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Thread Number: 45532
Mid 1990's Amana Washing Machine |
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| Post# 666558 , Reply# 1 3/17/2013 at 16:25 (4,050 days old) by SawaSun () | ||
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Picture #2 of Amana Washing Machine 
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| Post# 666612 , Reply# 2 3/17/2013 at 19:30 (4,049 days old) by DigAPony () | ||
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Had that machine before I got educated. The good; tub is deep, stainless and it cleaned okay. The bad; slow to fill as mentioned, eats drive belts, cabinet rusts easily, thumped and shook during the spin. Replaced it with a Maytag A806. | ||
Post# 666618 , Reply# 3 3/17/2013 at 20:04 (4,049 days old) by rp2813  (Sannazay) |
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 I had the 1997 "Commercial Quality" version of that machine, but it didn't have the speed options. Those were pre-determined by the cycle selector.
My experience was that it was very bad at rinsing. It drained into a laundry sink and even after running it through two or three additional rinse cycles, with a load of towels the rinse water would still be sudsy, and I was conservative with my use of detergent.
It also ate belts for lunch. This is true of later Amanas and even the highly regarded Speed Queens of today.
The plus side is that these machines still had the long agitation stroke, which I prefer.
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| Post# 667635 , Reply# 4 3/22/2013 at 12:31 (4,045 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
You say "there is a 5 minute rest after the rinse cycle before continuing on through the wash cycle". Three of the 4 cycles have a spot in the cycle that will cause the washer to pause for a period. First is marked "soak", which is self explanatory, and the second is "Cool down" which is also a period of pause that allows fibers to "cool down" from the friction generated after being moved about in the wash. The reason I am confused is you state "rinse then wash cycle", the rinse is the final part of the cycle, are you saying it pauses before going into final spin?
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Post# 667667 , Reply# 5 3/22/2013 at 15:02 (4,045 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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the possible problem with the belts chewing, as I have a Raytheon built one, during the first spin, the spin/spray starts, and the pump gets an airlock issue, and doesn't pump this water out, causing the tub to slow down, and the belt to strain and overheat from the excess slippage, bogging the whole system down....tis is not with every use, but happens enough......not to mention the filterflo constantly pumps water over the load during spin
and correct, not very good rinsing..... to get the best results, you really have to underload this machine....not one of their best designs..... but no issues with the Alliance built SQ's | ||
| Post# 668320 , Reply# 8 3/25/2013 at 15:17 (4,042 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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And we almost bought a set of these Amana/Speed Queen Raytheon built washers instead of our Whirlpool set. I am so glad now that we went with Whirlpool. | ||
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Post# 670059 , Reply# 10 4/2/2013 at 19:11 (4,033 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Post# 671614 , Reply# 13 4/9/2013 at 14:31 (4,027 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Post# 671671 , Reply# 14 4/9/2013 at 18:56 (4,027 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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you can always remove any restrictors or drill out the inlet valve to allow a faster fill....and for the most part, a equal 50/50 mix of hot and cold, for a true warm wash
another mind trick which you may not realize, the machines fill flume is sending half of the water onto the clothes load, and the other half behind the perforated tub.....I sealed mine off so ALL the water runs onto the clothing... | ||
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