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Pakistani spinner commits suicide. |
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Post# 107880   2/4/2006 at 23:14 (6,654 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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My short-lived but much beloved Pakistani spinner commited suicide the other day. It did not go quietly. The brake either engaged itself mid-operation or some kind of suspension spring snapped. There was a loud *BANG* and the tub ended up lopsided. The machine flung itself across the room, unplugged itself and peed on the floor. The PVC elbow pulled out of the pail that was used for the gravity drain. Hell, I almost peed myself with all that noise. The ex came running and inquired (convincingly, I may add) as to my health and well-being. (I am not sure if the emitted sigh and "AWWWWWWW" was a sigh of relief or disappointment). He said it was becaue my toy died. HA! [Editor's note. He is a REALLY good guy, really]. NEXT! Rest in Peace, dear machine. |
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Post# 107881 , Reply# 1   2/4/2006 at 23:16 (6,654 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 107882 , Reply# 2   2/4/2006 at 23:17 (6,654 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 107883 , Reply# 3   2/4/2006 at 23:19 (6,654 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 107884 , Reply# 4   2/4/2006 at 23:23 (6,654 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 107896 , Reply# 7   2/5/2006 at 00:04 (6,654 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Sactoteddybear: Thanks Steve. Great advise. I also received something today from you in the mail. What a great cook-book! My sincerest thanks. :-) Rex / Tolivac: I suppose a warranty replacement would be a good idea. Don't have the energy right now to fight. [Makes love, not war!] I'm gonna wait for a good one in the future. Again, the Italian flu is around the one called FUNDZARLO! BTW, I could have lost a few body parts if that event went differently! |
Post# 107930 , Reply# 10   2/5/2006 at 07:26 (6,654 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 107933 , Reply# 11   2/5/2006 at 07:52 (6,654 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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yes,i am glad you weren't in the same room when that spinner "Blew"that spinning tub sure did release all of its energy at once!!What became of the clothes that were in it?Maybe you should save the blown machine if you want to get one under their warranty-the Alternative Laundry Folks may need the old machine. 1-me too! 2-the clothes were fine 3-someitmes, once blown, you just want to be rid of it. 4- need to de-clutter. I will be moving (changeing residences) |
Post# 107941 , Reply# 13   2/5/2006 at 08:36 (6,654 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 107944 , Reply# 15   2/5/2006 at 08:44 (6,654 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 107946 , Reply# 16   2/5/2006 at 08:47 (6,654 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 107947 , Reply# 17   2/5/2006 at 08:50 (6,654 days old) by agiflow ()   |   | |
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And to think you were going to give me that thing!! ;-) |
Post# 107948 , Reply# 18   2/5/2006 at 08:57 (6,654 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 107951 , Reply# 20   2/5/2006 at 09:11 (6,654 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 107955 , Reply# 21   2/5/2006 at 09:26 (6,654 days old) by agiflow ()   |   | |
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You just had to Steve...didn't ya...LOL! |
Post# 107966 , Reply# 22   2/5/2006 at 12:12 (6,654 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)   |   | |
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Toggle, if you are going to replace it, get a Spin-X!!! I got mine when it was 6 months old and I have had it for like 4 or 5 months and it still runs like new! It has given me a couple scares, like when it goes off balance due to a fleece jacket on one side and a towel on the other, but other than that, it is an awesome little worker. I use it after every load of laundry I do and I am still amazed at how much water it can get out! There is one on eBay right now...
CLICK HERE TO GO TO pulsator's LINK on eBay |
Post# 107993 , Reply# 23   2/5/2006 at 14:50 (6,654 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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More $ than some washing machines. I suppose the price of the used one IS a bargain.......... (Would someone please ask that co. to update their home-page photo!) CLICK HERE TO GO TO toggleswitch's LINK |
Post# 108010 , Reply# 24   2/5/2006 at 17:25 (6,653 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK)   |   | |
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Would someone please ask that co. to update their home-page photo! No way!!! That's a vintage AEG set :-D |
Post# 108036 , Reply# 25   2/5/2006 at 18:54 (6,653 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 108051 , Reply# 26   2/5/2006 at 19:32 (6,653 days old) by aamassther (Hendersonville, NC )   |   | |
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Post# 108114 , Reply# 28   2/5/2006 at 23:31 (6,653 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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Glad both you and the clothes were OK-Yes Don't blame you about getting rid of it -I probably would have taken it to the "plinking" section of the shooting range and tried some new members of my gun collection on it!!Or was there enough left? |
Post# 108117 , Reply# 29   2/5/2006 at 23:52 (6,653 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 108146 , Reply# 31   2/6/2006 at 06:46 (6,653 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 108150 , Reply# 34   2/6/2006 at 06:59 (6,653 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 108208 , Reply# 35   2/6/2006 at 15:19 (6,653 days old) by rayjay (Carteret, New Jersey)   |   | |
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Steve, Just saw this thread. Sorry to hear about the spinner. It looked like a great machine and a lot of fun. Hope you will be able to replace. Ray |
Post# 108217 , Reply# 36   2/6/2006 at 15:42 (6,653 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Well, at least I can make a fabulous bonnet for the Arizona wash-in out of the top mat. I would have sent mine to Allen /Whirlcool, but he no longer uses one. Mine was actually useful with the top-loader but didn't pull much (if any) water out of a front-loaders batch. So I just spin the top-loaders stuff in the front-loader. LOL |
Post# 108328 , Reply# 40   2/7/2006 at 10:39 (6,652 days old) by parunner58 (Davenport, FL)   |   | |
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Post# 108344 , Reply# 41   2/7/2006 at 12:42 (6,652 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 108352 , Reply# 42   2/7/2006 at 13:02 (6,652 days old) by parunner58 (Davenport, FL)   |   | |
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Post# 108519 , Reply# 44   2/8/2006 at 11:03 (6,651 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Steve, Belated condolences on the loss of the Paki spindryer. As for purchasing a European spindryer and using that on 220V 60Hz, I did a bit of calculation with the help of an online G-foce calculator (link). My Miele spindryer with a radius of 120 millimeters and a speed of 2800rpm would have to handle quite a lot of G's extra. If the spinspeed would go up with 20% to 3360rpm, the G-forces would increase from 1053.7 to 1517.32. An increase of 43%!!!! You'd better get out of the room in that case too!!! CLICK HERE TO GO TO foraloysius's LINK |
Post# 108530 , Reply# 45   2/8/2006 at 11:33 (6,651 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)   |   | |
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who also owns one of these Pakistni spinners? Or are Toggle and myself the only ones? It would be interesting to hear of the experiences of others. |
Post# 108542 , Reply# 46   2/8/2006 at 12:42 (6,651 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 108543 , Reply# 47   2/8/2006 at 13:12 (6,651 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK)   |   | |
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Whirlcool, Perhaps most of the owners have been killed off by their Pakistani spinners in an evil plot for them to take over the world? :-) Jon |
Post# 108545 , Reply# 48   2/8/2006 at 13:31 (6,651 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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The Amazing "Frigidaire" 6lb load, Vitreous Enamel Drum, Spinning at 2,850 rpm, Pulling 1132 G force.This old girl (Freda Frigidaire)is 40yrs old. Have never known a twinny or a spinner to break like the ones with plastic drives, Freda has a very heavy cast iron cradle base etc, just as well with those revs...LOL Cheers, Mike CLICK HERE TO GO TO chestermikeuk's LINK |
Post# 108548 , Reply# 49   2/8/2006 at 14:09 (6,651 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 108553 , Reply# 50   2/8/2006 at 15:35 (6,651 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 108554 , Reply# 51   2/8/2006 at 15:38 (6,651 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK)   |   | |
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OMG... what have I started!!! *hangs head in shame* |
Post# 108556 , Reply# 52   2/8/2006 at 15:49 (6,651 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 108568 , Reply# 53   2/8/2006 at 16:18 (6,651 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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