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Thread Number: 19016
It's happened to residential washers, now commercial machines as well? |
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Post# 307559 10/4/2008 at 09:49 (5,681 days old) by pulsator  (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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They just don't build them like they used to! We have two 75lb capacity washers and work and two 120lb capacity dryers made by Alliance Laundry Systems. About a month ago, the machines turned a year old and wouldn't you know it? That means their one year warranty ran out about a month ago... The lint filter access panel on one of the dryers needs to be held in place to start the dryer because the clips that hold it in place are broken. Both of the washers now have trouble latching shut, one of them the handle just fell right off while trying to open it after finishing a cycle. Those are all semi-minor fixes though. A week ago, one of the washers decided to keep repeating the final spin over and over and over! It would distribute, accelerate to it's full 1,000 RPM spin (quite impressive for a washer that holds 75lbs of laundry!), count down it's 5 minute spin, coast down to a stop (which takes forever), then distribute again and take off for another spin! That washer has since been fixed... Until last night, it decided to instead of repeat the final spin over and over to just skip the final spin! Has anyone here had to unload a 75lb capacity washer while the towels were still sopping wet? My back is still killing me! And of course, since these were now clean towels, but dripping wet, I had to put the load in the other washer and rewash it because no one knew how to tell it to just do a spin! With the towels already being clean and the automatic detergent injection system being set to deliver a certain amount of detergent to every load, the machine started oozing suds out the top and of course it suds locked as well! So, it too couldn't spin, my boss had me then disconnect the injection system and rewash them yet again to flush out the soap! Is it just me, or are commercial machines dropping drastically in quality as well? 
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Post# 307560 , Reply# 1 10/4/2008 at 09:51 (5,681 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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On the plus side... | ||
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Post# 307616 , Reply# 3 10/4/2008 at 18:15 (5,680 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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| Post# 307927 , Reply# 4 10/6/2008 at 04:05 (5,679 days old) by sudsman () | ||
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Call Alliance Get a new manual and key They also have the suggested forumulas in the manual | ||
| Post# 307983 , Reply# 5 10/6/2008 at 15:31 (5,678 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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| Post# 307986 , Reply# 6 10/6/2008 at 15:39 (5,678 days old) by tuthill () | ||
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Jamie sorry to hear about all your washing woes, but those things look like really fun machines! Imagine, getting paid to do laundry!!! | ||
| Post# 308020 , Reply# 7 10/6/2008 at 18:38 (5,678 days old) by sudsman () | ||
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Jed I have gotten paid to laundry for 35 +years and sometimes on Monday morn. after the surgery linen has set over the weekend it is NOT so fun. Nor when the morgue linen comes in. | ||
| Post# 308022 , Reply# 8 10/6/2008 at 19:01 (5,678 days old) by fredfred9633 () | ||
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i really think they should go back to the agitators that bob up and down | ||
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Post# 308070 , Reply# 9 10/6/2008 at 23:10 (5,678 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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I agree with Fred... | ||
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Post# 308072 , Reply# 10 10/6/2008 at 23:16 (5,678 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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Jed, true they are pretty cool, but then you see their cycle and you're shocked and horrified!!!! Fill, cold water wash, drain, fill, "hot" water (120F) bleach rinse, drain, fill, cold rinse, drain, fill, cold rinse, drain, fill, cold neutralizer and 3 drops of softener rinse, drain, spin. No spin after the wash or between rinses!!! Not even a distribute tumlbe like our "American frontloaders"!
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| Post# 308100 , Reply# 12 10/7/2008 at 06:26 (5,678 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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Post# 311091 , Reply# 14 10/23/2008 at 02:04 (5,662 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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MRSA
Has nothing to do with laundry or even cleaning habits, but the over and improper use of antibiotics, especially in the Western countries such as the United States and parts of Europe. Basically doctors are giving out antibiotics, and persons are taking them when they shouldn't. The result has been an increase in "germs" that have adapted and become almost immune to said drugs. Just as rodents and all other living things can develop immunity to anything over time, so too can "bugs". With TB, and the other side of the coin is persons having been prescribed a dose of antibiotics, start to feel better and or cannot afford to complete treatment, and stop taking the drugs before the disease is cured. This allows some bacteria that survived initial dosages to begin to build immunity to particular antibiotics, soon a new strain is created that is totally unaffected. As for TB in laundry, that disease is spread by spores, and normal laundering would do nothing but perhaps knock off some,and hopefully send them down the drain, however depending upon the level of contamination, the laundry may still contain enough TB "germs" to spread the disease to anyone handling or using that laundry. To say nothing of contaminating the laundry equipment and area. IIRC, TB infected laundry falls under the category of work that is sterlised before laundering, and probably done away from general laundry. L. | ||
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Post# 311101 , Reply# 16 10/23/2008 at 05:17 (5,662 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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If Anyone In Your Home Has MRSA Issues
Would be wise to speak with your physican or even RN to find decide the proper methods for laundering. MRSA can withstand many launderings with detergents, but the link below gives some good advice. CLICK HERE TO GO TO launderess's LINK | ||
| Post# 311278 , Reply# 17 10/24/2008 at 01:29 (5,661 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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Thanks laundress, for the link, was mainly curious about using coin op's after others, sometimes it's kinda scary. thanks again. arthur | ||
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Post# 311283 , Reply# 18 10/24/2008 at 04:29 (5,661 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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I Feel Your Pain
Really try very hard not to use the local laundromat washers anymore, only if totally necessary. Several local vets, pet hospitals, dog runs, dog sitting and walking services use this particular mat, and god only knows what else. Hot water fills are mixed with cold, so one is not ever sure just how hot a "hot" wash truly is,the washer porthole never feels warm, much less hot. | ||
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