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Thread Number: 14404
NEW SPEED QUEENS-DON'T BUY UNTIL READING |
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Post# 245737 , Reply# 3 11/2/2007 at 00:57 (6,019 days old) by peteski50  (New York) |
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Speed Queen | ||
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Post# 245759 , Reply# 4 11/2/2007 at 05:45 (6,019 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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Just ran a load of towels, sheets and underwear through a commercial Speed Queen at our Uni's laundromat. I didn't exactly time the first fill but it must have been somewhere around two to three minutes of filling throught the dispenser while also spraying water straight into the tub. I used a 40*C / 104*F cycle. The 2nd rinse fill took 2:20 min. and the final softening rinse fill 2 minutes. Alex | ||
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Post# 245818 , Reply# 5 11/2/2007 at 11:19 (6,018 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Geez, I was afraid of this. I've always been leary of SQ and especially so since I purchased a pair of Raytheon-made Amanas with a TL washer that had an insatiable appetite for belts and a super skimpy spray rinse. Everything smelled like soap even with an extra rinse. I hope SQ comes through and fixes things for you. However, even on a concrete floor in my garage my Duet HT will knock around some during pulse spin. It seems most FL's need to be fine-tuned for perfect balance and it may require periodic tweaking of the leveling feet before you get things smoothed out. | ||
| Post# 245872 , Reply# 7 11/2/2007 at 15:35 (6,018 days old) by mulls () | ||
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frigidaire Peteski,I agree with you,and will say the same to anyone-Frigidaire is the best value for the $$$. Tom | ||
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Post# 246956 , Reply# 10 11/7/2007 at 11:40 (6,013 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Raising Water Levels
I've noticed that the "Quick Wash" cycle on my Duet fills with more water than other cycles. This cycle is for just a couple of items. I've also noticed that the clothes tend to slosh around at the bottom with the paddles simply passing underneath, no lifting of the clothes up and out of the water. As much as I'd like the machine to use more water, I don't want to impair cleaning action. Has anyone increased the fill levels on their Duet HT, and if so, have you noticed this "Quick Wash" phenomenon on any other cycles as a result, or is the sloshing more of an effect of not having enough clothes in the drum?
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Post# 246969 , Reply# 12 11/7/2007 at 13:18 (6,013 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Would think that somewhere in the installation manual, Alliance states water pressure requirements for their domestic washers. If not a phone call to SQ should sort things out. Having used the commercial SQ front loaders at laundromats, can say "yes", they do have a timed fill, but then again the water is coming in quite fast and with great pressure, so there is little problem of machine not getting enough water for each cycle. My Miele does pulse spins, and it drives me mad sometimes. Seems like allot of palaver instead of just getting on with the business at hand. However do understand the rationale behind the maddness. The pulse spins after the final rinse and before the final spin cycle, is to remove much water while redistributing laundry to prevent creasing from high rpm speeds. In theory it seems to work as not even the fullest load of thick towels will cause too much water upon final extraction to choke the pump. Back to rinsing on the SQ. Some of the laundromat units run water while the tub rotates one way and the drain is open. This rinsing goes on for about one minute or so after a spin before the drain closes and tub fills with water. IIRC, this happens one or two times, and really is quite effective. However it does use lots of water in addition to the water for the three rinses. | ||
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Post# 247013 , Reply# 14 11/7/2007 at 17:17 (6,013 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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That's quite interesting. I'm gonna run another load of whites tomorrow (around 7 am - so I won't have to wait for ever...) and I'll see if I can time each fill. The water here's pretty hard so I'm using Calgon for the main wash and little detergent (still about half a cup). I'm hoping the hard water combined with little detergent will make up for the IMO inadequate rinsing. If that won't do the trick, I might fill some vinegar in the bleach dispenser after the main wash fill. This is the washer I'm using (but ours have the older door style). Alex CLICK HERE TO GO TO logixx's LINK | ||
| Post# 247018 , Reply# 15 11/7/2007 at 17:43 (6,013 days old) by zanussi_lover (Nottingham, UK) | ||
Student Laundry
I have speedqueen front loaders at my university halls, the dispensers are disgusting, we have 6 buttons on ours 90 60 40 60 synthetics and 30 gentle and + prewash. and they are always out of order I did some washing today, and the machine i was using for my coloured wash wasn't spinning betweent the rinses, i had it on 40 so i ended up with loads of soap suds all stuck to my clothes at the end of the wash, so i had to put it through another wash without detergent, I put two tablets in for my coloured wash at 40, and three for my whites wash at 60 the problems with our washers is that people put too much powder in the little drawer, or they put powder in the fabric conditioner/bleach compartments and it gets clogged up. i get annoyed about this as i like to use fabric softener and i can't put it in because some silly student has poured powder in the conditioner compartment. they should put a sign up saying put powder/tablets in the drum before you put your clothes in. as this would prevent blockages. I am a student, but I do know how to do my laundry properly!! | ||
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Post# 247029 , Reply# 16 11/7/2007 at 19:18 (6,013 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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Zanussi_Lover
Detergent in the FS dispenser? Oh yes! Machines out of order? Yup! On of our Speed Queens flooded the laundry room - now it's broken. All the washers are making a hell of a racket when spinning - despite the fact that people usually only wash about a handful of laundry... And let's not forget how difficult it is to remove the lint from the dryer filter. | ||
| Post# 247130 , Reply# 17 11/8/2007 at 07:45 (6,013 days old) by zanussi_lover (Nottingham, UK) | ||
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yup
its wierd, as i put in three asda biological tablets in for my whites wash on 60 and that was fine, but the machine for my colours wash, wasn't spinning out the soap betweent the rinses, so i ended up with loads of soap suds coming down the door at the final spin, this is a build up of soap in the machine that people put in from previous washes. i'm gonna suggest that they should put a sign up saying, put powder or tablets in the drum before you put your clothes in. they aren't bad at cleaning though, only if u have a machine that has been fixed recently and yes the dryers full of lint, that nobody removes. xx | ||
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Post# 247246 , Reply# 20 11/8/2007 at 21:32 (6,012 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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Build-up of soap in the machine...
that's why I always washer No. 4 where the detergent drawer is broken and can be fully removed so I can rinse all the detergent build-up from the fabric softener compartment before I run a load... ;-) On the topic of time fills: I don't know. On the one hand, all the rinse fills took about 2 minutes and the water level was the same all the time (slightly above where the glass meets the gasket). On the other hand, the water level seems to be the same for each load size and when there's a big load in the washer it'll take considerably longer to finish its cycle as the timer pauses during the fill. | ||
| Post# 247881 , Reply# 22 11/12/2007 at 07:56 (6,009 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Tom that is a fantastic story, thanks so much for sharing it with us. I am going to try cinnamon toast that way, sounds really good. You are so right "Appliance Friends" are the best. I know how thankful I am to have all of you in my life. | ||
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