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| Post# 641018 11/23/2012 at 10:33 (4,163 days old) by roscoe62 (Canada) | ||
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With a FL'r, which particular brand uses the most water for wash &/or rinse cycles.Or are all FL models using the same quantity of water in it's cycle(s)? | ||
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Post# 641130 , Reply# 2 11/23/2012 at 23:13 (4,162 days old) by DADoES  (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 641133 , Reply# 3 11/23/2012 at 23:20 (4,162 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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wondered how much water the bulky cycle would use in that model duet. Mine lacks that cycle. It SHOULD use more water since that's what the point is of a bulky cycle, isn't it? It's supposed to start with soak, then tumble back and fourth very slowly, then start the cycle with more water than in other cycles.
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Post# 641138 , Reply# 4 11/23/2012 at 23:38 (4,162 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Post# 641168 , Reply# 5 11/24/2012 at 05:35 (4,162 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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The Bulky cycle on my 2010 Frigidaire doesn't appear to use more water--you can press the Max Fill button to get an extra glassful in any cycle--but the recirculation jet operates more.
Any new front-loader that scores Very Good or Excellent for energy use by Consumer Reports uses a small amount of water. While I found it startling at first, I'm used to it, now. The machine does an excellent job and I find no reason to add more water. | ||
| Post# 641184 , Reply# 6 11/24/2012 at 08:26 (4,162 days old) by roscoe62 (Canada) | ||
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@qualin How did you change the water in the rinse portion, doesn't the Huebsch machine use a pressure switch for water level? | ||
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Post# 641201 , Reply# 7 11/24/2012 at 10:52 (4,162 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 641204 , Reply# 8 11/24/2012 at 10:53 (4,162 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 641214 , Reply# 10 11/24/2012 at 12:03 (4,162 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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My Frigidaire Affinity (purchased in 2008) never, ever fills with enough water to adequately clean a quilted king size mattress pad. I have to manually add about three more gallons of water. It has no "Bulky Items" cycle. I never had this problem with the Duet we purchased in 2006 and left behind as part of the deal when we sold our other house. | ||
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Post# 641320 , Reply# 11 11/24/2012 at 18:22 (4,162 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Not referring to soil level. "Normal" being the level for regular-use cycles. "High" being the specialty/delicate-type cycles. Model GHW9400PW4, six years old. Surprised me that Bulky does not fill higher. It does run a different tumble pattern, with several longer pauses and shorter tumbles at one point shortly after fill is finished. Seems to do pretty well, even so. I've run it three times: two full-size blankets together, and two loads of rugs (mixed sizes). Bulky does not allow the Prewash option, which would been useful for the rugs. | ||
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Post# 641346 , Reply# 12 11/24/2012 at 20:31 (4,161 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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The normal "wash" level on mine covers about half of the perforated area of the drum. What's shown as "normal" in the pictures above corresponds to the normal "rinse" level on my European Duet. The shown "high" level is used on mine, I think, to wash and rinse on Bulky Items, which allows a prewash on my Duet, and on some other delicate cycles. The highest water level is achieved on Hand Wash, Perm Press cool-down and during the cool-down rinses on Bulky Items when I wash a full load of towels.
This is the highest level (towards the end of the video): CLICK HERE TO GO TO logixx's LINK | ||
| Post# 641361 , Reply# 13 11/24/2012 at 21:39 (4,161 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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| Post# 641363 , Reply# 14 11/24/2012 at 21:50 (4,161 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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Oh Dadoes
Forgot to mention. My model is the GHW9300 (or 9350) the model just under that, and there is a hidden cycle on mine which is a TRUE clean washer cycle and NOT the diagnostic test cycles.
For whatever reason, I mentioned this a long time ago and some who have these models can't get it to work....but you can try to see if it works on this one. One MINE you have to select the RINSE/SPIN cycle Then set temp to warm/cold Spin speed to low End of cycle signal to softer press extra rinse (three) or (four) times. You'll see the timer go to 45 minutes then the machine will start filling for a bit, then it will drain.....then, once drained, it will beep and on the timer it will display AB, which is add bleach. You just add 3/4 cup bleach or a clean washer tablet. On your machine, it might be different since you have extra buttons. Instead of pressing extra rinse three or four times, it might be prewash. Not sure. | ||
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Post# 641451 , Reply# 16 11/25/2012 at 08:59 (4,161 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Mark, the Bulky cycle (at least on this unit) does not include a soak period. Start of it is normal tumbling and fill. A few mins in there are a few longer pauses in the tumble pattern but then it goes back to the typical tumble/pause/tumble rhythm. Yes GHW9400 has the cleaning routine. It's outlined in the instruction manual. Unfortunate that the original owners ignored the instructions, didn't take care of it ... but that's typical. Bud, Whirlpool's design includes a flow meter. My understanding is that the water level pressure switch detects three levels: minimum/(over)suds, normal fill, overfill/flood. The electronics uses the flow meter to measure the additional fill for two higher operating levels (for the cycles and functions that use higher levels) beyond the pressure switch "normal fill" trigger point -- additional 50% and additional 150% fill by volume. This is why people attempting to adjust the pressure switch for a higher fill may get a surprise when it fills 50% and 150% beyond the adjustment. | ||
| Post# 641535 , Reply# 17 11/25/2012 at 13:29 (4,161 days old) by roscoe62 (Canada) | ||
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@DADoES So the pressure switch can't be adjusted, or it can and then affect how it tumbles the load, too much water would roll the load rather than lifting and dropping. | ||
| Post# 641633 , Reply# 18 11/25/2012 at 22:08 (4,160 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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Oh --
I tried to adjust the switch SEVERAL times. There was a forum with detailed instructions and pictures of exactly what to do. I tried and tried and I could NOT have a happy medium to save my life. There was one time after many adjustments that I thought I had it to exactly where I wanted it. The water level was about what is pictured above for the "delicate" cycle.....and it worked great for a few loads. But then I did a whitest whites cycle, and it kept filling and filling and filling and there was way too much water. It was like 3/4 up the glass and the clothes were just rolling it water. It didn't give me an error though and I let it finish doing it's thing, then I decided to adjust it back down and I haven't messed with it since. The thing that baffled me is the comments I kept reading about people successfully making the adjustment. I never could get it right, so I gave up. I still am happy with my machine and haven't thought about adjusting it in a long time. | ||
| Post# 641634 , Reply# 19 11/25/2012 at 22:12 (4,160 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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Forgot to ask
Dadoes - what does your manual give as the sequence to do a clean washer cycle? There were several on this board that has the machine you have and they couldn't get it to work on their machine. Trying everything. It didn't make sense to me that my machine would do it and they had basically the same exact machine that wouldn't. So perhaps it's a different sequence for your model than mine? I think "Matt" in Michigan was one of the ones that had the 9400 (like yours) and he couldn't get it to work. Here's the thread. It's OLD!
CLICK HERE TO GO TO mark_wpduet's LINK | ||
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Post# 641692 , Reply# 20 11/26/2012 at 08:20 (4,160 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Same sequence you've already outlined: Rinse/Spin Cycle Low Spin Softer Signal Warm/Cold Extra Rinse 4 presses It starts immediately if the door is already closed, no need to press Start. The tech sheet stashed in the machine says Kenmore Elite HE units (circa 2006) also have the cleaning cycle but a slightly different key sequence: Rinse/Spin Cycle Low Spin Warm/Cold 2nd Rinse Cycle Signal 4 presses I imagine whether a given machine has the cleaning cycle depends on the control board software revision. Regards to the Bulky cycle water level, I have a service bulletin dated Sept 2005 that addresses possible leaking on Bulky (when running a small load) for stated models GHW9250M, GHW9400P, and GHW9460P ... and serial numbers prior to CSS05 (5th week of 2005) ... those are the machines subject to the issue at that time. The fix is to change the control board, which has updated software, version number on the label ending with 2 instead of 1. Presumably serials after CSS05 already have the update. The version number on my board ends with 4, which corresponds with the engineering revision on the model number GHW9400PW4, although that doesn't necessarily mean there's always a match on that point. | ||
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Post# 641937 , Reply# 22 11/26/2012 at 23:56 (4,159 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI) |
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With the revival of the topic, I once again tried to get my older Duet into a cleaning cycle - tried both posted methods and any variation I could think of - no go. Really odd. | ||
| Post# 642015 , Reply# 24 11/27/2012 at 09:06 (4,159 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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Matt | ||
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Post# 642071 , Reply# 25 11/27/2012 at 12:36 (4,159 days old) by Logixx (Germany) |
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| Post# 642113 , Reply# 26 11/27/2012 at 15:35 (4,159 days old) by warrenkeller () | ||
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Here's my old LUX water level 
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Post# 642122 , Reply# 27 11/27/2012 at 17:15 (4,159 days old) by Logixx (Germany) |
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| Post# 642127 , Reply# 28 11/27/2012 at 17:42 (4,159 days old) by warrenkeller () | ||
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That's me fastonetime from garden web lol | ||
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Post# 642131 , Reply# 30 11/27/2012 at 18:18 (4,159 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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