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70's GE Filter Flow |
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| Post# 57085 , Reply# 2 2/12/2005 at 21:45 (7,010 days old) by Jcf () | ||
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It does seem to do better with a full load. However, isn't there some sort of mechanisum that detects an out of balance situation that would sound a buzzer and possible stop the machine when this happens? Thanks | ||
Post# 57090 , Reply# 3 2/12/2005 at 22:38 (7,010 days old) by appnut  (TX) |
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JCF, I hate to tell you, but GE Filter-Flo washer (I had a 1978 one) didn't have an off balance switch or buzzer. If ya hear it knocking during spin, better run and redistribute the load. The only time I ever had a problem with off balance was when I washed one big heavy rug. But then again, I never mixed towels and sheets, which do have a tendency to bunch up and go out of balance.
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| Post# 57092 , Reply# 4 2/12/2005 at 22:41 (7,010 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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Hi Bob, Did your Filter-Flo have the ramp or straight-vane Activator? | ||
| Post# 57096 , Reply# 5 2/12/2005 at 22:59 (7,010 days old) by Jcf () | ||
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It seems to like to go out of balance an smaller loads. When it does, it can be heard from the next town over. The 2 Kenmore's we had when I was growing up always had aan off balance buzzer. I would be surprised is GE didn't put one in this machine. | ||
| Post# 57097 , Reply# 6 2/12/2005 at 22:59 (7,010 days old) by Jcf () | ||
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It seems to like to go out of balance an smaller loads. When it does, it can be heard from the next town over. The 2 Kenmore's we had when I was growing up always had aan off balance buzzer. I would be surprised is GE didn't put one in this machine. | ||
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Post# 57098 , Reply# 7 2/12/2005 at 23:18 (7,010 days old) by GadgetGary (Bristol,CT) |
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Post# 57101 , Reply# 8 2/12/2005 at 23:22 (7,010 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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JCF, I'm sorry, but ya can't compare apples to oranges (Kenmore to GE). GE machines never had an out of balance switch. And that included the 1955/56 model washer my parents had. With small loads, I suspect you may be using too high of a water level. It was very rare I had an off balance issue with small loads. Too much water is a problem with small loads and machines that spin while they drain. Austin, mine had the straight vane activator. My mom bought one in 1979 and it too was straight vane. | ||
| Post# 57285 , Reply# 9 2/15/2005 at 09:50 (7,008 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
Nope, no OOB switch in GE's. They were designed to complete the cycle no matter what. An OOB load caused more belt slippage so the tub doesn't get up to speed. The suspension allows the inner tub to bang and rub against the outer tub. There really isn't much damage that this will cause. My coin-op GE's have some scraping around the outer tub, but it isn't going to cause the machine to fail. Since a home machine gets far less use than a laundromat machine, you have nothing to worry about.
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| Post# 57366 , Reply# 10 2/16/2005 at 01:47 (7,007 days old) by fixerman () | ||
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PeterH Gotta disagree with you about damage to outer tub. I have seen many GE's with holes caused by scraping. | ||
| Post# 57371 , Reply# 11 2/16/2005 at 08:17 (7,007 days old) by Bryan71 () | ||
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Seen them also I have seen several Filter Flo's with damage to them. It can easily happen. | ||
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Post# 57459 , Reply# 12 2/16/2005 at 23:42 (7,006 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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The 74 GE Dispensall I found last spring had enough porcelain banged away from the spin basket hitting the outer tub that I "patched" it with JB Weld just to make sure the rust didn't go any further. That TOL machine had the cable and pulley system for OOB loads so the odds of it doing severe damage were probably pretty low, but it had done it enough over the years to show. As a kid, our 72 GE, near BOL had no OOB system and would walk across the floor if not stopped. It had to have scraped away some of the porcelain as often as we had to dash to the laundry room to re-distribute the load.
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