Tweaked water levels in Speed Queen

Well today I did a measure of the tweaked water levels in the Speed Queen.
She is filling 7 gallons now!!

She shows water through the holes in the tub at 1 gallon, --very efficient.

TO compare:
The 1958 Duomatic uses:
Low- 6 gallons on fill High - 8 gallons on fill.

BUT The sump of the DUO takes a whopping 3 gallons before any water shows in the holes in the tub!!
So the effective working water is minus 3 gallons. The SQ effective water is minus 1 gallon.
The Duo does between 9-15 pounds effective wash with 5 gallons!
The SQ can do up to 18 pounds effective wash with 6 gallons.
15/5=3 3 pounds/gallon in the DUO for wash.
18/6=3! 3 pounds / gallon in the SQ--with my factory tweak!
So the SQ is washing just like the DUO now. YAY!

I never knew how much water the sump held in the DUO before! So Rosalie's is at the same concentration in each machine but you can tweak 3 more pounds of clothes out of the SQ because of its efficient use of water!!

The Speed Queen is a more efficient machine, there have been improvements in 60 years.


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Post# 582578 3/15/2012 at 08:43 (4,417 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)
Checkrate/Likes Well today I did a measure of the tweaked water levels in the Speed Queen. She is filling 7 gallons now!! She shows water through the holes in the tub at 1 gallon, --very efficient. TO compare: The 1958 Duomatic uses: Low- 6 gallons on fill High - 8 gallons on fill. BUT The sump of the DUO takes a whopping 3 gallons before any water shows in the holes in the tub!! So the effective working water is minus 3 gallons. The SQ effective water is minus 1 gallon. The Duo does between 9-15 pounds effective wash with 5 gallons! The SQ can do up to 18 pounds effective wash with 6 gallons. 15/5=3 3 pounds/gallon in the DUO for wash. 18/6=3! 3 pounds / gallon in the SQ--with my factory tweak! So the SQ is washing just like the DUO now. YAY! I never knew how much water the sump held in the DUO before! So Rosalie's is at the same concentration in each machine but you can tweak 3 more pounds of clothes out of the SQ because of its efficient use of water!! The Speed Queen is a more efficient machine, there have been improvements in 60 years.

Post# 582600 , Reply# 1 3/15/2012 at 09:59 (4,417 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)
Checkrate/Likes That extra water is used to fill the area off to the left of the pump protector/lint screen that connects the condensing tower to the drain. I think that with the Duomatic's extraction efficiency and superior, faster and lower temperature drying performance, it still uses smaller amounts overall of resources than any other contemporary condensing combo or even vented ones. A gas model probably does not have this "tank" area.

Post# 582662 , Reply# 2 3/15/2012 at 13:25 (4,417 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)
Checkrate/Likes *Well it is quite the tank* as you say Tom, I didn't think it would take up 3 gallons to fill just the sump. But they sure do clean well! And rinse well!

Post# 582676 , Reply# 3 3/15/2012 at 14:31 (4,417 days old) by Pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)
Checkrate/Likes 1 Hmmm... So that means only 28 gallons for a load of towels... My boyfriend would like to hear this... He received his quarterly water bill after giving me a few toploaders and found out that I use 60-75 gallons of water per load in a toploader...

Post# 582713 , Reply# 4 3/15/2012 at 19:09 (4,417 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)
Checkrate/Likes *You got it Jamie* You need a SQ and Rosalie's!! Your boyfriend will be singing your praises!