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Thread Number: 36454
sorry to post this but I am curios to know... |
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| Post# 543003 , Reply# 1 9/11/2011 at 13:13 (4,461 days old) by hoovermatic (UK) | ||
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Don't understand why you are so apologetic about posting what seems to me to be a perfectly valid question. The fact that I haven't got a clue what you are talking about is beside the point - fair point, well made LOL!! | ||
| Post# 543005 , Reply# 2 9/11/2011 at 13:16 (4,461 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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| Post# 543006 , Reply# 3 9/11/2011 at 13:29 (4,461 days old) by aquarius8000 () | ||
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Just a few people dont like us youngsters posting here. Thanks Peter | ||
| Post# 543009 , Reply# 4 9/11/2011 at 13:54 (4,461 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
Just a few people dont like us youngsters posting here
That is utter rubbish, and you know it. The reason people have been so hard on you lately is due to the increased volume of pointless threads and posts that use this forum like an instant messenger service and not a forum, all created by the same bunch of people. You're age has NOTHING to do with it - if you were 65 we'd still be saying the same thing! As I've previously said, it's just plain daft to post "I've e-mailed you" to your mate and it wastes valuable web space that could be used for something worth posting.
Questions like this are exactly what this forum is for :) | ||
| Post# 543010 , Reply# 5 9/11/2011 at 14:06 (4,461 days old) by aquarius8000 () | ||
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Ok. Sorry about that 'ive emaild you' situation. Lets put it in the past please. Again thanks for you end comment, has put a smile on my face. Christopher | ||
| Post# 543017 , Reply# 6 9/11/2011 at 14:23 (4,461 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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| Post# 543018 , Reply# 7 9/11/2011 at 14:28 (4,461 days old) by aquarius8000 () | ||
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cant be helped that you dont know that but atleast it will give you more knowlige too. | ||
| Post# 543033 , Reply# 8 9/11/2011 at 15:36 (4,460 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
As above, the steam is largely to release wrinkles. Rather than pay $200 extra for a steam dryer, I'd pay $1 for a spray bottle. But that's just me.
As for inverter drive, I don't know the specifics of any model. It's never specifically published. Example, there's a "direct drive" Whirlpool topload washer, but obviously the motor is not attached DIRECTLY to the agitator, as in, no intervening mechanism. It is possible--though questionably practical--to make a LITERAL direct drive frontload washer, with curved linear-motor segments. It's even less practical in a dryer, which only needs to run one speed and one direction. And where the energy consumption is on the order of 30:1 heat:motor. My Frigiwhite FL is not inverter, it's chopper. That is, mains AC is (either synchronously or asynchronously) chopped to PWM DC. Then the motor is 'directly' coupled to the drum by a reduction pulley. Thus it changes both speed and direction entirely electronically. The only remaining mechanical wear point other than the belt is the brushes. Inverter does away with those. But the inverter electronics is about 3 times as complicated, and evidence suggests that electronics is a weak point in electronic washers. Thus inverter is ~3x more prone to failure than chopper, whereas brushes are very cheap and easily replaced. | ||
| Post# 543136 , Reply# 10 9/11/2011 at 21:21 (4,460 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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| Post# 543249 , Reply# 11 9/12/2011 at 12:47 (4,460 days old) by aquarius8000 () | ||
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Thanks for the information guys.... How do dryers make the steam, does it make the energy bill rise and what type of dryers is it on?(vented or condensor?) Thanks, Chris | ||
| Post# 543253 , Reply# 12 9/12/2011 at 13:26 (4,460 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
I can only speak of what I am familiar How the dryer makes steam. My Maytag 5000 series has a small spray nozzle, more of a mister, in the back of the drum. This mister is attached to a Y couple from the cold water inlet shared with the washer. On a steam cycle the dryer will run at high temp for about 5 minutes before the mister sprays for approximately 1 minute. Then, depending on the cycle, the dryer runs for an additional set time 10 - 25 minutes to dry the clothes and lets you know they are finished.
Sorry, came back to answer the other questions you had. My dryer is vented. As for the energy used, I am sure it increases the usage some, but I use the cycle so infrequently; it isn't noticable.
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| Post# 543274 , Reply# 13 9/12/2011 at 15:14 (4,459 days old) by ptcruiser51 (Boynton Beach, FL) | ||
LG Steam Dryer | ||
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