Thread Number: 1498
High Water Level in Frigidaire FL |
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Post# 59651 , Reply# 1   3/10/2005 at 12:36 (6,958 days old) by Mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 59657 , Reply# 2   3/10/2005 at 15:08 (6,958 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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My Duet does this on the Soak cycle too, the WP versions are smart enough not to let the machine door lock release until it has drained the water completely. The delicate and handwash cycles aren't as fun with higher water levels because the tumble is very slow and "gentle" so there isn't as much splashing and sloshing. When I've augmented the rinse or wash cycles on Normal, Heavy Duty and WW, the tumbling isn't fast enough to lift the clothes out of the water, they just sort of roll around...
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Post# 59660 , Reply# 3   3/10/2005 at 15:32 (6,958 days old) by neptuneguy27 (Baltimore,MD)   |   | |
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Awww and here I thought there would be some drama restored to the FL's. Well I guess not. :( Christopher |
Post# 59670 , Reply# 4   3/10/2005 at 17:25 (6,958 days old) by westytoploader ()   |   | |
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Gotta love Bendix and Westinghouse! My '93 "Dual-Tumble" is the closest thing to a high-water Frigemore...splashy, quiet, and a decent spin too! |
Post# 59714 , Reply# 5   3/10/2005 at 23:36 (6,957 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Post# 59802 , Reply# 7   3/11/2005 at 23:50 (6,956 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 59866 , Reply# 9   3/12/2005 at 20:03 (6,955 days old) by westytoploader ()   |   | |
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When everything's hooked up I'll make some videos of my "Dual Tumble" in action. |
Post# 59871 , Reply# 12   3/12/2005 at 21:32 (6,955 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!)   |   | |
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Post# 59903 , Reply# 13   3/13/2005 at 22:32 (6,954 days old) by kenmore1978 ()   |   | |
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From reading various posts, it's apparent that at sometime in history White-Westinghouse chagned from the "potato-pulley" system to a reversing motor? When did this happen? |
Post# 59919 , Reply# 14   3/14/2005 at 06:55 (6,954 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 59936 , Reply# 16   3/14/2005 at 10:46 (6,954 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 60761 , Reply# 17   3/21/2005 at 04:30 (6,947 days old) by programcomputer (Ann Arbor Michigan, USA)   |   | |
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Hi, My research has told me that it was somewhere about 1995-96 the WCI people (or Pre-Frigidaire) discarded the old Westinghouse/WCI version who's basic mechanism went back to 1956 for the Spacemates , and 1959 for the Laundromat's. Frigidiare introduced their newest version in 1997 according to company documents. I find it hard to believe that a year went by with out any new FL machines, by this company so My guess is that they wound down production on the older system,and then ramped up production of the newer models after all the initial bugs had been worked out. I have both, a potato pulley Westinghouse Spacemate Set, and a late model Frigidaire FL set with rear backslash controls. I will agree that the newer set leaves clothing especially blankets and such much drier, than the older set, but I do not agree with those who feel that the older system leaves their clothes sopping wet. I replaced all the belts on my Spacemates and this did make a difference. As with any machine, age and "frequency of use", and as motors age, they do tend to loose their spunk if you will...and I feel personally that these are the deciding factors as to how fast they spin. My set has to be from just before it changed over to White-Westinghouse becasue the manuf. tag on the front panel behind the look in door says Westinghouse Appliance Division, Mansfield Ohio. but then on the inner paper that shows the wiring diagram it says White-Westinghouse, a division of White Consolidated Industries? Anyway, my older set does fill up with much more water than my newer set does. In fact I adjusted the WLC switch so it would fill up higher than originally specified. I have it set still where the water comes up just to the edge of the door boot and whilst agitating looks like it's much fuller than you think especially when you add in the suds factor. BUT apparantly becasue of Austin's Dual Tumble machine they must have intro'd the new style earlier...because I have never seen a Westinghouse designed machine agitate both ways so i guess the idea is that it was sometime in the mid 1990's that this occured. Or did Westinghouse have two styles of inner mechanisms, and i just don't know this? Becasue my Westinghouse printed repair master from 63 and my later one from 74 show the same meachnism's for all machines, the three belt potato pulley system.... Anyone care to fill in the gaps? Thanks Chad |
Post# 60762 , Reply# 18   3/21/2005 at 04:36 (6,947 days old) by programcomputer (Ann Arbor Michigan, USA)   |   | |
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Yes, I forgot to add, that even my new machine shows lots of action for being a modern day Frigidiare product. I did kinda adjust the plastic WLC (Water level control) with a phillips screwdriver so it fills higher than it did when I got it. I realize that it's set that way by the manufacturer for a reason, but It has done nothing to the mecahnism, and it's been operating with this "higher water level" now for over a year. This makes larger items more immersed, and I feel that it washes slightly better than when it was set at "factory". Anyway that's what I wanted to add to my first post.... Chad |