Thread Number: 66077
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
New AEG L76685 1600rpm Washer |
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Post# 886596 , Reply# 2   6/23/2016 at 13:31 (2,835 days old) by Pedro (London)   |   | |
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Hey, That's right, my model is the 63cm deep version. I'm going to give that jeans cycle a go, sounds interesting! |
Post# 886599 , Reply# 3   6/23/2016 at 13:58 (2,835 days old) by Sbond22 (Grove City, Fl. USA)   |   | |
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Post# 887056 , Reply# 4   6/26/2016 at 16:52 (2,832 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 887166 , Reply# 6   6/27/2016 at 13:22 (2,831 days old) by Pedro (London)   |   | |
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AquaCycle, mine takes an average of 1hr40 mins to complete a 40c wash and around 1hr58 to complete a 60c. Wehen you start the machine it states the full time of 3hr42 but this always cuts down once the load is sensed. |
Post# 887258 , Reply# 8   6/28/2016 at 05:18 (2,830 days old) by aeg03 (London, UK)   |   | |
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Another video, but of the Hotpoint and the timer countdown timer and its inaccuracy - after the wash and first spin and starting the first rinse, at least your AEG doesn't do this and you know when it will finish. CLICK HERE TO GO TO aeg03's LINK |
Post# 896082 , Reply# 13   8/28/2016 at 18:15 (2,769 days old) by Sbond22 (Grove City, Fl. USA)   |   | |
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Post# 896168 , Reply# 14   8/29/2016 at 12:55 (2,768 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK)   |   | |
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Post# 896757 , Reply# 15   9/1/2016 at 14:36 (2,765 days old) by aeg03 (London, UK)   |   | |
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I live in a very hard water area - South East of England. Thames Water. Never had a washing machine fail or heard of anyone I know having a machine fail due to the water hardness. I think its just happens that the machine is faulty on this machine. |
Post# 896873 , Reply# 17   9/2/2016 at 10:58 (2,764 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 896897 , Reply# 18   9/2/2016 at 14:49 (2,764 days old) by Joe_in_philly (Philadelphia, PA, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 896901 , Reply# 19   9/2/2016 at 16:15 (2,764 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK)   |   | |
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Post# 896913 , Reply# 20   9/2/2016 at 18:06 (2,764 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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So much so many commercial laundries located themselves close to but outside of that city where they could find softer water. Oh that and until the air was cleaned up and or things went to machine drying hanging out the wash was asking for trouble.
Many of the problems of hard water were solved then as now by installing water softening equipment. Can only imagine how dreadful wash day must have been using only soaps and all that hard water. |
Post# 897084 , Reply# 23   9/4/2016 at 03:50 (2,762 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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That's a bad looking heater indeed! It's very unlikely that they would have put a used heater in it. It wouldn't have saved them much money and no manufacturer in their right mind would do that.
Calgon isn't very effective at softening water, a while ago the Dutch consumer organisation came to that conclusion. Just use enough detergent so that you can see the water in one stream coming down the door without any drops forming. Drops means hard water. If you can open the door during the wash process the water should feel silky smooth. Citric acid is a good descaler and much milder for your machine than vinegar. Pure citric acid is the best. A steam cycle is very hard on the heating element. When the water evaporates the scale is left behind on the element, just like it happens with steam irons. Are you using a steam iron? If so, do you use regular water in it? |
Post# 897090 , Reply# 24   9/4/2016 at 06:06 (2,762 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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It would, wouldn't it? I mean the stuff was a blend of two phosphates with a bit of sodium sesquicarbonate IIRC.
Today's powdered non-phosphate Calgon is mostly sodium sequiscarbonate and or washing soda with Zeolites. Thus is true what is often advised, just increase the dosage of any good powdered detergent, that should deal with hard water issues. If you must use a water softener then find someplace that sells sodium tripolyphospate. |
Post# 897092 , Reply# 25   9/4/2016 at 06:11 (2,762 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 898873 , Reply# 26   9/15/2016 at 16:58 (2,751 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK)   |   | |
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In all the years I have lived in hard water areas I have never had a heater element with that build up on it.
I have always done a lot of white washing at high temperatures with usually Persil washing powder and I must confess I do tend to be a little generous with the amount I use. Yet to have a heater fail in my own machines but have seen the results of the damage the scale can do in machines I have repaired. |