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Post# 60709   3/20/2005 at 15:12 (6,976 days old) by compwhiz ()        

Well today my dad and i cleaned the valves on our whirlpool DD it was fun and i took some pix! with my awesome Digital camera

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Post# 60757 , Reply# 1   3/21/2005 at 02:41 (6,976 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        
valve crud

 Afer seeing that, I suspect your pipes are going bad are they galvanized iron? And that a strange hookup scenario with valves behind walls that have to be cut away.

I've installed those super strong hoses, too. Our house has high water pressure. It's so high, both toilets can be flushed, washer, dishwasher, sinks can be running at same time and it won't affect temp in showers, even if there is someone in each shower. I've NEVER lived in house where the pressure was that good.

Post# 60776 , Reply# 2   3/21/2005 at 09:13 (6,975 days old) by compwhiz ()        
Welll.....

 Apparently durring construction on a new house a construction guy broke the water line and they had to replace it. and after it was replaced tons of sediment got into our plumbing. it destroywed the meter out side our house luckily they replaced it for free

also i have to share.

when my dad was flushing the hoses he shot them out the window. the cold side shot out 6ft. but the hot side was only 5ft

Post# 60819 , Reply# 3   3/21/2005 at 18:24 (6,975 days old) by westytoploader ()        

Could be sediment from an aging water heater as well. I recently did the same thing to my grandmother's Hotpoint (see Plastic Hotpoint thread) because the "Hot" side was barely trickling, and I mean SLOOOWWW. However, the "Cold" side worked fine, so I immediately knew what the problem was. Her water heater is from 1985 which can explain that problem, and the little water coming out was a tan color. I freed up the stuck "main" valves, shut 'em off, disconnected the machine, and sure enough, there was 10 years' worth of sediment clogging both screens! Even though they were plastic, they were broken and corroded, so I went to Home Depot and picked up some new metal filter screens and burst-proof hoses. After giving the water valve a thorough cleaning (sediment can and will damage a solenoid valve), and wiping the machine down (important even though many may not think so...) with Windex, I popped in the new filters, reconnected the new hoses, slid it back into place, fired it up, and guess what...the "Hot" side was going at full force! Now it looks and works like new!

Since our water heater is tankless, sediment doesn't seem to be a problem, but it's amazing what this little procedure does to both the performance and life of the machine. Even if sediment isn't in the water, changing the filter screens is like night and day. In my GE Portable, replacing the old, bent, rusted filters as well as cleaning the water valve really improved the fill rate.

Now onto replacing the filters in the Westy, '98, and '82 Kenmores...

Post# 60826 , Reply# 4   3/21/2005 at 20:27 (6,975 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        
filter screens

 So I don't have to move the machines (and because they're easier to clean), I use the available intergrated screen/washers in the hoses at the faucet end, so that stuff never even makes it to the water valve inlet screens

Post# 60828 , Reply# 5   3/21/2005 at 20:32 (6,975 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        
Aging water heater

 "Her water heater is from 1985 which can explain that problem, and the little water coming out was a tan color."

That heater's days are numbered, any tank heater over 15 years old, unless regularly drained, is running on borrowed time. Maybe less if it was a "cheapie" model to begin with. You might want to warn Granny to start setting aside some cash and be ready for failure at anytime, or beat it to the punch and just get a new one before failure.

Post# 60830 , Reply# 6   3/21/2005 at 20:33 (6,975 days old) by compwhiz ()        
no

 None of the sediment is from the water heater its fairly new, bought it about in 98 a little after we bought our whirlpool DD

Post# 60833 , Reply# 7   3/21/2005 at 20:54 (6,975 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        
hot water heater tank

 It's Austin's Granny whose heater I was refering to.

Post# 61079 , Reply# 8   3/23/2005 at 17:19 (6,973 days old) by compwhiz ()        
oops

 My dad accidentaly put the hot supply in the cold valve and the cold supply in the hot valve lol!


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