Two Videos I found of People modifying their FL washer to use MORE water (Samsung)

[yogitunes]

I think we all Agree to Dis-Agree......

we do modifications all the time, as needed...some good, some bad......trial and error......

I have a 1993 Ford Taurus SHO, already a powerful machine, had it modified, by the dealer, a factory power chip....increased my horsepower, torque, and mainly gas mileae drastically.......

believe me, these machines are built and designed to withstand a little extra kick, and NO, were not talking of a spin speed from 1200rpm to 4000rpm.....but if a little more speed, a gallon or two more of water, can make a huge difference in cleaning and performance...plus satisfy your needs...whats the harm?.....

even my Maytags have the 50hz set up for increased speed.......

even a new SpeedQueen top loader....how many of us have raised the water level back up to where it belongs....all we did is reverse what the manufacturer did......and your gonna tell me that I am exceeding what this machine was originally designed to handle......

 

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To Yogitunes

Now THAT is a good question.

The Speed Queen TL debacle is something we'd need to speak with an engineer about. Only because, did earlier Speed Queen TL's have this water level, or did they really do it just to reduce the water consumption on the specs?

I've seen videos of 50 hz Maytags, it's quite impressive, but it makes me wonder why the engineers didn't fit the pullies (sp?) by accident and say, "Whoa, this is awesome, we should do this on all our machines!" Perhaps one engineer would have said, "Well, the transmission won't last as long if we do that."

To Newwave1:

One thing I have noticed about American appliances as opposed to European ones is that European ones tend to have a very long wash cycle in comparison to American ones.

Take the dishwasher for example. Our old Roper took about 40 minutes for a cycle. My Miele takes about 2.5 hours for a cycle, but it's also a lot quieter too.

There's one member on here who has the german version of a Whirlpool Duet. The Whirlpool does the cycle in about an hour, but the german version does it in 2.5 hours, even though both of them use about the same amount of water. (I guess I'll need my memory refreshed on this!)

I agree that more water = more cleaning power. I suppose this is the reason why top loaders can clean an entire 18 lb tub of laundry in 8 minutes and rinse it in another 5, as opposed to a front loader which takes 30 minutes to wash and another 20 minutes to rinse.

 

[mark_wpduet]

I found the older thread showing the Duet Sport during rinse. This was not even the top of the line Duet. Check out the factory set rinse level on the heavy duty cycle. You may have to scroll the see the picture. No clue why Whirlpool did this for only one model of their FL machines.

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?16875

 

[logixx]

There's one member on here

who has the german version of a Whirlpool Duet.

Hello there!

It has a high-efficiency and high-performance cycle that cleans a heavily soiled and tightly packed load according to the European Energy Label. This cycle runs at 140F with two rinses for almost four hours. Now, if I deselect the preset options like Eco and Heaviest Soil, it already shaves one hour off that time. I can also run a full load (lightly soiled) at 140F in little over two hours when I select another cycle. Or I can run a 2/3 full load in one hour on Daily Wash, which would be the exact equivalent to the Duet's Normal cycle.

It really depends on which cycle and options I want. By the way, I played with some new washer at Sears when I was in LA and some of these new Allergene cycles and all also take over two hours.

Water levels on my washer are usually low. For a normal rinse, the water covers the perforated part of the tilted drum. Enough for me and if I need extra rinsing, I can add up to two extra rinses. The Direct Inject really makes short work of saturating the whole load.

Alex