Thread Number: 31372
GE Spacemaker .. thoughts? |
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Post# 473725 , Reply# 1   11/6/2010 at 17:56 (4,890 days old) by gefilterflo (Newark, Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 473741 , Reply# 3   11/6/2010 at 21:05 (4,890 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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I came close to pulling the trigger on one of these machines back when Best Buy had them on the sales floor here. I figured I could get my TL washer fi from a portable rather than having to use a garden hose to a machine in the garage. Never could locate any information about these on youTube. At the time, a salesman at BB told me these were made by LG for GE. Don't know if that was true or not.
I anxiously await a video or two of this machine in action. Malcolm |
Post# 473893 , Reply# 5   11/7/2010 at 18:47 (4,889 days old) by PhotonPanda ()   |   | |
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Here's part of the drive assembly. The motor is just hidden from view at the front of the machine. |
Post# 473894 , Reply# 6   11/7/2010 at 18:52 (4,889 days old) by PhotonPanda ()   |   | |
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Finally, here's the drain pump, with clean-out access at the corner of the machine. |
Post# 473902 , Reply# 7   11/7/2010 at 19:24 (4,889 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)   |   | |
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I never knew that the GE Spacemaker series included a washer. I only thought they were only counter top appliances that you hung under the cabinets! |
Post# 473943 , Reply# 9   11/7/2010 at 23:26 (4,889 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)   |   | |
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Hey Melvin, the dryer is actually a GE product, still made today. It's been around and virtually unchanged since the early 90's. I don't think GE ever sourced the dryers out, just the washers. The original portable was a Hitachi and then WCI made agitator based portables. They also made a GE version of the WP World Washer portable and it may have used a GE branded WP dryer, but the true GE version has existed since the mid 70's. Oh the confusion of the portables. I don't know who actually makes this machine however, it seems very LG like, not so much as the world washer though.
-Tim |
Post# 474017 , Reply# 12   11/8/2010 at 12:28 (4,889 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)   |   | |
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I think there was one sold under the GE logo to mate with the world washer with the GE and that one IS a WP (fixed bulk head drum). But the link below is the GE version and it's been unchanged for around 20 years. Makes me wonder why they did that? The real difference is that in the GE model, the entire drum rotates as in their full-size units. The neat thing about this dryer is that it can be turned upside-down and used in a stack configuration.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO macboy91si's LINK |
Post# 474021 , Reply# 13   11/8/2010 at 13:36 (4,889 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 480214 , Reply# 15   12/7/2010 at 22:55 (4,859 days old) by PhotonPanda ()   |   | |
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The washer is now in my possession! :) First look inside, since I didn't get a pic last time around. |
Post# 480387 , Reply# 17   12/8/2010 at 16:02 (4,859 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 480399 , Reply# 18   12/8/2010 at 17:05 (4,858 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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A lot of these machines in AU do have a gearbox, but it is to reduce the agitator speed (Reduction Gear) and to provide a spin brake rather than provide agitation. The motor does the backwards and forwards. |
Post# 481297 , Reply# 21   12/13/2010 at 06:32 (4,854 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 481818 , Reply# 22   12/15/2010 at 08:56 (4,852 days old) by drewz (Alexandria, Virginia)   |   | |
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Nightmare, I purchased hundreds of these washers for apartment communities and most were in the trash pile in 2 years, various problems and replacement was cheaper than repairs.
For many years we purchased GE Spacemaker units (made by WCI) and they were great you could not kill them. When no longer available we went with other GE products that were outsourced Whirlpool units, later because of costs we decided to buy direct from Whirlpool instead. |
Post# 481821 , Reply# 23   12/15/2010 at 09:19 (4,852 days old) by 3beltwesty ()   |   | |
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The operation looks close to how my Haier HLP21N here runs |
Post# 482499 , Reply# 26   12/18/2010 at 13:15 (4,849 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)   |   | |
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Post# 484797 , Reply# 27   12/28/2010 at 14:16 (4,839 days old) by szymonrules ()   |   | |
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Hi, can you make a video of the control panel and such?! Thanks! |
Post# 486142 , Reply# 29   1/3/2011 at 17:56 (4,832 days old) by szymonrules ()   |   | |
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and have a great New Years as well! |