Suds Saver?

[cycla-fabric]

Whirlpool Suds Saver

Hey there Jimmy, I would like to have that unit if you want to dispose of it. I think it would work with my Whirlpool washer. I will Email you

Cycla Fabric

 

[brisnat81]

Is there an electro Mechanical DD Divertor Valve

Hi Guys,

The suds save DD Whirlpools over here have had two hoses since the were released in 1991. Was this manual valve only available early on, or are you saying that Whirlpool US never had an Electro mechanical divertor valve?

Thanks
Nathan

 

[sudsmaster]

"A far better way to save suds & time while eliminating the cooling while the cycle runs on to completion is to pump the wash water into one of your other washers and start the second load immediately."

Good idea.

I wonder if anyone has ever tried insulating a wash tub to conserve the wash water's heat?

 

[polkanut]

That WP Suds-Miser looks like it is a PITA to use. For me, it's easier to just flip a switch.

 

[neptunebob]

Insulated wash tub.

I wonder if anyone has ever tried insulating a wash tub to conserve the wash water's heat?

I do remember a wash tub in a cabinet sold at Sears that did have some insulation and was used for suds saver washers.

I do remember when I was a little kid, my mother would hold me over the washing machine (Kenmore) and I liked to see the wash water bubble up thru the tub holes. Nep

P.S. Then later in my childhood I was in trouble because I wanted to look at washing machines and dryers than play (boring) baseball!

 

[petek]

Moms old frog eye Kenmore had the sudsaver feature and when you look thru old catalogues you'll see the feature listed usually for an additional $10-20 over the standard model. The return hose should be mounted a few inches above the bottom of the laundry tub so as not to suck up any of the really dirty water and sediment that settles from the prior wash.

 

[mickeyd]

Jackpot

As a boy I had extreme sudssaver lust, and sudssaver envy because my Mom had
Twin tower Frigidaires. No suds saver

I thought ss's were the coolest things in the whole wide world.

Lucky for me, the guy across the street had a wife who thought she was a movie star, always "indisposed" or pampering herself, so every Thursday night, right after supper,Tom did the wash with me right by his side.

Like Neptune, I couldn't get enough of the water squirting up through the holes'
OR the agitator working without any water in the tub, OR all the splashing as the water level rose. It WAS JUST FABULOUS,

The huge bang of the valve, the cool rinse water hose that was like a huge rubber faucet., mna-o-man I was in heaven.

God i wish you could experience a suds return. Wow, did Whirlpool/Kenmore have suds-saving down to a science! In my neighborhood, almost everyone had one.

Maybe this summer, I'll have everybody over to see my 95 TOL WP with a secret suds return during the last 3 minute click of the wash cycle. If you get the dial just right, you can get a HIGH SPEED suds return that will blow your minds into the next galaxy. I swear to God--and I love you all.

 

[mickeyd]

Duh!

I forgot the gush and the spray as the wash water flew out of the bottom of the long hose, flush with the bottom of the sink, coming out in quadrants because of the lint catcher. It was a major event in the saga, and it was mesmerizing.

I think I'm done now. hahahahahha. Bye

 

[tomturbomatic]

The gray suds hose was cut at an angle with only a small part of the back of the hose almost touching the base of the tub. Most of the opening facing the tub was cut higher up to leave behind that last 3/4 inch of water with the soil that settled out. I remember when the suds was being returned how the water level in the tub kept dropping and then just before it reached the bottom, the suction would break and some of the water would fall back and there would be like a ripple across the bottom of the tub. Then mom would pull the plug to let that water drain out and move the timer from SUDS to the Wash portion of the cycle, sometimes topping it up with some hot water in the "FILL" portion of the wash time before doing the next load. Back then our water heater was set for really hot water and the rinses were mostly warm, so with the piece of wood that covered the tub, the water stayed pretty hot.

 

[jerry]

My 1982 LADY KENMORE like the one in thread 5413 had a sudssaver .It had a optional setting that could save the rinse water instead of the wash water . It worked fine as long as you used a warm rinse and no liquid softner in the load .

 

[kalanikaau1]

this harkens

back to the days when double compartment kitchen sinks were "de riguer" in many households.

The left compartment held soapy water for initial washing, while the right held rinse water, the dishrack was to the right of that, the natural flow of the process was from left to right.

I grew up in a household in which this was how we washed dishes, the Home Economics teacher in 8th grade was quite impressed that I already knew this, however very less impressed when I almost blew up the classroom while trying to light a LPG fueled oven.

Perhaps that's why I became a Firefighter years later...lol

 

[ea56]

Re:#29

Jeff,
I grew up this way too, only the way our kitchen was configured the process moved from right to left. And since April of 2018 I’ve been doing our dishes this way too, although I don’t fill up the right hand sink with rinse water, but instead rinse the washed dishes with a low stream of hot water.

I find that washing the dishes by hand is strangely calming in these stressful times and I quite enjoy the process. Plus once the dishes are done, they are DONE, no having to go back to the kitchen to unload the DW and put the dishes away, dry off things that didn’t dry all the way or rewash items that didn’t get completely clean in the DW. I doubt that I’ll ever use our DW again.

Eddie

 

[bpetersxx]

pics of the suds valve

It is in my A50 TT

but it does use the same valve

but is used backwards in a TT as in a SS

Oh do you want me to post the SS video of my Maytags

 

[kalanikaau1]

Reply# 30

When my Father built the home I now own and occupy in '58, he installed a GE tub type dishwasher, this was considered a luxury back then.
The GE was used quite often, however it started to leak, it was replaced by a proper KitchenAid unit made by Hobart which served us faithfully for many years.
As time progressed dishwashing was done by hand, the KitchenAid sat unused for years, as a result it refused to start and run on one occasion.
It was replaced by a Thermador, a beautiful machine to behold, however I'm convinced that the brand is severely overrated, the unit had a host of issues, it sat unused for years as well.
My brother, wanting all the modern kitchen appliances for my mother had a brand new Bosch installed, against my mother's protests, we never used a dishwasher by then.
I estimate that the Bosch was used 4-5 times tops and decided to remove it for much needed cookware storage, my mother had pots and pans scattered all over the house.
Last year I commissioned a good friend and an expert cabinet maker to craft a storage cabinet to match the rest of the kitchen, this is the results minus the hardware, I was waiting for some vintage door/drawer pulls to arrive.

 

[maytag85]

Speaking of suds saver, my Whirlpool technically has the suds saver on, but no suds valve on it. But since the timer is all messed up on it, it no longer works and spent countless hours over the past couple of days messing with it, if I am not able to fix it, may have to wave good bye to them..