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Thread Number: 1668
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| Post# 61498 3/28/2005 at 12:19 (6,960 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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Do modern Whirlpool built top loading washers still do the neutral drain? I haven't used a Whirlpool since our Imperial died in 1978. Just wondering, Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
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Post# 61501 , Reply# 1 3/28/2005 at 12:45 (6,960 days old) by coldspot66  (Plymouth, Mass) |
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Yes Sir, they do still neutral drain, or they are supposed to anyway! Glad you are recovering well! You were missed around here! | ||
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Post# 61502 , Reply# 2 3/28/2005 at 12:49 (6,960 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Yes, they do. The first direct-drive machines had a spin-drain. A couple years or so after that, the transmission was revised to provide a neutral drain. It's built-in to the tranny design. When the motor runs one direction for agitation, it presets the tranny for neutral drain. The motor pauses then reverses for spin . . but it doesn't spin, it neutral drains. The motor pauses again and restarts in the reverse direction, and spin is triggered. There MUST be the second pause and restart to trigger spin.
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Post# 61523 , Reply# 3 3/28/2005 at 18:17 (6,960 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Why would a Kenmore DD have neutral drain after agitate,but not after rinse? I picked one up the other day that is exhibiting such symptoms.It has neutral drain after it agitates in wash,like normal,but after rinse agitation,it goes into a spin,stops like it's supposed to,and then continues to spin. kennyGF | ||
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Post# 61526 , Reply# 5 3/28/2005 at 18:37 (6,960 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 61547 , Reply# 7 3/29/2005 at 00:19 (6,960 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York) |
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My machine does it all the time after the wash cycle unless the first wash of the day is heavy duty. I feel that the tranny oil is too thick causing the tranny to misbehave. Once she is fired up with the first load on HD she is sweet as pie in all the other cycles. I know that the above statement is not true, but that's how I feel. | ||
| Post# 61577 , Reply# 8 3/29/2005 at 10:15 (6,959 days old) by agiflow () | ||
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My DD will go right into spin if set between low and medium water levels. It sometimes does it with a full load,but the only concern i have is losing the fabric softener. | ||
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Post# 61609 , Reply# 10 3/29/2005 at 15:09 (6,959 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 61620 , Reply# 11 3/29/2005 at 16:31 (6,959 days old) by jaxsunst () | ||
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My DD Kenmore does the same thing sometimes, complete with the sound effect :-) I have also noticed that when it started to neutral drain, it spins the agitator one complete turn. | ||
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Post# 61660 , Reply# 12 3/29/2005 at 21:53 (6,959 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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MY 1986 LK has done this for quite some time. Initially it started sporadically, but as time wwent on, it increased in its frequency. Kinda along the lines of Larry's comment, I will run it on high-speed spin for 6 minutes. Then when I do my first load, on kint as usual for 8 minutes, it will correctly sequence. But I'm now noticing the 6 or 8 minute high speed spin isn't doing the tricjk either.
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