Thread Number: 53058
The sense and non-sense of flow-restrictors! |
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Post# 754086 , Reply# 1   5/1/2014 at 07:33 (3,619 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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for one, it could be regulating water temp, some do that.....
another thought is it direct injects into the dispensers, and the slower rate will allow a slower mix before dispersing the soap mixture onto the load... for whatever reason, I took mine out long ago, and that trickle turned into a water fall...I am more than happy with it now.... but it did seem like forever for the machine to fill.....besides, its not like they have both valves on at the same time, with the auto water temp sensing, it jumps back and forth from hot to cold... nice part is, for the Whirlpools at least, it can take seconds to pull the hose, take out the screen, remove the restrictor with a pair of needlenose, and put the screen back, and reattach the hose, without disassembling the machine.... those who haven't, really should try this.....not like you can't put it back just as fast......but I don't think your gonna want to... I even took the restrictors out of my 1985 filterflos.....amazing how many machines actually have these.... funny how things have turned around, there was a restrictor on the cold water side of my 1964 Whirlpool, but that was from a time when a warmer wash was required... |
Post# 754096 , Reply# 2   5/1/2014 at 08:15 (3,619 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 754126 , Reply# 3   5/1/2014 at 10:09 (3,619 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Don't know if mine has a flow restrictor as well. Not sure if I wanted to remove it, though. I think I'd be afraid of the compartments overflowing due to too much water - like that the bleach compartment might overflow into the softener, causing it to be released during the first rinse when the bleach is flushed. |
Post# 754146 , Reply# 4   5/1/2014 at 11:46 (3,619 days old) by murando531 (Augusta, Georgia - US)   |   | |
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I could see the sense in the "auto-sense" models (hehe), but for washers that have completely manual water level switches and no flushing dispensers, I don't see the point. It only makes it annoying to have over 30 minutes of every cycle for filling. For the HE models that have to precisely fill and have flushed dispensers, I'll give'em that, but for a machine that is going to fill up to the same points regardless of how fast or slow, it doesn't make sense.
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Post# 754760 , Reply# 8   5/3/2014 at 17:14 (3,616 days old) by murando531 (Augusta, Georgia - US)   |   | |
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Could be. I just don't understand what's going through their minds when they "design" some of these so called spray rinses. On my WP, the machine spins after the wash, then runs cold water while pulsing the tub to slowly turn, but all the water is hitting the base of the agitator and running down under the load. Barely any of it hits the clothes at all before it does a final spin and calls it done. At least since I removed the restrictors and there's a substantial waterfall now, if I were to turn the Fabric softener option off for it to do a spray, the clothes would at least see some water.
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Post# 755255 , Reply# 9   5/6/2014 at 13:35 (3,614 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Sure enough... mine has the flow restrictor as well.
I just emoved it from the cold inlet and am running a load of shirts. Other than that the inlet valve now making a noticable *thud* sound when opening, the fill is hardly any stronger/faster. Will put the thing back in.
Notice how the four large openings in the orange restrictor are blocked off by the rubber ring. The actual openings are so small you couldn't even fit a needle through them. |