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Candy Washer Exploded During Spin! |
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Post# 438646   5/31/2010 at 10:34 (5,076 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Just read this bulletin on our consumer magazine's web site.
They are apparently preparing a new washer test and are just going through the durability test. The full durability test includes 1840 cycle. The first Candy washer below blew apart after 752 cycles, the second sample lasted 1328 cycles. During the 1400 rpm spin, the drum's weld seam broke, blew up the outer tub and lid and threw plastic pieces ten feet into the air. Look how even the concrete weight was thrown out of the tipped-over unit! |
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Post# 438647 , Reply# 1   5/31/2010 at 10:38 (5,076 days old) by dj-gabriele ()   |   | |
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It feels hard to believe, what was in the machine? And also I think I've seen a picture of that (or similar) explosion somewhere else as a fake (or purpose made). |
Post# 438648 , Reply# 2   5/31/2010 at 10:42 (5,076 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 438655 , Reply# 3   5/31/2010 at 11:15 (5,076 days old) by mrwash ()   |   | |
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Well, this will be an interesting report. It will appear in late summer I think. |
Post# 438659 , Reply# 4   5/31/2010 at 11:25 (5,076 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 438660 , Reply# 5   5/31/2010 at 11:35 (5,076 days old) by dj-gabriele ()   |   | |
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I hope my machine doesn't explode like that ;) We have had at least one Candy washing machine since the early 80s and the new one is similar to the one pictured... |
Post# 438712 , Reply# 7   5/31/2010 at 14:10 (5,076 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 438723 , Reply# 8   5/31/2010 at 15:10 (5,076 days old) by bertrum ()   |   | |
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whats the link to the website its on?, out of interest. thanks |
Post# 438728 , Reply# 9   5/31/2010 at 15:54 (5,076 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 438825 , Reply# 10   6/1/2010 at 03:57 (5,075 days old) by mrwash ()   |   | |
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That shows why durability tests are so important. Thats why I don't understand that they didn't do it with the last dishwashers they tested. They used to do such a test with dishwashers as well. |
Post# 439534 , Reply# 12   6/4/2010 at 02:33 (5,072 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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That washer makes me think of exploding airplane engines on engine testing stands!Maybe those washers should be in an enclosed area! |
Post# 439573 , Reply# 13   6/4/2010 at 11:18 (5,072 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)   |   | |
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At least jet engines have a steel containment belt around them! |
Post# 439593 , Reply# 14   6/4/2010 at 13:01 (5,072 days old) by Fredriksam (Sweden)   |   | |
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I,m not surprised. I have seen some exploded Candy Washing machines recently at our local dumpster. I would never buy Hoover/Candy anyway. They are just bad machines. |
Post# 439731 , Reply# 15   6/5/2010 at 07:10 (5,071 days old) by Wasmachineman ()   |   | |
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That is one-kind-of-a-fail, Found the old thread btw: CLICK HERE TO GO TO Wasmachineman's LINK |
Post# 440349 , Reply# 17   6/8/2010 at 12:00 (5,068 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 440699 , Reply# 22   6/9/2010 at 22:49 (5,066 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California)   |   | |
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Is the name "Candy" indicative of something?
Like, is the thing made of peanut brittle? ;-) Seriously, 1820 rpm is very very fast, seems to me. Sounds like they jumped the gun on offering that top speed without doing enough engineering and testing to make sure the components could handle the g-forces. Maybe they figured that by 762 cycles something else would break on the machine and it would be in the dump anyway? No excuse. |
Post# 440736 , Reply# 23   6/10/2010 at 03:54 (5,066 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Hi Suds, it was a 1400rpm machine they where testing I think?? In UK 1400rpm seems to be the industry standard now along with 7kg capacity drum!! although most people I know have 1600rpm, a couple with 1800rpm and 2,000rpm on front loaders..
You do have to ask about the testing regime!! Was it back to back continuous cycles?? Was Anything In The Drum. How long has this model been on sale? Has the outer drum & spin basket been modified, i.e. components made thinner, weaker?? Or, is it a brand new to market model?? So if back to back testing, I wonder if the excess heat, strain, contortion just built up to a point where this happened!! Thats why brands like Asko / Miele are over engineered for domestic use to the point where continuous testing isnt an issue!! for other brands it could be. If the back to back testing isnt the issue and its purely metal fatigue after the number of cycles, then it will only become apparent on a mass scale in a number of months down the line from release or introduction of weaker components!! If you take the lower number of cycles at 752 and say customer uses washer for 2 cycles a day 5days a week, then you are looking at about 18months home use before could start to show en mass! Again at 752 cycles if it was used 3 times a day, seven days a week then about8 months, assuming my maths is correct..lol Whatever the situation its not a nice experience!!, but its not a new issue, the brands I covert & restore all had major issues with drum seems busting in the late 70`s early 80`s due to cutting costs on grades of metal in order to reduce the bottom line!! All I can offer is with all the Visions I`ve sold only been a problem with one, and that was a wiring harness had come loose!! |
Post# 440942 , Reply# 25   6/11/2010 at 08:27 (5,065 days old) by Toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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It's lovely to think that thre is a race to see who can squeeze more RPM during spin cycles.
HOWEVER, this simply leads to more creasing/wrinkles/ironing, of soem items even when tumble-dried. No thank you. Hi Bob! The spinner in question commited suicide with a very loud bang, and flung itself across the room. Being that it was Pakistani-made can one assume it was moslem? LOL |
Post# 441258 , Reply# 27   6/13/2010 at 07:51 (5,063 days old) by Rolls_rapide (.)   |   | |
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Look at 'Logixx's' second batch of photos, (reply #17). The thickness of the Candy's polypropylene outer-tub seems to be paper thin. |
Post# 442150 , Reply# 30   6/16/2010 at 13:10 (5,060 days old) by mrwash ()   |   | |
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Oh, so in Sweden there is e recall but in Germany, where the whole thing has been discoverd, nothing happens? Excuse me but this is poor. Shame on all stores that do continue to sell those machines and on Hoover-Candy! |
Post# 442197 , Reply# 31   6/16/2010 at 15:34 (5,060 days old) by hooverzodiac12 (Melbourne, Australia)   |   | |
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But if you think about it this is possible if the machine has a bad or weak seem in the drum and its at 14 or 1600 rpm and out of balance if the drum breaks at such a speed for sure it would melt the plasticy outer tub til it bursts through and catches onto an inner component causing the machine to throw itself across the room. Am i crazy or right?
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