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Thread Number: 69655
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Wow I got my first front loader today |
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Post# 925681 3/8/2017 at 13:40 (2,599 days old) by petek  (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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 For FREE.
And no the trusty GE Filter Flo of 30+ years trouble free performance hasn't crapped out.
When I go up this morning and looked out the front window I see the next doors washer and dryer sitting out on the curb and a big delivery truck backed up to their garage. So I grab my cafe and wander over to ask the Mrs why because they only bought them 6 or so years ago when they moved in.. They're actually separated and she lives elsewhere but that's a whole nother story.. Anyways she tells me the heater in the dryer broke and "he" just decided to go to Sears and buy a new set.. So what's wrong with the washer I say? Nothing she says, it works perfectly... So he's just putting it to the curb for big garbage day pickup tomorrow? Yes... Really? Why wouldn't he have just called the Habitat Store to come pick them up.. Hell if she knew.. he's just like that.. So he's gone out and spent near $4,000 incl tax and ext warranty on an even bigger Kenmore set.. Well after it sitting out there for about 6 hours I could stand it no longer. We do have room for it in the laundry room along with the GE.. I figured me other half wouldn't be too thrilled about hauling something else in.. but he was game and so we did.. Now I just have to do some re arranging and get it in there.
I should have took a pick of them both out there but here's one of the dryer still sitting there.. she really doesn't know what's wrong with it.. could be really nothing .. It'll probably be gone by nightfall anways if scrappers drive around.
I can't believe how people will just toss good stuff to the curb like that.. In fact the previous people in that house did the same thing.. I remember a year or so after we moved in seeing their washer/dryer set on the curb.. when I asked her what was wrong with them.. nothing.. they just wanted a new set.. so they went in the crusher.
I mean even if we don't really end up using this thing and it works I'll donate it to Habitat. 
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Post# 925682 , Reply# 1 3/8/2017 at 13:41 (2,599 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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| Post# 925683 , Reply# 2 3/8/2017 at 13:44 (2,599 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
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| Post# 925703 , Reply# 3 3/8/2017 at 15:27 (2,599 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
The dryer looks so sad sitting out there all alone | ||
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Post# 925705 , Reply# 4 3/8/2017 at 15:32 (2,599 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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| Post# 925706 , Reply# 5 3/8/2017 at 15:51 (2,599 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO) | ||
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| Post# 925720 , Reply# 7 3/8/2017 at 17:50 (2,599 days old) by washerdude (Canada ) | ||
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The dryer is definitely worth getting, all it needs is a new heater and they are not at all that expensive, and very easy to replace. | ||
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Post# 925741 , Reply# 8 3/8/2017 at 19:02 (2,599 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Millennials lack the concept of anything being built to last, and they have been conditioned to think this way by computer and smart phone manufacturers whose fundamental business plans are firmly based on planned obsolescence. These kids -- though they may be well into their 30s -- apply this principle to everything they buy, and have no trouble paying exorbitant amounts for items they'll consider junk within a year or two.
It's been said for decades that we've become a throw-away society, but nobody ever expected it to be as bad as it is now. More and more, I'm beginning to view Steve Jobs as the worst thing to happen to literacy and independent thought in the history of the world. | ||
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Post# 925743 , Reply# 9 3/8/2017 at 19:10 (2,599 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Post# 925744 , Reply# 10 3/8/2017 at 19:12 (2,599 days old) by vintage1963 (Ohio) |
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Post# 925775 , Reply# 11 3/8/2017 at 20:33 (2,599 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 925811 , Reply# 13 3/9/2017 at 07:02 (2,598 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 925814 , Reply# 14 3/9/2017 at 07:53 (2,598 days old) by marky_mark (From Liverpool. Now living in Palm Springs and Dublin) |
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 I've used a Whirlpool Duet washer and matching dryer on pedestals just like the ones in these photos. The washer I used had a heater (not sure if they all do). I found that it worked very well when using the Whitest Whites cycle or Heavy Duty cycle combined with extra rinse. The rinses were only performed at low water level but it did 3 rinses (with extra rinse selected) and had good interim spins (not particularly quiet). Very pleased with the results. However I felt that the Normal cycle without extra rinse was far too short for a front loader -- only suitable for refreshing very lightly soiled items. Hope you enjoy it. Personally I would rescue the dryer and have a little play with it. Perhaps it could easily be fixed just by seeing to the heater or thermostat, or maybe not. You wouldn't lose anything by trying and you could still put it back out for collection if you can't get it working. I do like a matched set! Good luck! | ||
| Post# 925826 , Reply# 15 3/9/2017 at 09:36 (2,598 days old) by PassatDoc (Orange County, California) | ||
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I had a 2006 Frigidaire FL (2350) set which was working well, but my neighbor's washer broke and he was between jobs. I was looking for an excuse to buy a larger machine, and got a new Electrolux pair. My neighbor inherited my Frigidaires, still going strong after 11 years without a service issue on either machine of the pair. | ||
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Post# 925930 , Reply# 16 3/10/2017 at 02:40 (2,598 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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| Post# 927040 , Reply# 17 3/15/2017 at 17:23 (2,592 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
This looks JUST Like my duet
that will be 12 yrs old next month. This has got to be more than 6 yrs old. I only say this because this design changed a year or two after I got mine. That poor dryer. My duet dryer has never been serviced. KNOCK ON WOOD! Yes, the normal cycle is very short. I always use heavy duty with extra rinse and more soil or same with whitest whites. Once in a while sanitary.
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| Post# 927042 , Reply# 18 3/15/2017 at 17:29 (2,592 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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Post# 927155 , Reply# 19 3/16/2017 at 08:29 (2,591 days old) by Ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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Not only did you get get it free, but it was right next door.
We used to live in the neighborhood where money apparently was growing on trees. At least the neighbor next to our friends thought so as she threw out perfectly good furniture because she just got tired of it. The husband came home and discovered that they didn't have any more living room furniture-not exaggerating. We had a pair of GE front loaders but we did not like ours and they not only had a perpetual problem with mold but they didn't really clean. I know that's hard to believe when over $2000 (Uniway buying club)was spent in 2006. These Duets sound much better. And as a side note, I agree with reply 6 and Ralph's comment. I'll be looking for future comments from you Pete... so you just left the dryer out there? A number of aw org people are lucky with curb finds, so let us know how it all washes out.:)) | ||
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Post# 927183 , Reply# 20 3/16/2017 at 12:54 (2,591 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Yes the dryer is still out there today with a bit o snow on it.. Surprised no scrapper has come round. I would love to take it but I just don't have the room or the mental strength to deal with the shite I'll be subjected to from my partner if I dare try.. seriously. I was somewhat shocked when he agreed to take the washer and helped cart it over... I guess I was mistaken to it being approx 6 y.o. , they had it before they moved in here.. I'd thought they bought it when they moved in. | ||
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Post# 927188 , Reply# 21 3/16/2017 at 13:36 (2,591 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 927194 , Reply# 22 3/16/2017 at 14:19 (2,591 days old) by Pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
petek
petek the duet washer you saved look anything like the one my mom and i have if so then the unit must be 13 years old, washer is on the left.
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