Thread Number: 14819
New GE Top Load Hydrowave Washers |
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Post# 251376 , Reply# 1   11/30/2007 at 22:55 (5,991 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 251387 , Reply# 2   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,839 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 251389 , Reply# 3   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,839 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 251399 , Reply# 4   12/1/2007 at 02:40 (5,991 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Whirlpool's Resource Saver washer was a recirculating system, like the Catalyst pre-treating cycle on TOL models. It uses a diverter valve and the machine's pump to recirculate water through the clothes while spinning slowly. The reports I heard were pretty good but the machine was a bit ahead of it's time.
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Post# 251436 , Reply# 7   12/1/2007 at 06:50 (5,991 days old) by funguy10 ()   |   | |
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Could you link to it on GE's website? |
Post# 251439 , Reply# 8   12/1/2007 at 06:57 (5,991 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 251446 , Reply# 10   12/1/2007 at 07:11 (5,991 days old) by funguy10 ()   |   | |
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Foraloysius, I think that machine has been out for a while. I also heard hey are kind of crap. Yes Whirlpool did do that a few years back. It was the Calypso washer. It washed great and it rinsed... not so great. |
Post# 251454 , Reply# 11   12/1/2007 at 08:16 (5,991 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 251462 , Reply# 14   12/1/2007 at 09:36 (5,991 days old) by funguy10 ()   |   | |
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I already posted a pic of the white one. So here is the "Titanium" colored one. |
Post# 251467 , Reply# 17   12/1/2007 at 09:40 (5,991 days old) by funguy10 ()   |   | |
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Finally here is a picture of the black machine. As you can tell by all this, I highly doubt the two machines are both Harmonies. |
Post# 251487 , Reply# 19   12/1/2007 at 13:01 (5,991 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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FunGuy, the Calypso, Catalyst, and Resource Saver are three different machines. The Resource Saver was introduced in 1996 and ran a standard agitator-action wash, but did a series of spin-spray rinses. Quoted from the service supplement: The Resource Saver Spray Rinse washer is designed to successfully wash clothes with approximately 35% to 47% less water by using a series of "spray rinses" rather than a "deep rinse" with commonly used in other conventional washers.It had three timer cycles -- Normal wash (which includes the spray rinse sequences), a Soak/Pre-wash cycle which ended with a spin but no rinse, and a separate Rinse & Spin cycle that did a traditional deep-fill rinse or could be used for spin-only. |
Post# 251489 , Reply# 20   12/1/2007 at 13:09 (5,991 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 251507 , Reply# 21   12/1/2007 at 15:10 (5,991 days old) by funguy10 ()   |   | |
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You know, I think you are right. They might both be Harmonies but with different control panels. Also DADoeS, do you have more info on the Whirlpool Resource Saver washer or know where I can get more? |
Post# 251510 , Reply# 22   12/1/2007 at 15:52 (5,991 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 251529 , Reply# 24   12/1/2007 at 19:19 (5,990 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Calypsos do several different kinds of rinsing actions, in various combinations or sequences depending on the selected cycle. There may be as many as seven water changes (fills or flushes). Remember the famous Whirlpool Seven Rinses! There may be a brief drain and a bleach flush refill as a pseudo-rinse to start it off .. depending on the cycle selected. The 2nd rinse fill typically also flushes the bleach dispenser. Fresh water spray of a couple minutes duration with the pump in drain mode while the basket rotates at 60 RPM. Fill while the pump recirculates and the basket rotates at 60 RPM ... which segues into nutation. Fill accompanied by recirculation and nutation. Nutation may continue for a programmed period after fill is complete, or it may be a very brief rinse with the machine going into drain after a few seconds. The final filled rinse during which the softener dispenser flush occurs has the highest water level of any cycle phase. The final spin may have a fresh water spray at 400 or 500 RPM. Lotsa rinsing! |
Post# 251568 , Reply# 26   12/2/2007 at 00:58 (5,990 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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Nobody on this site has been able to answer my questions as to why GE washers, when their tubs are shaken from side to side (i do this in the stores) makes awful metallic grinding and sqeaking noises. That cannot be a good sound, and poor sign of quality. Do these HydroWave machines (which seem quite expensive) have the same shit suspension? |
Post# 251625 , Reply# 29   12/2/2007 at 11:16 (5,990 days old) by funguy10 ()   |   | |
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Are you new here? Welcome to the Discuss-O-Mat. And I've known for this whole thread that the other machine was not the GE Harmony. I think it is a GE-Branded version of the Haier Genesis washer. |
Post# 251627 , Reply# 30   12/2/2007 at 11:20 (5,990 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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Post# 251792 , Reply# 33   12/3/2007 at 10:44 (5,989 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 251806 , Reply# 35   12/3/2007 at 12:02 (5,989 days old) by funguy10 ()   |   | |
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So that machine is the HydroWash. Could you post pictures of the HydroWave so I can see it? The GE Appliances website does not seem to list it yet. |
Post# 251871 , Reply# 37   12/3/2007 at 20:21 (5,988 days old) by funguy10 ()   |   | |
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Oh! That's it! I heard those machines are crap. Loud, shaky spins, transmission and motor problems, the list goes on and on. |
Post# 251886 , Reply# 38   12/3/2007 at 21:35 (5,988 days old) by andrewinorlando ()   |   | |
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Since these machines don't have transmissions, I'd be curious to know how they have transmission problems? |