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Thread Number: 63922
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
New kenmore elite HE5T set |
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Post# 864967 , Reply# 1 1/31/2016 at 18:04 (3,000 days old) by gansky1  (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 865013 , Reply# 2 1/31/2016 at 23:39 (3,000 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
I think these are Basically the older generation
Whirlpool Duet's made to "Sears specifications", right?
If these are in good condition and taken care of like you say, if it's anything like my Duet pair delivered April '05, you will get several more years out of them. Oh, and my dryer is a squeak too and yes, sometimes it takes FOREVER to decide to spin, but it's always successful. Make sure it's plugged into a good working surge protector. I think I remember some of the Sears machines had a skincare rinse and I always wondered if that rinse was just an additional rinse of if it used more water. I remember these and LOVE the color and design. | ||
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Post# 865087 , Reply# 3 2/1/2016 at 16:02 (2,999 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Congrats on the *new* He5T pair, yes a very nice pair and color! I have the same thing in blue, but the final year (2009) version I bought new in 2010.
I use the "Express Wash" cycle all the time instead of the "normal" because it uses more water for the wash. The program I set as "My Cycle" and use all the time is: Speed Wash (more water), Heavy Soil (normal wash time) & Extra Rinse (total of 3), complete cycle time usually 54-55 minutes.
Enjoy!
Kevin 
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Post# 865171 , Reply# 5 2/2/2016 at 10:14 (2,998 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Actually the clothes get just as wet, meaning completely saturated with water regardless of what cycle is used. The only difference is there's a little more standing water in the tub with the "express wash" cycle. When you use express wash, do you also select "heavy soil"? If you don't the wash time is only like 5 minutes. Heavy soil is 18 mins I believe.
I don't usually have heavily soiled loads, daily light to medium soil is more the norm. Occasionally I do have heavier soil to deal with, but have never had any issues with cleaning performance.
Tumble power for XL loads? It's the same on for Express wash as any other cycle. I regularly wash larger loads.... 16 pairs of shorts plus 2 or 3 t-shirts in one load. Or 15-16 cotton, button front short sleeve work shirts. Or 8 to 12 bath towels (VERY heavy when wet) and it has never had any trouble tumbling during any part of the cycle. Now trying to balance for a spin however, that's a different story entirely, LOL.
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Post# 865199 , Reply# 6 2/2/2016 at 12:24 (2,998 days old) by Gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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My HE4t set - in blue. Saw them on CL and had to have that color. I knew the water levels went down after this 4 series but it's startling to see how much.
Pic 2 is Normal cycle level, 3 is Express and 4 is Bulky/Bedding. | ||
| Post# 865201 , Reply# 7 2/2/2016 at 13:00 (2,998 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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I think in 2005
when I got my Duet - the He3t's were the latest available at the time. It wasn't too long after that the H34t's started becoming available.....
anyway - here's what my normal looks like, but so does whitest whites, heavy duty, sanitary - they all look this same level.. soak and delicate use a little more... I don't have bulky on mine :( - if I did I would probably use it all the time.
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Post# 865202 , Reply# 8 2/2/2016 at 13:00 (2,998 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Wow Greg, that's interesting how much more water the previous generation uses, makes sense though. The normal and express water levels look to be the same, but that bulky cycle, WOW that's a good amount of water!!! I'll bet that bulky cycle will do great with a load of towels!
Side note, I was over at Richies house last week and the "towels" cycle on his new LG's use a lot more water too, not quite as much as your "bulky", but a LOT more than mine!
The only thing I don't like about the bulky cycle, at least on mine, is how max spin speed is limited to medium. But then you can always re-spin at a nigher speed.
Mark - That's a great water level too, nice that it's the same for the majority of the cycles!
Kevin | ||
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Post# 865207 , Reply# 9 2/2/2016 at 14:03 (2,998 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Soak cycle is same level as Bulky/Bedding on mine too. Probably same/similar water levels to Mark's earlier version. I had that same model and haven't seen the difference in water levels in the Blue Boy. I love the soak cycle on these, 25-35 minutes of high water level (to the top of drum edge/boot at door) and alternating tumble & soaking. I've started the express cycle after the soak to finish with a quick wash then spinning and rinsing as desired with options. Bulky on mine is limited to medium spin speed as well, default is ex-low speed. | ||
| Post# 865326 , Reply# 10 2/3/2016 at 10:54 (2,997 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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Isn't that the most
pitiful amount of water in the normal cycle that you have EVER SEEN? OH M G - but you said the clothes get wet enough that they can't get any wetter (lol). Surely the rinses in the normal cycle are deeper than that at least. I would hope so
I have never really sat in front of the machine to see how it works - although I did when I first got it. From all the years of washing - happening to be in the laundry room while it's on the first, second or extra rinse, it looks like it uses the SAME amount of water (when I say same amount) I mean, after the load has saturated and the machine is satisfied. All rinses are the same on almost all cycles... Oddly enough, there is a cycle on mine called rinse/spin and it looks like it uses a little more water than the rises on the washing cycles. I dunno why. but I have been so happy with this machine over the years - seeing as how I'm the only one who has ever touched the machine, it still looks NEW and it's almost 11 years old.... Over the years reading of spider failures from aluminum spiders, control panel failures (I actually experienced that one during year 2), I would Sure this machine would have been long dead by now - but so far, not even as much as a squeak from it. The He3 | ||
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Post# 865332 , Reply# 11 2/3/2016 at 11:17 (2,997 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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The water level in mine varies greatly: it can be as low as the Normal Cycle picture Kevin posted, to as high as almost reaching the drum bearing on the rinse of Bulky Itmes and other delicate cyles. It all depends on the amount of water taken in to saturate the load and reach the programmed level during the first wash.
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