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Post# 707753   10/7/2013 at 15:22 (3,825 days old) by Mich (Hells Kitchen - New York)   |   | |
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Post# 707824 , Reply# 1   10/7/2013 at 19:50 (3,825 days old) by Washman (o)   |   | |
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I'm not sure there is a traditional top loader out there besides SQ. The rollover/agitation on the Whirltag Centenial looks weak. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Washman's LINK |
Post# 707840 , Reply# 2   10/7/2013 at 21:14 (3,825 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 707904 , Reply# 4   10/8/2013 at 08:05 (3,824 days old) by Mich (Hells Kitchen - New York)   |   | |
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So far is the only one I've seen without a locking lid, and controllable water levels..
www.homedepot.com/p/Hotpoint-3-5-... www.homedepot.com/p/Hotpoint-3-7-... I'm pretty sure there belt drives though, and will fail quickly :( |
Post# 707908 , Reply# 5   10/8/2013 at 08:42 (3,824 days old) by thefixer ()   |   | |
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Those are standard GE hydrowave washers. They are belt drive but belt failures are rare. Hopefully they have improved the motor/inverters as they are the high failure item in that design. |
Post# 708024 , Reply# 7   10/8/2013 at 18:51 (3,824 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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I don't think so, I would take my chances with the new WP built BD machines any day over these GEs. The GE design works fairly well till it breaks and you need a $200 motor or even worse the main seal leaks or the solenoid in the drive unit breaks and this is if you are lucky enough not to have the top support frame bend causing the motor and main drive to grind itself against the bottom panel of the washer. We also regularly see the wash basket come lose and destroy the basket and the outer tub.
GE TL washers have not been durable since 1995 when they switched designs. Their dryers are just about as bad whether you are looking at the GE designed and built models or even worse all the junk they bought from Frigidaire including that terrible 27" stack.
GE has added a lot to our bottom line with repairs and sales of new SQs, we are often replacing GE laundry products in well under 10 years, sometimes in as little as 3 years because the cost of the needed repairs is ridiculous. |
Post# 708026 , Reply# 8   10/8/2013 at 19:24 (3,824 days old) by thefixer ()   |   | |
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I didn't say GE washers failures are rare, I said belt failures are rare and I did mention the high failure rate of the motor/inverters. My post was short and you still can't read it correctly. |
Post# 708116 , Reply# 10   10/9/2013 at 07:41 (3,823 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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To the Fixer and everyone else, yes I did read your response too fast, sorry, but why comment on JUST the BELT, it is one of the essayists and cheapest parts to replace. But since you brought it up I checked our companies service records and parts sales from our parts distributor and found that this is actually one more very weak parts of this washer design, they are selling LOTS of belts.
The way these GE washers agitate the belt receives a tremendous amount of stress, which is VERY different than WPs well proven BD washers that still have an oil filled planetary drive transmission that reduces the stress on the belt to 1/4 of the GE design. [ WP has had a very similar drive system in some of their TL washers for over 25 years, to what they they are using in the new BD TLers. ] |