Thread Number: 59624
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Kenmore Elite Fail? |
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Post# 822302   5/6/2015 at 19:08 (3,248 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 822303 , Reply# 1   5/6/2015 at 19:12 (3,248 days old) by lakewebsterkid (Dayton, Ohio)   |   | |
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Now that would cause an explosion with a heavy load! All that tangling too! I am sure that I will never own one of these machines. |
Post# 822305 , Reply# 2   5/6/2015 at 19:29 (3,248 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 822318 , Reply# 4   5/6/2015 at 21:33 (3,248 days old) by criswan (South Bend)   |   | |
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If this were a Speed Queen they would just tell you "it'll work itself out." Lol. I would be curious to see the outcome from this mishap. Seems to me that with all the plastic gears etc. in direct drive machines this could happen in almost any modern machine. |
Post# 822329 , Reply# 6   5/6/2015 at 23:36 (3,248 days old) by washingpowder (NYC)   |   | |
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I think, looking at the control panel, it was the Rinse & Spin. Wouldn't such an idea cause a massive out-of-balance? |
Post# 822331 , Reply# 7   5/6/2015 at 23:48 (3,248 days old) by murando531 (Augusta, Georgia - US)   |   | |
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I still am not entirely familiar with how LGs top-loaders work as far as switching from agitate to spin. I believe the new Whirlpool Cabrio machines now have a similar system, somehow locking the tub and agitator together without an actual mode switcher like the VMW, or a floating basket like the previous Oasis/F&P machines. From a few videos you can hear a faint electrical humming sound whenever they start to turn the basket, so I assume it's some kind of electromagnet doohicky. I wonder if that's what suddenly failed or misbehaved???
But I'm also confused... aren't the LG top-loaders Direct Drives?? If that's the case, how did the basket continue to spin while the wash plate stayed perfectly still? I'd think that the rotor was stopped dead and that the basket was just coasting down slowly, but it seemed to continue spinning at the same rate... Things that make your head itch.... |
Post# 822335 , Reply# 8   5/7/2015 at 00:18 (3,248 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 822339 , Reply# 9   5/7/2015 at 01:56 (3,248 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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Interesting---that DD washer motor makes me think of the DD motor in a Technics TT!!And if soda is spilled in the Technics motor and board--the TT oscillates just as in a washer! |
Post# 822345 , Reply# 10   5/7/2015 at 03:28 (3,248 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 822346 , Reply# 11   5/7/2015 at 04:01 (3,248 days old) by Gpevas (Parma Heights Ohio )   |   | |
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Post# 822394 , Reply# 13   5/7/2015 at 10:17 (3,248 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))   |   | |
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That video made me think of the Dyson CR washers. What a geniusly over-engeniered design they were. However, I'm verry suprised this only happend at higher speed and verry sudden. I guess the centrifugal forces somehow dislogged the washplate part of the gear system. That noise was terrible. |
Post# 822427 , Reply# 14   5/7/2015 at 11:44 (3,248 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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You know, I wondered if the normal operation of this model was to pause at the 6 minute mark before ramping up to top speed spin. Maybe to validate balance again. It is unusual, since the drive is on the wash plate and the tub is just interlocked for the ride. It is also interesting to note that there is no error detected on the machine's part. At least none displayed to the end user.
Wonder if the owner is having difficulty getting service out of Sears/LG... hence the video. Malcolm |
Post# 822513 , Reply# 15   5/8/2015 at 02:13 (3,247 days old) by Gpevas (Parma Heights Ohio )   |   | |
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Post# 822516 , Reply# 16   5/8/2015 at 04:26 (3,247 days old) by jkbff (Happy Rock, ND)   |   | |
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Post# 822548 , Reply# 17   5/8/2015 at 08:44 (3,247 days old) by Practigal ()   |   | |
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That was a really interesting article on plastic gears. I wonder how long it will be before we can print our own replacement parts? |
Post# 822549 , Reply# 18   5/8/2015 at 08:56 (3,247 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA)   |   | |
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Do we know where that video came from? I would love to see what happened to cause this. |
Post# 822576 , Reply# 19   5/8/2015 at 11:21 (3,247 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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