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Post# 687057   7/3/2013 at 06:19 (3,921 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 687058 , Reply# 1   7/3/2013 at 06:22 (3,921 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 687059 , Reply# 2   7/3/2013 at 06:24 (3,921 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 687060 , Reply# 3   7/3/2013 at 06:27 (3,921 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 687093 , Reply# 4   7/3/2013 at 10:22 (3,921 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Boy howdy, I'm really conflicted on this one. Early front-loaders used a lot more water than today's HE machines do. If the GE wasn't a solid tub, I'd be more certain of my answer.
Probably wrong, but I'm going to say the Bendix used......less....no wait!....more water than the GE. No wait...CRAP. I will be tied in knots 'til the results are revealed. |
Post# 687100 , Reply# 5   7/3/2013 at 11:12 (3,921 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 687116 , Reply# 6   7/3/2013 at 13:19 (3,921 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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but once heard that some condenser dryers can use up to 100 gallons of cold water.*
Bad trip or truth? The Bendix uses more on a regular cycle because of the 3 rinses; this is a guess because I don't know the per gallon rate for the Bendix tub fill. Since the Bendix is big (combo) and old, I'm guessing 7 gallons, which would make only 28 gallons, so now I'll change my answer to GE, unless you're drying the load, then it's the Bendix with 128 !!!!! So my final answer is: It's a TIE...LOL Thanks, Eugene for encouraging mental convolutions and fireworks for the 4th. Perfect! * Just remembered at post time that Mother Superior told me this. |
Post# 687140 , Reply# 7   7/3/2013 at 15:56 (3,921 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 687144 , Reply# 8   7/3/2013 at 16:04 (3,921 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN)   |   | |
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Post# 687145 , Reply# 9   7/3/2013 at 16:09 (3,921 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 687152 , Reply# 10   7/3/2013 at 16:53 (3,921 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 687156 , Reply# 11   7/3/2013 at 17:24 (3,921 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Anyway..... I've seen old front loaders that used as much water as a top loader for a same weight load, ..nedless to say that generally FL machines that use more water do provide cleaner clothes rather than ones using less...of course.... this to the face of today's C**P that claim to wash with two fingers of water... ahahah!
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Post# 687190 , Reply# 12   7/3/2013 at 22:25 (3,921 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Jon, you should dry the clothes washed in FF in the Filtrator dryer and substract the amount of water saved in the drain pan that you could use for the next wash!
That's what I do with my Filtrator dryers since I don't have a laundry tub or an automatic drain near them to get rid of the condensed water! |
Post# 687225 , Reply# 14   7/4/2013 at 07:22 (3,920 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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That was a big hidden MysteryScienceTheater3000 to someone considering a FLer....all the claims were that it used up to half the amount of water of a TLer....
there was no insight that it was doing 3 to 4 rinses per load versus a TLer..... never understood why they didn't make a big deal of this during advertising..... what do you think CamBot? |
Post# 687415 , Reply# 15   7/5/2013 at 07:35 (3,919 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 687416 , Reply# 16   7/5/2013 at 07:36 (3,919 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 687417 , Reply# 17   7/5/2013 at 07:37 (3,919 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 687418 , Reply# 18   7/5/2013 at 07:49 (3,919 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 687422 , Reply# 19   7/5/2013 at 08:21 (3,919 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 687426 , Reply# 20   7/5/2013 at 08:46 (3,919 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Holy schnikees, I thought the horse race would be much closer than that! Six gallons more for the Bendix...wow. I'm assuming the solid tub GE was filled to the highest water level as the Filter-Flo was activated in the photo.
Thanks for doing the comparison, Jon. Now...which two washers will be next in line for the thirst test? Aside: Love those little water flow monitors. Where did you get them and how much did they cost? |
Post# 687427 , Reply# 21   7/5/2013 at 08:59 (3,919 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 687429 , Reply# 22   7/5/2013 at 09:17 (3,919 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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which you can manually activate at any time but this was NOT USED< repeat NOT USED so the GE was let go to fill to the maximum.
Yes Louis both machines can handle a 12 pound load.
Jeff, I was very surprised as well, once a long time ago in a galaxy far far away I had manually filled the Bendix to what I thought was the fill level and it took 8 gallons but I was obviously way off back then.
These little gadgets are available thru Amazon.Com (a website)..
CLICK HERE TO GO TO Jetcone's LINK |
Post# 687434 , Reply# 23   7/5/2013 at 09:35 (3,919 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 687438 , Reply# 24   7/5/2013 at 10:13 (3,919 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Post# 687439 , Reply# 25   7/5/2013 at 10:13 (3,919 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 687487 , Reply# 26   7/5/2013 at 16:24 (3,919 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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If any kind of water level selector was not used, so both the GE and Bendix did fill on their max level I don't see how the Bendix would use less... |
Post# 687785 , Reply# 29   7/7/2013 at 10:19 (3,917 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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And cool little water meters, I would think that the size of the load would not effect the results much of these older machines and I believe that neither machine was rated for more than 9-10 pounds of dry laundry.
I also believe the surprise results come from the fact [ as Tom mentioned ] that the Bendix condenser combs had a large sump area at the bottom of the condenser.
But now the testing should begin and I will wager that the Bendix will do a SUPERIOR JOB of removing sand and grit from laundry along with lint and pet hair. And it will certainly be more gentile with the clothing rinse far better and may even clean better.
Tap Tap Tap, we are waiting for additional test results. |
Post# 687794 , Reply# 30   7/7/2013 at 11:05 (3,917 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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To say nothing of radioactive dirt. |
Post# 687806 , Reply# 31   7/7/2013 at 12:27 (3,917 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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You thought 8, I thought 7. What did the meter say after each fill ? If you divide 48 by 4 fills, you get 12 gallons per fill.
So let's do the HOT. Wash 12 Rinse 6 + 6 + 6 ................. .18 Now the COLD ........Wash 0 Rinse 6 + 6 + 6 ................. 18 TOTAL ............................48 HURRAY FOR ARITHMETIXXXXXXX Not a whole cigar, but close. The extra gallon of hot must fill the black hole, yes ? |
Post# 687809 , Reply# 32   7/7/2013 at 12:37 (3,917 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 687923 , Reply# 33   7/8/2013 at 07:59 (3,916 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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