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Thread Number: 24540
overfilling a Calypso(for those who have played with Calypso's) |
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Post# 380495 , Reply# 1 9/21/2009 at 20:32 (5,330 days old) by yogitunes  (New Jersey) |
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BE CAREFUL...
If you are not aware of this design, there is an over flo tube about at the 2/3 mark of the outter tub.... I have added water during a wash, but never above the top of the agitator, but now that you mentioned it, I'm gonna have to go and fill this machine up as far as I can and see what happens....I'll get back to you | ||
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Post# 380497 , Reply# 2 9/21/2009 at 20:44 (5,330 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Too funny. I'll wait and hear what you guys have to say before I try it with mine! | ||
| Post# 380506 , Reply# 3 9/21/2009 at 21:27 (5,330 days old) by andrewinorlando () | ||
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It will splash water over the top of the wash basket and out into the lower part of the cabinet. | ||
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Post# 380564 , Reply# 5 9/22/2009 at 07:26 (5,330 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Who would have tought......but
I was using washers in a series as in one washer would drain into the other to re-use the wash water, there were 4 altogether, the last being the Calypso, odd thing was this machine recognized water in the tub, and no matter what you selected on the control panel it would automatically DRAIN before performing the cycle selected, so I had to make this the first machine...
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| Post# 380598 , Reply# 6 9/22/2009 at 09:11 (5,330 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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| Post# 380683 , Reply# 7 9/22/2009 at 14:46 (5,330 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
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Post# 380735 , Reply# 8 9/22/2009 at 18:12 (5,329 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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well the KQO stopped and began to drain after I added 2 five gallon buckets of water, not sure if that was because of the flood switch or the motor overload protection, these DC motors work on a basis of required horsepower, kinda adjust to the weight of the load.... I'm gonna try again by pinching off the flood switch after the fill cycle is complete and see what happens....otherwise I will have to use my other one, the KQ2, and see what that does, this one doesn't have the flood switch, and it's under warranty if I screw it up...lol | ||
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Post# 380920 , Reply# 9 9/23/2009 at 09:51 (5,329 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Peter is correct, the machine I had was adamantly against the addition of any more water. You could do it to a very low level in the tub, just below the "Dome of Scrubbing" any more and it would sense the trick and drain out the excess water. I don't think I tried it with the second Whirlpool branded Collapso I had but I think they had removed the flood-switch by that time so I don't know how it would behave.
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| Post# 380979 , Reply# 10 9/23/2009 at 13:41 (5,329 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River) | ||
calypso videos  | ||
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Post# 380986 , Reply# 11 9/23/2009 at 13:52 (5,329 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York) |
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You are getting sleepy! | ||
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Post# 380990 , Reply# 12 9/23/2009 at 14:12 (5,329 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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John Lefever and I tried it years ago, we disconnected the part that senses the overflow from the pressure switch. We were able to fill the tub more than 1/2 way up and it was a nice, splashy action, but I do remember a burning smelling coming out of the control panel as a lot of amperage was being channeled through the computer board.
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| Post# 382100 , Reply# 14 9/29/2009 at 19:46 (5,322 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River) | ||
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