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Post# 150112 , Reply# 2   8/23/2006 at 13:44 (6,426 days old) by zipdang (Portland, OR)   |   | |
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Mine did that occasionally, too. The only thing that concerned me is that it drained on high speed, and if I had selected a low spin speed (mine had a seperate speed selector control) then that meant it would spin at high speed for a couple of minutes before it stopped and started again in low speed. That really only mattered if I was washing things I didn't want to stretch or wrinkle, and may not be an issue for you.
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Post# 150115 , Reply# 3   8/23/2006 at 14:04 (6,426 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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The original direct-drive design didn't have neutral drain. They ALWAYS did a spin-drain. On Delicate or Perm Press the spin-drain would be 2 mins at high speed, then it'd switch to low for the remainder of the spin time. I'm thinking one reason the design was modified for neutral drain was to deal with the high spin - low spin delicates situation. Maybe there were some complaints from people who actually monitored what their washers did, LOL. |
Post# 150155 , Reply# 4   8/23/2006 at 16:55 (6,426 days old) by zipdang (Portland, OR)   |   | |
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I recall the first Whirlpool-made direct-drives having tub guards, like the Design 2000 and the 24" wide Kenmores. I guessed that was because they did a spin-drain. Why would they have bothered to change it? Was it less complicated to change the design to a neutral drain and keep it in high speed, versus doing a spin-drain in the selected spin speed (like Maytags or Filer-Flos)?
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