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Glenn, you're right about several things.

It was supposed to do a neutral drain, the kit must be worn out though. It does do a neutral drain occasionally but it usually does not.

In regards to the spin and agitation speeds, the picture I show of the console at the beginning of the video shows the settings I used for that load of sheets. Since I have the large vane KitchenAid agitator in there, I set it for low agitation... Unfortunately, that also means a low speed spin. But, this machine is very interesting in that regard. The speed control knob lets you control the speed of agitation for the wash and then the speed of the first two minutes of the wash spin. After that it bypasses any settings you chose (in regards to speed) and goes to high speed spin to extract more sudsy water before going into the recirculated spray rinses and it finishes the cycle out in high speed. My guess is that this is because it's supposed to be a resource saver so it's just trying to be more energy efficient when it comes to the next step in the laundry process.

I will say, I wish they had shifted the spin down to low speed (2 speed motor in this washer) for the rinses. I've noticed (and I can't quite pin down what causes it) but there will be a small puddle of water on the floor behind the machine after the spray rinses (roughly 2/3 of the time). It's coming from the opposite side of the recirc diverter/tank assembly. I think it's just splashing water out over the tub and onto the floor. It probably wouldn't do that if it was on low speed! There is a rubber guard visible around the D-well and another foam guard on the tub ring (not visible) but I just don't think it was enough!
 
Whirlpool Resource Saver Washer

Hi Jamie, Glad you got this washer and put in back into use, as many of you remember we were big fans of this machine back when it was introduced and our company sold over 100 of these cool efficient washers. And customers loved this washer, many still have them and are still having us repair them, I just put a rebuilt transmission, clutch and water pump in one a week ago.

 

One of the cool things about the rinsing is the washer uses more or less water for each fill according the the amount of clothing in the tub, if you have say just two shirts in there it will only fill for about 5 seconds each time and a huge load of towels will fill for more than 20 seconds each time. The machine does need to use the fast spin speed however because this not only improves the final water extraction, but also increases the rinsing performance by spinning more of the soapy water out through out the spin-rinsing process.

 

This washer would [ like most DD washers with a few miles on them ] do neutral drains if you were using the fast agitation speed, as it warms up the transmission better. And while the big KA agitator is cool the orignal WP agitator really does a better job cleaning in this washer.

 

These washers were splashy during the rinse cycle, there was a splash guard attached to the top and a splash guard attached to the edge of the outer cover, and some foam barriers inside of the cabinet to stop spray and splatter from leaking on the floor, be sure all these barriers are in place. We never had a leak complaint on one of these washers [ we did see a lot of badly rusted washer tops however ]and also replaced a lot of rusted tops, WP should have used a porcelain enameled top on this model.

 

We have one of these washers now in our warehouse in good condition if someone wants one.

 

John L.
 
spin drains?

Are there not durability issues with Whirlpool direct drives doing spin drains with the thin plastic tub?
Won't they rupture after a while with all that stressful spinning water?
And will that not overheat and wear out the clutches?

Just curious.
 
Spin draining

I have never seen a plastic tub break on these from repeated spin draining. It does wear the clutch out though, at least faster, but not by over heating. My understanding is that the original DD were spin-drainers (the ones with the GE FF style clothing guards) and latter switched to neutral drain due to excessive clutch wear from what repair men have told me.

As for spin draining as they age- I've seen this with many DD washers and it happened to several that I owned. It seems at first to only happen on low speed agitation, then intermittently on the first high speed wash, and then eventually all the time. The problem appears to take place on newer DDs far more than the older ones- at least appearing quicker in age- in my limited observation.

FWIW, the first DD washer I ever payed attention to while running was faulty so I assumed all were like that. Later on repairing it (motor coupler) with no separate drain pump further reinforced my notion- I was clueless. It was not until we bought a newer used model where I discovered the creature would neutral drain and assumed it was defective. When the appliance tech told me all DD Whirlpool washers were supposed to neutral drain for the first two minutes the look on my face was priceless lol. I remember telling him "but thats not physically possible, there is no separate drain pump" "not even drain valve or transmission actuator" Despite having mechanical experience from an early age, it was not until I read a DD service manual for the first when I learned what a spin pawl was. My surprise lol.
 
the first one of these I saw had three jets built into the splash shield.....

this must be the newer updated design....although I would have thought the triple sprayers would have better coverage...

would seem to have lesser spray back if the water was directed from under the splash shield, rather than over top......

surprised too that they didn't use the splash shield from Catalyst Machine....or incorporate this Resource Saver into that machine....

would have thought the spin would have slowed down for the saturation, and then speed up to extract.....

still, all in all, this seems to be effective.....
 
 
The Resource Saver was introduced between 1996 and 1998 (dates are not clear) and used the Catalyst recirculation system for low-water spray rinsing instead of as a prewash treatment.

From L-65 service document:<blockquote>The Resource Saver Spray Rinse washer is designed to successfully wash clothes with approximately 35% to 47% less water by using a series of "spray rinses" rather than a "deep rinse" commonly used in other conventional washers.

As water is sprayed onto the spinning clothes, they become saturated.  The rinse water is then extracted from the spinning clothes and diverted from the basket where it is recirculated and once again, sprayed back onto the spinning clothes.  Each spray rinse cycle recirculates the rinse water for thirty seconds, after which the detergent laden water is drained from the basket.  This occurs six times.  Each spray rinse cycle uses approximately one (1) to two (2) gallons of water.

In addition, these models are equipped with an Automatic Temperature Control system to minimize the amount of hot water used throughout the wash and rinse cycles.

The spray rinse cycle is accomplished through the use of a unique recirculating system, dual vacuum break [spray flume], a diverter valve, a second pressure switch and an extra pressure dome mounted to the inside back panel of the washer.</blockquote>

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