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Thread Number: 48923
Speed Queen current line up in production through 2018 |
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| Post# 708563 , Reply# 1 10/11/2013 at 09:10 (3,843 days old) by washman (o) | ||
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How did you manage to get a response? I emailed them from their website AND their FB page. No reply. Thanks for the info though! 
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| Post# 708592 , Reply# 2 10/11/2013 at 11:46 (3,843 days old) by mtn1584 (USA) | ||
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I don't know, maybe because I told them that my family has three sets of the AWN542 model and matching dryer. Myself, my mother, and my brother. Mike | ||
| Post# 708653 , Reply# 3 10/11/2013 at 17:00 (3,843 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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Post# 708676 , Reply# 4 10/11/2013 at 18:08 (3,843 days old) by Yogitunes  (New Jersey) |
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seems pretty vague of an answer.....yes, they will still make them, with added 'modifications'....
and better water use?.....don't like the sound of that....they were already forced to reduce the water level, which can be adjusted back up....as long as that feature is available were good, but if newer models dont allow it, then were screwed!.... | ||
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Post# 708678 , Reply# 5 10/11/2013 at 18:14 (3,843 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 708679 , Reply# 6 10/11/2013 at 18:21 (3,843 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 708864 , Reply# 7 10/12/2013 at 19:30 (3,842 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Future SQ TL Washers There will be big changes in these washers in the next two years in terms water temperature and rinsing systems, and sorry Eugene the TL SQs are very unlikely to last 50 years, I have never heard anyone @ SQ make that claim, 50 years is the design limit for the FLers. The TLers will probably only last 10-30 years depending on many different usage factors.
The TL models are not only very difficult to repair when you have main seal and transmission problems, But also expensive, I predict that most TL SQs will be trashed if they develop these problems, especially when the 10 year transmission warranty is gone. The FL machines on the other hand are relatively easy to replace main bearings and seals in. | ||
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Post# 708874 , Reply# 9 10/12/2013 at 20:53 (3,842 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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John-- I was being silly and exaggerating when I said it would last 50 years. But you think their front-loaders can actually reach the half-century mark? That's pretty impressive. Is the top-loader's shorter life expectancy due to the tub seal? One more question: Do the new Speed Queen top-loaders have the same Arc-Q-Matic transmissions that were found in the McGraw-Edison washers?
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Post# 708882 , Reply# 10 10/12/2013 at 21:30 (3,842 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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the tranny on the new ones do offer the 210 degree stroke, but is a whole different design than the Arc-Q-Matic 210.......a shame too, this original tranny offered a power stroke with that design, something that is missing in the new design...
did you see Dan's thread and videos on changing out that agitator with a ramped design from a Westinghouse? here's one of his videos... CLICK HERE TO GO TO Yogitunes's LINK | ||
| Post# 708957 , Reply# 11 10/13/2013 at 06:37 (3,842 days old) by Washman (o) | ||
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Did a little research on the SQ transmissions. I learned that the copyright and patent expired on both the ArcQ Matic AND the Eversmooth designs. If you can save the image I attached, in this old ad there is a pic of the AcrQMatic transmission. 
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Post# 708971 , Reply# 12 10/13/2013 at 08:20 (3,841 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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the good and bad of the two trannies is the first ArcQMatic was similar to many designs in aspect of this was for agitation only, and then there was the spin drive seperate......did not hear too much of them ever failing, and good thing too, they are B*#@H to get out!
in the new EverSmooth, its all in one, agitation and spin are from the same mechanism.... granted they are all metal gear designs.... | ||
| Post# 708974 , Reply# 13 10/13/2013 at 08:25 (3,841 days old) by Washman (o) | ||
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Yogitunes do you have any pics of the old style separate transmission and fluid drive anyplace? 
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Post# 709006 , Reply# 14 10/13/2013 at 12:11 (3,841 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Current SQ TL Washer Transmissions Are all metal, BUT they use a lot of aluminum including some aluminum gears, and they have aluminum wearing against aluminum which has never been considered good engineering. When you open a used SQ transmission the oil looks like aluminum paste and having both a bottom oil seal exposed to all the metal in the oil and a top seal exposed to possible contamination from water these transmissions not a super long lasting design. | ||
| Post# 709018 , Reply# 15 10/13/2013 at 12:38 (3,841 days old) by JeffG () | ||
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Given the choice between aluminum and plastic, choose aluminum. :) | ||
| Post# 709055 , Reply# 18 10/13/2013 at 15:33 (3,841 days old) by JeffG () | ||
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That's not a big load, that's a ridiculous load. The bedspread should be (and would be in most households) washed separately. | ||
| Post# 709078 , Reply# 19 10/13/2013 at 17:32 (3,841 days old) by Washman (o) | ||
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I know JeffG I know. Same beadspread was also washed in the GE along with sheets. Still has yet to drop a thread or split a seam. LL Bean does make good bedding for sure. | ||
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Post# 709088 , Reply# 20 10/13/2013 at 18:00 (3,841 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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depends on the bulk of the load.....and of course the machine......
I have quilts, not puffed comforters.....so for example in the FL Neptunes, yeah, I would wash the whole bedding(quilt, sheets, and pillowcases) in one load, wether if it was a king, queen, or twin size... this same thing would fit in the SQ just the same....granted not all machines can handle this type of load well... | ||
| Post# 709117 , Reply# 21 10/13/2013 at 19:24 (3,841 days old) by JeffG () | ||
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IMO it's got more to do with cleaning requrements than load size. I mean I can't remember the last time I washed sheets in something other than hot water, sometimes with LCB etc, meanwhile I don't think I've ever washed a bedspread in hot water. | ||
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Post# 709121 , Reply# 22 10/13/2013 at 19:52 (3,841 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Aluminum Gears Plastic gears will outlast aluminum gears any day, remember every MT AW washer ever built had at least one plastic gear in the transmission and they never had problems with the plastic gears, WP also used one plastic gear in their DD washers and I have never seen one of these fail. To my knowledge GE never used any plastic gears in any AW washer they built, Norge did however but it was never the gears that failed, LOL.
The current SQ TL washers are very good machines and we sell at least a few every week, BUT they are nowhere as good at turning over a big load as the WP-KM washers with a dual action agitator, I always feel bad when we haul away a WP built DD washer and install a new SQ TLer, not only is the agitation poorer for large loads but they also leave the clothing less clean and well rinsed because they spin all the dirty through the clothing as they drain. | ||
| Post# 709126 , Reply# 23 10/13/2013 at 20:18 (3,841 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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a true washer
i would say what ever the brand of washer there should be a way to save energy without changing the water temp coming in the washer like for exemple this vintge washer where like hot water enter hot if hot water temp is selected same for warm water and same for cold and this also go for a warm water rinse if the washer has a warm rinse water temp
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| Post# 709129 , Reply# 24 10/13/2013 at 20:24 (3,841 days old) by Washman (o) | ||
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Combo52 Maytag and I think some Frigidaires spun rinsed as well. Nevertheless, I believe my laundry is just as clean in the SQ as it was in the GE profile. The GE gave 14 years of good service, but when it died, it was an expensive death for sure. 
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| Post# 713224 , Reply# 25 11/4/2013 at 19:26 (3,819 days old) by Washman (o) | ||
Here's one showing good rollover
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Post# 713229 , Reply# 26 11/4/2013 at 19:43 (3,819 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Energy Savings
Again the United States when it comes to laundry washing machines and to an extent dishwashers are now putting a laser focus on the cost to heat the water that goes into the machine.
Traditional top loading washing machines use the most water of any domestic laundry and or other appliance. The only way to get that usage down is to either use cooler water temps, and or less water period. On the other side of the pond though washing machines long have heated their own water there is still the problem of energy consumption. Leaving aside the UK and Scandinavian countries with access to North Sea petrol reserves there isn't much of that in Europe. Electric power generation must then come from other natural sources (coal or whatever else can be burned) or nuclear. | ||
| Post# 713983 , Reply# 27 11/8/2013 at 18:47 (3,815 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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Post# 714259 , Reply# 28 11/9/2013 at 20:59 (3,814 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA) |
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Post# 721699 , Reply# 31 12/17/2013 at 19:45 (3,776 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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