Thread Number: 1067
Direct Drive Top Load Washers |
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Post# 54451 , Reply# 1   1/24/2005 at 09:27 (7,003 days old) by agiflow ()   |   | |
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Whirlpool would be the other. |
Post# 54455 , Reply# 2   1/24/2005 at 09:37 (7,003 days old) by christd1 ()   |   | |
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Are those really direct drive? I always thought that direct drives had the permanent magnet motor. Are the Kenmore's a generic form of direct drive or what is the science behind them? |
Post# 54469 , Reply# 4   1/24/2005 at 11:34 (7,003 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Direct-drive only technically refers to whether or not a belt is involved. Different motor designs are used. Whirlpool/Roper/Kenmore/KitchenAid machines still use a transmission to translate the motor's rotation into agitator oscillation. Fisher & Paykel has the agitator (and spin basket) mounted directly on the motor shaft, and the motor is controlled by electronics so that IT oscillates (like a stepping motor for a diskette or hard drive head controller) or spins as needed. I don't know if the LG drive-drive front-loaders have trannys, but I'm assuming they don't. |
Post# 54472 , Reply# 5   1/24/2005 at 12:08 (7,003 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 54877 , Reply# 10   1/26/2005 at 22:59 (7,001 days old) by Cybrvanr ()   |   | |
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The unit is only 23 1/2 inches wide & easily slides into a closet |
Post# 54878 , Reply# 11   1/26/2005 at 23:00 (7,001 days old) by Cybrvanr ()   |   | |
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Underneath the machine, it's quite simple...Look ma! no transmission! |
Post# 54879 , Reply# 12   1/26/2005 at 23:01 (7,001 days old) by Cybrvanr ()   |   | |
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A closeup of what's happening on the other side of that metal plate: |
Post# 54893 , Reply# 13   1/27/2005 at 00:25 (7,000 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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