Thread Number: 71503
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
New commercial Maytag TL and dryer |
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Post# 946185   7/1/2017 at 08:07 (2,488 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Right off the truck Tue 6-27, 3 current Maygag (not a typo) toploaders, one frontloader, 4 dryers. Early observations:
One TL already has 'out of order' sign on it; infamous Maygag coin rejector.
The one I caught running, lady pushed "hot" and "eco". Water was stone cold, all 3 gallons of it. Took as long to fill with a puddle as the old ones took to fill all the way. Good thing she only put a couple shirts in it. Hope she wasn't counting on getting them rinsed.
Possible the installer reversed the hoses, but they 'did' test them and should have caught that. For that matter, isn't 'wrong temp' supposed to throw an error message?
The instructions are scant. There is a 'heavy' cycle that takes twice as long, but the guy said that, the lid didn't. Panel does say 'deep fill' on the non-eco cycles, have to see what that amounts to.
One dryer was running. Unbelieveably LOUD. ROARing. If you had one of these in or near your kitchen, you couldn't hear the phone, kids, TV, flatware in the disposer, NOTHING. If all 4 were running, we're talking threshold of hearing damage. Unless you fled the room in anguish first.
So now, did I misinterpret the marketing? Isn't Maygag the top-line, and the commercial model the best of the best? With the same gutless coin-slot the old ones had. Harrumph and scoff!
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Post# 946238 , Reply# 1   7/1/2017 at 16:43 (2,488 days old) by chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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Post# 946248 , Reply# 2   7/1/2017 at 17:44 (2,488 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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I otta getta cam, cheap ones are cheap these days. Agi is low-profile, reminiscent of wringers from days of yore. Deep tub, slender diameter.
Dryer #1 is defective. Caught D #4 running and it was quiet.
Coindrop in TL2 is defective. No spring return on the button.
Caught cycle end on the FL, pool of suds standing in boot. She had run extended cycle but did not select extra rinse option. Unknown detergent type/brand/dose. |
Post# 946252 , Reply# 3   7/1/2017 at 18:20 (2,488 days old) by chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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Post# 946308 , Reply# 4   7/2/2017 at 03:26 (2,487 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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2 defects out of 8 machines, 25% failure rate out of the box. That's abysmal.
Not counting the suds residue. Most all machines under-rinse, and no telling how much of what she dumped in there. It was a Bobette load and she probly overestimated the soil level.
Unlike the Neptunes where one hasn't any chance of judging/adjusting detergent dose, these do have a 'window'. However, in classic style-over-function design, the view through the inner glass is obfuscated by a smoked-plastic outer decoration. And of course, door is locked PERIOD, though water level is well below window/gasket.
I'll have to try a flashlight through the smoke. Then one would start with a minimal dose, add if needed through the drawer, and chase it through the plumbing with a gallon jug. I've done that with my ElectroFrigiWhite; at least the view is unobstructed.
Maybe I should postscript that these washers are not my problem. I use a 4yo Chinese twintub. Bit of a chore, but get exactly the results I want. |