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Post# 397615 , Reply# 1 12/5/2009 at 00:53 (5,250 days old) by launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Heavy Use
Can be an understatement when it comes to laundromat washing machines. A vast number of laundromat customers abuse the equipment horribly. Constantly overloading any washer will kill the motor sooner or later, and many mat machines are stuffed so full (both front and top loading), that the poor things struggle. At least a front loader does not have to deal with trying to move an agitator when there is literally no room. To the above add consumers who dump enough washing powder into the machine to create mounds of froth. This in turn causes the machine to at worse suds-lock, or at best strain as it tries to move a mass of laundry and gobs of froth. One of the reasons front loaders rapidly replaced top loading style washers is that the former really just aren't up to the day in and day out abuse of a laundromat. | ||
| Post# 397672 , Reply# 4 12/5/2009 at 10:58 (5,249 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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And add to this that people usually don't care how they treat anything in which they don't have a financial interest. | ||
| Post# 397705 , Reply# 5 12/5/2009 at 15:10 (5,249 days old) by mysteryclock (Franklin, TN) | ||
Are those motor replacement numbers for just this year or since each particular tier of machine was new? Two motors in the last 17 years for the (unknown size) group of 1992 machines doesn't seem that bad, especially considering the crazy duty-cycle and misuse the machines are put through every day.
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Post# 397720 , Reply# 8 12/5/2009 at 18:59 (5,249 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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SQ com washer motors
The motors used in SP coin laundry machines are the same as the home machines. Most motors fail because of worn bearings this has more to due with the number of hours the motor has to run. When you figure how many loads a coin washer runs its like 100 years use in normal household . Its a testimonial to the over quality of the machine that the motor is the first thing to go in a coin laundry.
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| Post# 397744 , Reply# 9 12/5/2009 at 23:06 (5,249 days old) by danmantn (Tennessee) | ||
Nothing lasts forever...
Seems I read somewhere that the average number of washes/uses (or "turns") on commercial machines per day is 4. 4 hours x 365 days x 15 years = 21,900 turns. 21,900 x 35 minute cycle for TLs = 12,755 hours for a motor. That's rather impressive if you ask me. I chose 15 as they were the average of the years listed, but I believe the avg commercial toploader is 15-20 years.
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| Post# 397863 , Reply# 11 12/6/2009 at 14:32 (5,248 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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| Post# 399327 , Reply# 13 12/12/2009 at 23:23 (5,242 days old) by ingliscanada () | ||
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Not what they used to be. I think today's SQs with the perf tubs are no where near as well built as their solid tub ancestors. Those old guys lasted forever in laundromats. | ||
| Post# 403595 , Reply# 14 1/3/2010 at 13:22 (5,220 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
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| Post# 406167 , Reply# 16 1/14/2010 at 22:30 (5,209 days old) by danmantn (Tennessee) | ||
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Amen! Even telling people in your family the proper way to do laundy is getting on a taboo topic! Hmmm...perhaps I should load up my work clothes with a good dose of Pine-Sol to tick off the lady that complains about everyone's cologne at work. LOL Just kidding...evil thoughts...evil thoughts. :D I wonder where I could find the matching Pine-Sol fabric softener? | ||
| Post# 406169 , Reply# 17 1/14/2010 at 22:33 (5,209 days old) by danmantn (Tennessee) | ||
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Speaking of taboo topics...trying to tell people to keep their machine clean is another. Jeez! I can't stand to see a machine designed to clean things, dirty. Ick. Gunked up dispenser, lint everywhere, bleach dispensers that have never been cleaned. Black mold in the fabric softener (yes, I witnessed this once). I was staying with friends and asked to use their machine (I had brought my own detergents/softener)...when I filled up the dispenser, I about threw up. How disgusting. {DEEP BREATH} - awaken from nightmare. :)
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