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Thread Number: 16035
Well, it's not a Dyson 2-Drum, but it's just as if not more interesting!!! |
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Post# 267891 3/4/2008 at 20:03 (5,889 days old) by pulsator  (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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Post# 267892 , Reply# 1 3/4/2008 at 20:06 (5,889 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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Post# 267894 , Reply# 2 3/4/2008 at 20:09 (5,889 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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Post# 267895 , Reply# 3 3/4/2008 at 20:12 (5,889 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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| Post# 267896 , Reply# 4 3/4/2008 at 20:15 (5,889 days old) by shanonabc () | ||
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Neato! I soooo would like a Neptune TL but they have never been available in Australia and I dont want to get one shipped | ||
| Post# 267900 , Reply# 5 3/4/2008 at 20:23 (5,889 days old) by funguy10 () | ||
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Whoo! Vids?! I can't wait for that! I've always wanted to see this washer in action? You're planning on getting in a Contrarotator? | ||
| Post# 267933 , Reply# 6 3/4/2008 at 23:17 (5,889 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
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Post# 267972 , Reply# 7 3/5/2008 at 10:22 (5,888 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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Post# 267977 , Reply# 8 3/5/2008 at 10:44 (5,888 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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| Post# 267998 , Reply# 9 3/5/2008 at 13:28 (5,888 days old) by tuthill () | ||
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i can't see any water! those sure are interesting machines. | ||
| Post# 268009 , Reply# 10 3/5/2008 at 14:38 (5,888 days old) by funguy10 () | ||
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Why doesn't your camera record sound? Is it broken or is it an el-cheapo camcorder? Could you film the machine spinning? What does the machine sound like? | ||
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Post# 268019 , Reply# 11 3/5/2008 at 15:33 (5,888 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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| Post# 268021 , Reply# 12 3/5/2008 at 15:55 (5,888 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth) | ||
Children should be seen and not heard
Funguy STOP asking for videos and the such for hells sake. Your really annoying so many members here now that nobody will take any notice of you and supply you with your requests. Respect your elders and be told, 15 year olds should take on board and do as requested by their elders whenever with no ifs and buts. You have had far too many polite warnings and subtle hints for my liking so to the hard crunch. ZIP IT!
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| Post# 268023 , Reply# 13 3/5/2008 at 16:11 (5,888 days old) by shanonabc () | ||
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THANK YOU AQUARIOUS!!!! I don't believe in children should be seen and not heard... THIS IS AN EXEMPTION!!!! Funguy... You aren't fun... You are rude and annoying!!! Geez... Get a life. | ||
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Post# 268025 , Reply# 14 3/5/2008 at 16:23 (5,888 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Great video, Jamie! These are fun machines to watch - it's interesting to see the clothes move around and in and out of the "roll." Have you had any tangling and failure to spin problems? The one I had got so confounded with a load of jeans once that I had to remove the load to another machine! Have you figured out a way to make it fill with the lid open? I used a slice of plastic bowl to direct the water down into the tub - it was splasy and messy, but that's part of the fun. Have fun - G | ||
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Post# 268029 , Reply# 15 3/5/2008 at 17:27 (5,888 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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Greg, I have had some tangling issues, but nothing that didn't come undone as I was unloading the machine. And as far as failure to spin, not a problem! I have had quite a time tryng to figure out how to divert the fill however! First thing I tried was a piece of flat plastic... YIKES! Water went not only in the tub, but on the floor, ceiling, and all over the BD Kenmore next to it! Next I tried a piece of plastic with a half-inch lip around it, I managed to keep the water in and on only the Maytag Neptune TL, however, it was still spraying all over the control panel and of course, there was a stream aimed at the only seem between the panel and the top of the machine, so I took it out and gave up. I now simply close the lid so it rests on my magnets and let it fill normally, then open the lid as soon as the water shuts off. The downside to this is that I'm still getting used to when exactly it starts to spray water, it does a spray rinse going around... 200RPM? and I keep missing that and showering myself with water! So far, my only complaints are that the machine has a really hard time turning over small and medium loads and also that it does a spray rinse after the final rinse rinsing away all of my fabric softener! | ||
| Post# 268038 , Reply# 17 3/5/2008 at 19:03 (5,888 days old) by funguy10 () | ||
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Oh yeah! I have 2 user accounts on another forum whose name and URL I won't mention for security purposes and it has rules that are so stringent they are both banned permanantly for NOT POSTING ENOUGH!! | ||
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Post# 268044 , Reply# 18 3/5/2008 at 19:50 (5,888 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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Post# 268048 , Reply# 19 3/5/2008 at 20:38 (5,888 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Jamie - this is a great great great save! The repair manual to this machine is quite an interesting read - but also hints that the design was mostly original to the late 1940's patents for the same design. Thank you for posting the video as well - such a cool machine. I've often wondered what the wash action would be like if the tub were only able to fill even half way full. The wash plates may need to spin faster to build velocity in order to 'force' water through the clothes - but would be interesting none-the-less! Thanks ~ Ben CLICK HERE TO GO TO swestoyz's LINK | ||
| Post# 268055 , Reply# 20 3/5/2008 at 21:10 (5,888 days old) by davy1063 (Pennsylvania) | ||
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Hey Jamie! Really Sweet That is pretty incredible. So, if you don't add water, can you use it to knead pizza dough or salt water taffy? Congratulations on a great find. So now that you have the Neptune TL, you won't need a Calypso (ducks and runs). (That's an inside joke between me and Jamie.) | ||
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Post# 268061 , Reply# 21 3/5/2008 at 21:26 (5,888 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Awwwww, Jamie you got the Neptune! Congratulations, and great video by the way. What I did was I put a thick piece of rubber through the lid to stop the splashing and direct the water downward into the tub. I did need a dish towel around the top to get the last bit of water that did spray up. Funguy, cut it out right now, you rudeness does get annoying. Good thing for you I look at the modern forum once every few weeks. Now hows about this? From this point on you're not allowed to ask anyone here for videos until you post some washer videos of your own. Got it? Don't let me catch you askin' again (I have a sneaky little techie way of checking every post you make), otherwise, its not gonna be pretty. Hmmmmph. | ||
| Post# 268066 , Reply# 22 3/5/2008 at 21:34 (5,888 days old) by shanonabc () | ||
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Does the Neptune TL tumble both ways or just one way? From what I have seen on the maytag site it looks only one way... Does it tangle muchlie? | ||
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Post# 268070 , Reply# 23 3/5/2008 at 21:54 (5,888 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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I took some pics of the 2 water levels it has, the water looks shallower in the pics than it really is. Here is the low water level, used on the normal wash cycles, it's about 4 inches deep, the tub is only 16 inches deep. This water level is high enough that medium loads have a very hard time getting turned over and small loads simply float on top unturned.
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Post# 268071 , Reply# 24 3/5/2008 at 21:59 (5,888 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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Post# 268073 , Reply# 25 3/5/2008 at 22:02 (5,888 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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| Post# 268075 , Reply# 26 3/5/2008 at 22:10 (5,888 days old) by shanonabc () | ||
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So it is best for bigger loads rather than smaller ones? | ||
| Post# 268076 , Reply# 27 3/5/2008 at 22:13 (5,888 days old) by toggleswitch1 () | ||
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oh junior, I'm ecstatic for you! Very cool machine. Thanks for posting! | ||
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Post# 268077 , Reply# 28 3/5/2008 at 22:20 (5,888 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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Post# 268078 , Reply# 29 3/5/2008 at 22:33 (5,888 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT) |
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Jaime | ||
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Post# 268110 , Reply# 30 3/6/2008 at 07:27 (5,887 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Maytag, Performance You Can Depend On!!!
Nice one Jamie, I bet you didnt sleep the night that came in!!!you know the more I see this machine the more you can (IMHO) understand what the designers/engineers where trying to do, when you see it wash empty its all the makings nearly of a front loader wash action, where is the jet that keeps spraying all over etc?? enjoy, Mike | ||
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Post# 268121 , Reply# 31 3/6/2008 at 08:23 (5,887 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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Post# 268227 , Reply# 32 3/7/2008 at 05:21 (5,886 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 268259 , Reply# 34 3/7/2008 at 10:36 (5,886 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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The discs don't take up a whole lot of room in the machine, the indentation around the sprial on them them is quite deep. The machine is rated at 3.5 cubic feet, but I think it's a lot bigger than that, a queen sized comforter that would not fit in my dad's Whirlpool Duet washer fit in this machine without any problem and got very well cleaned too! The machine balances itself pretty well, the discs aren't a problem because they are exactly opposite eachother. The discs are also perforated to extract any water from the clothes laying against the discs during spin. I'm not certain about the spin speed, I believe my machine has a top speed of 900 RPM and the LCD model has a top speed of 1,000 RPM. | ||
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