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Thread Number: 37732
Frigidaire 2 Way Tumble Dryer and/or matching front load washer for sale |
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Post# 561285 , Reply# 1 12/5/2011 at 11:05 (4,519 days old) by combo52  (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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REVERSING TUMBLE FRIGIDARE DRYER Yes these are a little bit unusual and thankfully Frigidare dropped this idea pretty fast. We still have quite a few customers that have these and the reversing motor, dual idler pulleys and extra control board makes a poor quality dryer that much more troublesome and expensive to repair in the long run. But between GE and Frigidare laundry appliances over the last 15 years we have made a lot of money fixing them or selling them decent replacements from WP or Speed Queen. | ||
| Post# 561312 , Reply# 2 12/5/2011 at 14:09 (4,519 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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| Post# 561342 , Reply# 3 12/5/2011 at 17:59 (4,519 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
I had that dryer when I was living in Omaha and the dryer was ok. One thing that it did when it reversed was the heater stayed on and the heat build up during the reverse tumble was intense. When it would go back to normal tumble the clothes got a blast furnace effect from the heat. The drum size is another factor too where it's on the small side. The back of the drum was painted so that wore off as time went on. Never had any problem with it.
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Post# 561350 , Reply# 4 12/5/2011 at 19:35 (4,519 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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I have a set like that.....but I think for the washer the motor controller is going, its only a short 60 second high speed spin at the end......
the dryer is unique, but the reversing does seem useless, supposed to be good for bulky items from rolling into a ball, but thats about it........ actually when it reverses it does still pump out air, I thought the air stopped for the reversing part, but when I checked the vent, its still blowing, maybe not as full force, but still, some comes out..... I think these were the best Frigidaire put out, when working properly, and mainly because they use plenty of needed water, and you can adjust it you needed to..... | ||
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Post# 561353 , Reply# 5 12/5/2011 at 19:45 (4,519 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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REVERSING TUMBLE FRIGIDARE DRYER Mike if the heat stayed on while it stopped to reverse it was very broken as the heater circuit was wired through the motor centrifugal switch. And on the gas models not only did the flame shut down but they they only reversed every 7 minutes as the gas burner had to go through the re-ignation all over every time it restarted. Worst of all the blowers in these dryers were only designed to blow air efficiently in one direction so these dryers were noticeable slower than the cheaper models without this silly feature. | ||
| Post# 561390 , Reply# 7 12/5/2011 at 21:34 (4,519 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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Yogi, do you still get low spin after intermediate rinses? If yes the controller is fine. High spin IS only one minute but it's supposed to low spin 2min before that.
The timer switches two things at that point. The drive wire from low to high, and it switches the field coil from full to half. What may be happening is, it is not energizing the field coil in the 'full' position. IINM the timer is cheaper and easier to replace than the controller. If you wanted it fixed, that is. Verify with multimeter, for safety use 'ohms' setting while unplugged, from the hot side of the plug to the respective timer pins. Wiring/color diagram is included with instructions OR inside either the top or kick. The knob will have to be pulled out AND the door forced closed to get continuity from the plug. | ||
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Post# 561583 , Reply# 9 12/6/2011 at 20:39 (4,518 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 561587 , Reply# 10 12/6/2011 at 20:54 (4,518 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
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| Post# 561645 , Reply# 11 12/7/2011 at 01:49 (4,517 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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Post# 561662 , Reply# 12 12/7/2011 at 07:00 (4,517 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Mike, I had the same washer/dryer pair and the same issues with the furnace-blast of heat the clothes took during the reverse-tumbling process. Mine was a gas dryer, so it didn't reverse as frequently as the electric model, but more than once very large loads of bath towels would emerge with a few scorched spots.
Martin--The washer only ramps up to the high speed (850 rpms, if I recall correctly) for the last 60 seconds of the cycle. I always thought that was odd, too! I left the pair behind when I moved from my warehouse apartment and into a house in 2002. | ||
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Post# 561663 , Reply# 13 12/7/2011 at 07:06 (4,517 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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It spins to balance/distribute and then hover in a med speed, which seems like eternity, then kicks in the high speed, but does not last long, lucky if its 60 seconds........clothes are spun, but you can feel the weight in the clothing, just seems better if it did a high speed for 5 or so minutes.......
I just got rid of a newer set, where the high speed revved up slowly, and did run longer, you could tell it was a better spin because the clothes would be compacted to the walls of the drum, and definately weighed less...... | ||
| Post# 563243 , Reply# 15 12/14/2011 at 12:59 (4,510 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
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| Post# 563307 , Reply# 17 12/14/2011 at 19:27 (4,510 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
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| Post# 563591 , Reply# 19 12/16/2011 at 16:07 (4,508 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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Marketing seldom specifies anything but features like how many cycles and 'steam'. No offense, but they're selling to women with (most of) whom technical information confuses rather than resonates. But reversing roughly equates to less tangling, you'd think they'd push that.
OTOH, my (Lady Kenmore compact) dryer doesn't reverse and doesn't tangle either. Tangling happens mostly wet. Yeah it wads 2 sheets into one big ball I separate halfway through the cycle but they're not tangled they're just rolled together and I doubt reversing would prevent that. The fullsize Kenmore did that too. Few years back, forgot the brand, some FL washer was claiming "direct drive". What does that mean? No belt? That would imply a mag-lev type motor. Entirely possible, but is that what they actually did? I doubt the salesman would know. | ||
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