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Post# 1083435   8/1/2020 at 15:17 (1,356 days old) by chetlaham (United States)        

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At what point does a fast tumble speed become ineffective on a FL washer? At what RPM is the door required to be locked on a FL washer? I kind of sorta thinking about laundry engineering and such...




Post# 1083468 , Reply# 1   8/1/2020 at 20:48 (1,356 days old) by chetlaham (United States)        
Fascinating!

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Have a look, this is interesting. Why does it ramp up like that? (5:03)





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Post# 1083479 , Reply# 2   8/1/2020 at 21:33 (1,356 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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Programming change enacted to help flush the tub boot.


Post# 1083482 , Reply# 3   8/1/2020 at 21:45 (1,356 days old) by chetlaham (United States)        

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That would make sense. I take it does nothing for the clothes though however?

Post# 1083490 , Reply# 4   8/1/2020 at 22:43 (1,356 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)        
depends...

...on basket diameter.3-belt Westinghouse used elliptical"potato pulley" to create a lope in the wash rotation for more irregular tumbling and "turnover" of the load with the constant 1725 RPM split phase single direction motor.

Post# 1083501 , Reply# 5   8/1/2020 at 23:26 (1,356 days old) by chetlaham (United States)        

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What was the tumble RPM on the Westinghouse? Did it spin?

Post# 1083509 , Reply# 6   8/1/2020 at 23:57 (1,356 days old) by Cam2s (Nebraska)        

My maxima has several different speeds depending on the cycle. Normal action the linens more roll...on the heavy duty cycles the drum tumbles faster and it throws them against the opposite side of the drum. I like that tunnel pattern, if nothing else it keeps them separate and prevents tangling and balling. I think on an FL washer any soles requires a lock. The concern is more keeping water in I would assume. My maxima never really fills with enough water that it would flood out but certain cycles that use a higher water level won’t let you pause the cycle and open the door once the water is past a certain point. It also will not let you in on the high temperature cycles.

Post# 1083516 , Reply# 7   8/2/2020 at 02:24 (1,355 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)        

Chetlaham

The Neptunes and its adoptive sister "Samtag" to that to help cleaning the tub and the boot.

It also opens the fill valves while that (time enough to fill the dispenser cup and start the syphon effect)

I have the stacked neptune, it actually does that twice, first flushing the bleach dispenser before the second rinse and before the final rinse it flushes both CB and FS dispenser.


Post# 1083590 , Reply# 8   8/2/2020 at 13:44 (1,355 days old) by chetlaham (United States)        

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Does this in any way inadvertently clean clothes?

Post# 1083625 , Reply# 9   8/2/2020 at 17:54 (1,355 days old) by Jerrod_Six (Eastern Pennsylvania, USA)        

My washer will sometimes spin like that in the middle of a normal spin, sometimes it does it two times in a row, other times one, and still other times it doesn't do it at all. I don't know what is going on with that.

Post# 1083717 , Reply# 10   8/3/2020 at 08:29 (1,354 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))        

The door on a FL should always be locked.
Even a slow tumble can twist your arm out of its socket.



The highest tumbling speeds used depend on drum size, but anything that lets clothes hit the drum higher than maybe 4 o'clock is no longer tumble cleaning clothes.



Distributions and spins in the wash are something used since the 80s over here.

Washing heavily relies on water going through clothing.
Be that by means of a recirculation spray, tumbling or high water levels doesn't really matter.

So, when lower water levels with larger loads in the same size drum became more common, distributions were implemented.

They basically provide a quick, efficient and easy way to exchange water between clothing and sump, especially with high volume loads.


My LG does distributions every 15min or so on larger loads.

On smaller loads it doesn't do them at all.
Also depends on cycle.



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