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Post# 205427   4/21/2007 at 07:09 (6,186 days old) by filterflo58 (new york)   |   | |
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Anyone have any problems with the fisher paykel washer? |
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Post# 205503 , Reply# 1   4/21/2007 at 19:54 (6,186 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 205549 , Reply# 3   4/22/2007 at 01:30 (6,186 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 205746 , Reply# 5   4/23/2007 at 00:10 (6,185 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Thanks for the details! I called F&P before I bought my GWL08 in 1999, asking about reliability, repairs and so forth. The phone rep said, in a musing/pondering tone of voice with charming accent, "I don't think we've ever had a SmartDrive motor fail." I took her remark with the appropriate bit of skepticism, thinking how could a front-line customer phone rep know that, other than being scripted? :-) I've run across posts on other forums from people saying something broke in their machine just a few months/couple years old, whatever, and now the tub is hanging crooked. I've wondered how many of those cases were perhaps due to abuse of some sort. I've related (at least once, LOL) that my GWL08 was flooded in November 2004 in 12" to 14" of water for 8 to 12 hours, and was connected to electric power for part of that time until we got there to disconnect it and "rescue" my grandmother. If I'm not mistaken, the GWL08's motor is under power for the braking function whenever the machine is plugged in but turned off. Rotating the basket manually gives a feel of some "cogging" on the motor, which disappears when the plug is pulled. There were no fried components or blown boards, it ran fine after drying out for several days, and continues to do so. |
Post# 205755 , Reply# 6   4/23/2007 at 02:06 (6,185 days old) by irishwashguy (Salem,Oregon.............A Capital City)   |   | |
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Post# 207315 , Reply# 8   4/30/2007 at 04:36 (6,177 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Here's a video clip of one of my 8-jeans loads. It's not the entire cycle, sequences are truncated and it ends shortly after the post-wash spin gets started. But it gives an idea of how the machine handles a BobLoad®. The clip is 7 mins 43 seconds, and 18 MB. Apologizes to those on dial-up, please be patient for downloading to play offline. The machine isn't quite as noisy as the clip makes it to be. Acoustics in my utility room exaggerate the sound. Apologies also for the background whine from the camera tape transport. Color balance is a little off-kilter, that Downy Advanced should be blue, not purple! Jeans Note how it fills for the EcoActive wash phase, then fills more after recirculation begins to "top-off" the EcoActive level. EcoActive fill is at the selected temperature. Deep wash is a cold fill. This load went to high water level without doing any test agitation strokes for water level sensing, which is unusual. The initial agitation strokes you see are for fabric sensing, not water level sensing. The water level is topped-off twice at the start of deep wash. The pump pulses off/on during drain, that is not a malfunction. CW/CCW rotation at end of drain is to assist the basket in settling down on the drive hub and to confirm it has done so. Intertia tells the story via the position sensor in the motor. The initial slow spin speed is part of off-balance sensing. Post-wash spin runs at 300 RPM [continues for a spray rinse, ramps up to 670 RPM for a few seconds, slows to 300 RPM for several more sprays, 670 again, then the deep rinse begins]. |
Post# 207359 , Reply# 10   4/30/2007 at 09:25 (6,177 days old) by bobbyd32l ()   |   | |
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It looks to me that the F&P does almost the same exact thing as the Cabrio/Oasis, so I would gander this is how the agitator models work! Awesome video! I downloaded it, and added it to my collection! |
Post# 207397 , Reply# 12   4/30/2007 at 13:01 (6,177 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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