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Post# 593374 5/1/2012 at 11:37 (382 days old) by DirectDriveDave  (Long Island, NY) |
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 LG washer..... you can figure out the rest... CLICK HERE TO GO TO DirectDriveDave's LINK | ||
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Post# 593390 , Reply# 1 5/1/2012 at 12:09 (382 days old) by joeekaitis (Rialto, California, USA) |
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 Not many details here but if the date is in mm-dd-yy format, it's something that's been suspected since 2006. If it's yy-dd-mm, then 2011. The room looks like a testing rig and much of the notation on the side of the machine is illegible. CLICK HERE TO GO TO joeekaitis's LINK | ||
| Post# 593444 , Reply# 2 5/1/2012 at 15:23 (382 days old) by logixx (Germany) | ||
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Post# 593457 , Reply# 3 5/1/2012 at 16:06 (382 days old) by chestermikeuk (Cheshire, England, UK) |
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Post# 593468 , Reply# 4 5/1/2012 at 16:44 (382 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake and Burnsville Mn.) |
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Post# 593469 , Reply# 5 5/1/2012 at 16:46 (382 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake and Burnsville Mn.) |
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Post# 593474 , Reply# 6 5/1/2012 at 16:56 (382 days old) by Pulsator (Go to Ferris State in Big Rapids, MI / Live in Ann Arbor, MI) |
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 WhirlyKenmore78, there are at least 2 cases of Whirlpool made machines (Cabrio, Oasis, Bravos machines) exploding while washing mattress pads. They are just as bad as the LG machines.
The video joeekaitis posted is of a Kenmore Oasis (Whirlpool made) machine exploding. There are also videos of exploded Bravos machines on YouTube. | ||
| Post# 593479 , Reply# 7 5/1/2012 at 17:19 (382 days old) by logixx (Germany) | ||
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Post# 593504 , Reply# 8 5/1/2012 at 20:03 (382 days old) by eronie (Flushing Michigan) |
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dosent matter what brand they are .. these new junk machines do not have a out of balance switch to stop them!! at 1000 or more spin BAD things WILL happen WHAT were the engeners THINKIN???? | ||
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Post# 593533 , Reply# 10 5/2/2012 at 01:02 (382 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake and Burnsville Mn.) |
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Post# 593566 , Reply# 11 5/2/2012 at 06:11 (382 days old) by Frigilux (the open prairie of Minnesota) |
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 A) Gotta get one of these! I have many comforters to wash, so we'd find out just how many cycles it takes to trigger the self-destruct feature. I ran six of them through my 2010 Frigidaire front-loader last month, but there was no excitement whatsoever.
B) I predict LG's "fix" for this problem will be to advise people not to wash blankets, comforters, or duvets. | ||
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Post# 593615 , Reply# 12 5/2/2012 at 08:45 (382 days old) by joefuss1984 (Little Rock, AR) |
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 I actually own a Kenmore Oasis made by Whirlpool machine. I have washed mattress covers, comforters, and other large items with no problems whatsoever. I always manually set the water level to the highest mark. And if the machine does try to go off balance it always stops and runs a load balance correction. After the third time of trying to load balance if it still cannot balance the load it shuts off with an error code. I usually try to stop the machine and redistribute the load manually as it usually cannot load balance correct. I have had the machine 4 years and have never had a problem with this. It doesn't have a bulky cycle either. I use Normal, or Delicate for comforters, and mattress covers. Just my 2 cents. | ||
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Post# 593688 , Reply# 13 5/2/2012 at 13:48 (381 days old) by DirectDriveDave (Long Island, NY) |
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There was one time where the machine was not balanced right and during spin the tub was literaly smacking the cabinet all around, I think this has happened twice. We of course stopped it and fixed it, and even after all that, that bad boy still runs today. | ||
| Post# 593745 , Reply# 14 5/2/2012 at 17:50 (381 days old) by logixx (Germany) | ||
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Post# 593773 , Reply# 15 5/2/2012 at 21:59 (381 days old) by DirectDriveDave (Long Island, NY) |
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Nope, that one's new! Unbelieveable....... | ||
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Post# 593838 , Reply# 19 5/3/2012 at 07:57 (381 days old) by combo52 (Beltsville,Md) |
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 No machine EVER made can spin at over 1000RPMs with an unbalanced mattress cover in it. The major failure is the machines inability to control it self.
The plastic outer tub in the WP built DD washers are very trouble free, in the thirdly years these machines have been around our company has replaced less than a dozen of these tubs. Compare this to the thousands of BD WP-KMs and Many MTs and GE-HP FF washers that we have scraped because they had badly rusted outer tubs.
Newer cars even have plastic suspension springs in them and major parts of engines are made of plastic. | ||
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Post# 594113 , Reply# 21 5/4/2012 at 08:22 (380 days old) by DirectDriveDave (Long Island, NY) |
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Too bad that's all the way down in NC, I would certainly go there to have a look at them. | ||
| Post# 594459 , Reply# 22 5/5/2012 at 19:03 (378 days old) by logixx (Germany) | ||
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Post# 594495 , Reply# 23 5/6/2012 at 00:23 (378 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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At this rate with LG washers crushing themselves and anything nearby-buy your next washer at your local appliance swap shop-go VINTAGE-at least those don't explode and crush themselves! | ||
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Post# 594505 , Reply# 24 5/6/2012 at 01:10 (378 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 594510 , Reply# 25 5/6/2012 at 01:58 (378 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Post# 594516 , Reply# 26 5/6/2012 at 05:44 (378 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Post# 594671 , Reply# 29 5/6/2012 at 18:47 (377 days old) by combo52 (Beltsville,Md) |
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This is a very sound way to build a washer, WP BD machines did it his way for 40 years, GE FF washers did it for 34 years, and thier current TLs and just about ever other brand including all WP TL products do it from the top now, not to mention just about every suspended FL washer ever.
So I believe that the problem is LGs, but after all they just copy our stuff but they sure didn't test enough, LOL. | ||
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Post# 594840 , Reply# 30 5/7/2012 at 12:04 (376 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) |
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Post# 594917 , Reply# 31 5/7/2012 at 18:25 (376 days old) by combo52 (Beltsville,Md) |
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| Post# 594923 , Reply# 32 5/7/2012 at 18:58 (376 days old) by lebron (Duluth, MN) | ||
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Post# 594999 , Reply# 33 5/8/2012 at 04:36 (376 days old) by AutoWasherFreak (Davenport, Iowa) |
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 When I had my WP Cabrio for a brief time, I washed queen size comforters several times and never had a problem with it going out of balance. I used the Bulky cycle which reduced the spin speed to medium, once the cycle was finished I would do a spin only cycle on high to remove more water. I think the only time it ever went out of balance was when I was washing mop heads.
I even washed a king size comforter, however it was to large for the machine and really didn't get clean. | ||
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Post# 595026 , Reply# 34 5/8/2012 at 07:39 (376 days old) by combo52 (Beltsville,Md) |
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Post# 595039 , Reply# 35 5/8/2012 at 09:16 (376 days old) by Pulsator (Go to Ferris State in Big Rapids, MI / Live in Ann Arbor, MI) |
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Post# 595041 , Reply# 36 5/8/2012 at 09:33 (376 days old) by macboy91si (Lexington, KY) |
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Post# 595049 , Reply# 37 5/8/2012 at 10:33 (376 days old) by combo52 (Beltsville,Md) |
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