Thread Number: 60949
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
The Vibrating Washer - Update |
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Post# 835687 , Reply# 1   8/8/2015 at 13:14 (3,177 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Just checked Consumer Reports online---your Whirlpool is rated only 'Good' for resistance to vibration. CR recommends that only washers rated 'Very Good' or 'Excellent' should be used in second floor installations.
In CR-speak, 'Good' means not-so-good. I think using the word 'Good' for a grade that is basically a C- is misleading, but that's the term they use. My 2010 Frigidaire front-loader is also rated only 'Good' for resistance to vibration, but it sits on a cement floor, so it's as steady as a surgeon's hand. It would probably vibrate/shake considerably installed upstairs in the kitchen. |
Post# 835733 , Reply# 2   8/8/2015 at 21:30 (3,177 days old) by washerdude (Canada )   |   | |
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The vibration is not at all bad anymore. It barly moved today during the load we did. I'll have a video up soon of it spinning empty. |
Post# 835739 , Reply# 3   8/8/2015 at 22:31 (3,177 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 835902 , Reply# 4   8/10/2015 at 12:33 (3,175 days old) by washerdude (Canada )   |   | |
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Post# 835915 , Reply# 5   8/10/2015 at 13:33 (3,175 days old) by washerdude (Canada )   |   | |
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Should add that in the video it is spinning empty at its full speeed at 1200rpm and almost no vibrations. |
Post# 835919 , Reply# 6   8/10/2015 at 14:12 (3,175 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 839101 , Reply# 8   9/1/2015 at 20:32 (3,153 days old) by dartman (Portland Oregon)   |   | |
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Probably some kind of rock/cement board put down to properly back the cement mastic they stick the tiles down with, and the thickness of the mud used. Sounds like they tried to do the tile work properly when the house was built. |
Post# 839102 , Reply# 9   9/1/2015 at 20:36 (3,153 days old) by alr2903 (TN)   |   | |
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"wonder board", around here anyway. |