Thread Number: 61302
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Post# 839609 , Reply# 1   9/4/2015 at 21:39 (3,149 days old) by Lorainfurniture (Cleveland )   |   | |
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I have a couple of them at my shop. Very cool machines. Actually just got a nice matching set last week. |
Post# 839959 , Reply# 2   9/7/2015 at 07:12 (3,147 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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These are both really cool unique washers and both actually very effective cleaning washers. Both of these machines were top rated by Consumer Reports.
I have several of both machines, both are really fun to watch. Overall I like the Calypso better as a daily driver, it does not tangle clothing like the MT and always spins properly where as the MT often has problems balancing.
The one and only time CRs tested the Neptune TL it had the best cleaning score of any washer in there tests.
Any serious washer collector should try to have these machines in their collection, there were probably about ten times as many Calypsos built as there were TL Neptunes and parts for the TLNs are going to go away fast. |
Post# 839975 , Reply# 4   9/7/2015 at 08:11 (3,147 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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A "transmission" (a little gear-box, filled with mineral oil IIRC) drives the tumblers via their edges at the bottom. Belt-drive motor reverses for spin, by which a spring-clutch/pulley mechanism grabs the shaft and everything rotates. While the clutch engages, the tumblers make a partial turn in reverse to center the load (which otherwise has climbed somewhat up the basket wall) for balance. The clutch/pulley can fail such that the tumblers keep rotating during spin, which fouls-up the balance/distribution. |
Post# 840008 , Reply# 6   9/7/2015 at 12:57 (3,146 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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We had one of these, and we ended up being so grateful for a traditional top-loader after owning it, that we never looked back.
It's a neat design, when it works properly. But-- - Sometimes, the dispensers failed to empty. They're supposed to fill with water and siphon out, but sometimes, we came back to a fabric-softener cup that was now full of water. Argh. It was sporadic enough that you never could quite tell whether it was going to be an issue or not. The three-way distribution system under the lid was novel--Maytag's Dispensall. - Balancing was always a hoot. Sometimes you got lucky, and it did a nice, fast, quiet and even spin; usually not, though. This was one of the noisier washers we had when it didn't balance well. The neighbors loved it. - Occasionally, the load would fail to be moved by the paddles (particularly an issue with smaller loads), and you'd come back to the load at the end, and find undissolved detergent scattered through it, because--guess what--the load never rolled over. Because you can't observe what's going on, you never know that, until the end of the cycle. I love the creativity of this design, but it goes in the same folder as the Samsung Waterwall dishwasher for me--novel, but fraught with issues that shouldn't be present in a modern machine. |
Post# 840101 , Reply# 7   9/7/2015 at 18:39 (3,146 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 840137 , Reply# 8   9/7/2015 at 20:40 (3,146 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 840145 , Reply# 9   9/7/2015 at 21:50 (3,146 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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