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Thread Number: 47319
Creating your own lint filter for modern washers |
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| Post# 687292 , Reply# 2 7/4/2013 at 14:24 (3,942 days old) by norgechef (Saint George New Brunswick ) | ||
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My washer Is a norgetag (Maytag Ensignia). How would you hook up a secondary pump? This washer has a belt driven pump too so im not sure if it would be possible to hook up an electric pump. | ||
| Post# 687295 , Reply# 3 7/4/2013 at 14:31 (3,942 days old) by spookiness (Alexandria VA) | ||
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I would love to find a solution. I hang-dry a lot of my clothes, and even though I sort fabrics, I still end up with a lot of lint on clothes. Often lint in the tub left from prior washes. | ||
Post# 687376 , Reply# 4 7/4/2013 at 21:42 (3,942 days old) by Yogitunes  (New Jersey) |
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first you have to think outside the filter box.......
for the most part, the outter tub is plastic isn't it?, and then install a pport to an electric pump.....or better yet, cut into the tub to pump hose, install a "T"....theres your port to an electric pump....now to run a hose to the top of the machine, and probably best to use something like a cartridge filter box and insert from a Kenmore/Whirlpool..... electric supply would have to come from the motor wires, to operate only while the machine is in agitation mode...... you may have to cut a few areas for clearance..... this would be simpler, and has been done.....on something like a Kenmore belt drive machine.....a few changes, even with a self clean filter in place, a manual filter can be added.... on the traditional Maytags.....newton built versions......te pump runs backwards during agitation, and theres a port already....once drilled out, instant water flow for the addition of a filter flo.... most stuff can be done......just work out all details before digging in.... maybe save yourself time, and just get a GE FilterFlo...already equipted! | ||
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Post# 687677 , Reply# 5 7/6/2013 at 20:20 (3,940 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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If the pump runs in reverse during agitation, you don't have to install another pump, but you do have to install some plumbing. Yogi is spot on; just find youself a washer with a lint filter like an older GE, Maytag or belt drive WP-made machine. | ||
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Post# 687763 , Reply# 6 7/7/2013 at 08:41 (3,939 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Another simple method...although this SpeedQueen has a self clean filter ring.....a little extra hose and fitting from a GEFilterFlo.....and instant drama of a filter flo into an actual GE filter pan, that fits the agitator....
some things can't be done....yet others can...give it a try! This is before......original design 
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Post# 687764 , Reply# 7 7/7/2013 at 08:44 (3,939 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Post# 687790 , Reply# 8 7/7/2013 at 10:39 (3,939 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Adding a Real Lint Filter to an Automatic Washer I would use one of the outer-tub mounted Self-Cleaning filters from one of the last of the BD KM washers. All you would have to do in cut a 1 1/2" hole in the side of the outer tub and mount and it and connect the hoses, these filters even have a built-in check valve so no additional pump is needed.
I drew up plans to do this to a DC MT washer several years ago, on my MT design I was also going to drill out all the holes in the wash basket, use the 50 cycle motor pulley and add a gear motor to the motor carriage so the machine will do a more desirable neutral drain before spinning. This would further improve lint and grit removable from the clothing and allow a faster spin without as many balance issues. | ||
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