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Thread Number: 14844
Aqualtis distribution and spin - clever! |
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| Post# 251610 , Reply# 1 12/2/2007 at 09:12 (5,986 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
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Post# 251614 , Reply# 2 12/2/2007 at 09:43 (5,986 days old) by pulsator  (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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My Miele steps up the spin speed gradually rather than pulsing or bursting into full speed. Depending on the load, it will change how it works. On small loads, it will just burst into full speed because there isn't very much water coming out of the clothes that the pump needs to catch up with. However, with a large load, it will go into a slow speed (~400RPM?), then once the pump has caught up it will increase a couple hundred (~600RPM) and let the pump catch before increasing yet again, it does this until it reaches 1,000 RPM which is full speed for the interim spins, but for the final, after the pump has caught up with the 1,000RPM, it'll take off into full speed! The spin only cycle however seems to just take off to full speed and leave the pump in the dust for a while... Kinda looks like a distributing Milnor while the pump struggles for a minute or so!
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Post# 251616 , Reply# 3 12/2/2007 at 10:29 (5,986 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Spins
The Maytag Asko starts to spin up to 1200rpm then cuts out to pump away the water, does one distribute tumble then starts the main spin, all in all its timed for 12 mins, 9 mins for the full spin no stopping... Its interesting to hear about the Aqualtis, I`m sure we will see a return to best practice, these features are nothing new in front loaders, Hotpoint UK where the first to have an 1100rpm fast spin machine back in 1970, 8 yrs earlier than Hoover and others, Servis UK machine always had large cast iron weights on the drum top and under the drum, and also a protective cast weight around the motor to weigh the machine stable.... I think the Aqualtis will be Hotpoints saving grace, a machine to be proud of. Can you tell me on the cotton programmes does it do a spin after the wash?? | ||
| Post# 251918 , Reply# 8 12/4/2007 at 04:51 (5,985 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
My Aqualtis 1200 is different
Hi all I bought an Aqualtis at the very beginning of this year and it seems to faff a bit on interim rinse spins. It goes into distribution then tends to stop and redistribute everything until it's balanced (which can take a few attempts) and then does a short burst at 400. It then slows down and holds the clothes at the sides on distribution for about a minute. What really bugs me though it that after that distribution, instead of going into spin again it stops and re distributes everything and does all those attempts at balancing again. The sequence is - Short burst 400, distribute and re balance Longer burst 400/600, distribute and re balance Gradual increase to about 1000 for about a minute then end I just wish the gaps between the above weren't so long and once it gets it balanced at the beginning does it really need to re balance again. The timesaver does not cut this down. Hopefully this has changed with the later machines as talked about above. Having said that apart from the pump it's lovely and quiet and pretty stable. On the whole I'm pleased with it and have had no problems Rob | ||
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Post# 253208 , Reply# 11 12/10/2007 at 05:53 (5,979 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Hotpoint
Which Aqualtis 1600rpm do you have ?? the AQGD169S or the AQXXD169?? Does the squeak happen more on small loads or full to capacity?? Can you open the door to add clothes once the machine has started?? and if so does it pump out all the water?? or only pump out if the water is above the door?? Cheers, Mike | ||
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