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Thread Number: 20354
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| Post# 323979 1/13/2009 at 12:30 (5,574 days old) by kindalazy (toronto) | ||
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I've always been curious as to why some manufacturers choose to pause and drain before a spin, and others just spin and drain. Is one method better? | ||
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| Post# 324051 , Reply# 3 1/13/2009 at 15:53 (5,574 days old) by llmaytag (Southern California) | ||
Spin & Drain at once
I think for most mechanical designs, the simpler the design the better. Fewer moving parts probably means less expensive to build and probably more durability and less repair. I think the Maytag transmission was really elegant. Turn the transmission in one direction, you get agitation, the other, spin and drain. I think the spin-drain is better. As someone mentioned I think he keeps soap from settling into fabrics, and it seems to spread the clothes more evenly up and down the tub as opposed to letting all the clothes rest at the bottom before spinning. I imagine that with the clothes more evenly spread around up and down the tub that the water extraction is better, and perhaps the spin-spray has a better effect since water doesn't have to pass through as think a clump of fabric. I miss my Maytag Dependable Care! | ||
Post# 324054 , Reply# 4 1/13/2009 at 16:17 (5,574 days old) by arrrooohhh  (Sydney Australia) |
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Even in the 90's Whirlpool was advertising that its neutral drain was better because it didn't "force" the dirty water back through the clothes. I think most of us think a spin drain is better, but it will always be one of those things that are used to advertise a machine as superiour. | ||
| Post# 324146 , Reply# 5 1/13/2009 at 21:46 (5,574 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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| Post# 324160 , Reply# 6 1/13/2009 at 22:08 (5,574 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
Speed Queen | ||
| Post# 324173 , Reply# 7 1/13/2009 at 22:54 (5,574 days old) by llmaytag (Southern California) | ||
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Spin Drain
From the videos I've seen, I think the Maytag does a faster spin drain. The Speed Queens, despite their name, don't seem to come up to speed as quickly as the Maytags did. I know the Frigidaire, (Imperial dry?), was incredibly quick coming up to speed. I think coming up to speed quickly is better for the clothes.
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