IMO.

 

[bradfordwhite]

Spray rinsing is effective on the clothes that the water stream reaches.

When using my Ninja 3200 RPM spin drier I use a kitchen sink style spray hose to flush them from a 3" hole I carefully put in the middle of the lid.

Once I did a minor experiment. I was spinning out some warm washed laundry. I was spraying them with cold water. The water could only hit the top item. When I reached in to take the stuff out the top item was cold, but the lower items were still warm.

It's a safe estimate that as soon as water hits a laundry item the water is flung horizontally through the tub holes.

 

[DADoES]

 
Probably among the most effective spray methods is F&P's Aqua Rinse.  Multi-shower spray flume, 25 RPM rotation, saturate the load, spin-up to extract, repeat multiple times.

 

[launderess]

F&P spray rinsing system was a marvel.

 

[DADoES]

 
The first video is the normal sprays when an agitated rinse is also done.  Sprays are at 300 RPM.

Second video is the Eco shower option without an agitated rinse.  Saturation sprays are at 25 RPM.

That's the original spray flume.  AquaSmart HE/impeller models brought in a revised flume that sprays more toward the left onto the clothes pancake and a stream aimed above at the surface of the basket.  The revised flume was sequed onto agitator models after AquaSmart.

Some agitator models have set-up options to adjust the volume of water for the shower rinse (normal, less, least), and the software may slightly vary the number and duration of sprays according to the load size.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

fabric softener

I always use fabric softener, so a deep rinse is a must for me. I hate suds in my clothes when completed. It doesn't matter if I use according to directions. I want all the detergent rinsed out.

 

[bradfordwhite]

#27

same. I only use about a teaspoons worth of Downy April Fresh on everything but towels.

I can still picture the first time I remember smelling Downy when I was like 4 or 5 in our basement laundry room. It was in the original bottle that didn't have the drip-free cap.
I also smelled all-temperature Cheer in a big box, bleach, amonia, and a glass bottle of Top Job for the first time that day as those were all the things near the laundry sink that I was getting into.  lol