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Thread Number: 85805
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Last Saturday I brought home Miele triplets! |
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Post# 1103493 1/7/2021 at 00:24 (1,204 days old) by Revvinkevin  (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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 But not just any Miele’s...... these are 7 year old (2013), TOL “Professional” W6065 Plus (Little Giant?) washers! I picked them up in Hollywood Saturday morning. They came out of the home of an extremely wealthy family who apparently owns A LOT of property on and around Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood (including a 1923 - 7450 sq. ft., 6 bed 4 bath mansion, on 1.26 acres of prime Hollywood real estate). The sellers were a couple guys who do the maintenance on their various properties. I was told “they” decided to replace these washers with newer models “just because”. It must be nice! I downloaded and looked through the owners manual, then after changing the power cord (had the wrong type of plug for my use) I was able to hook one up and test it out. I have seen mention of a Miele “Little Giant” before, but OMG I had NO IDEA what these little beasts are capable of, WOW! Allow me to bore you with some of the options I discovered while scrolling through the “supervisors menu” in the washer. First, these require a 240V, 30 amp circuit, unlike other US market Miele residential washers, which are 120V, since 2007. OK, here we go, you have the ability to change the parameters of a number of the wash programs, for example: *adjust wash temp in 5° increments up to 200°F (depending on cycle) *select the pre-wash temp (hot/cold) *select the rinse temp (hot/cold) *adjust spin speeds in 100 RPM steps up to 1400 RPM *program up to a total of 5 rinses (default is 2) *program certain cycles with one of 4 different water levels for the wash (rinse levels are always higher) *program up to 2 pre-rinses for certain cycles *add more wash time (+3, 6 or 12 mins) independently from the “intensive“ wash option etc. Aside from all this, the heater in this machine must be nuclear powered because it heats the wash water CRAZY FAST! I washed some towels on Sunday (pic 3) and it raised the wash temp by 50°F in 12 minutes (pics 4 & 5). Cycle times are shorter as well. A similar cycle in my W1215 (also 240V) takes 30 mins longer. The best part is I was able to buy them for a VERY small fraction of the original $4200 (each!) price! | ||
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Post# 1103495 , Reply# 1 1/7/2021 at 02:37 (1,204 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Congrats!
You're becoming quite the Miele laundry appliance hoarder aren't you? *LOL*
If you come across any older Miele washers in your travels give us a shout please. Am still searching for a timer to my W1070. Hahaha Where are you going to put all three of these washers? You've got two or three Miele washing machines already no? As you've discovered main reason for these washers drawing so much current is they are professional/commercial units that don't mess about with heating. Then of course you've all those customized cycle variations. Many of those washers can't be given away due to power requirements. Have seen them sit on eBay or CL for ages without so much as a nibble. | ||
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Post# 1103496 , Reply# 2 1/7/2021 at 02:46 (1,204 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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Love them!! | ||
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Post# 1103510 , Reply# 3 1/7/2021 at 06:00 (1,204 days old) by Chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Miele Professional | ||
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Post# 1103514 , Reply# 4 1/7/2021 at 06:27 (1,204 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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PW6065
Nice machines and extremely versatile. If you decide you don't want it to heat so fast you can remove a heater from the relay and thus reduce your amperage.
Had the exact model myself a few years ago before replacing it with a new power wash 2 in hindsight I wish I had kept it as it just did what it had to and always gave excellent results. Sold it to a friend who had an Inn and produced a lot of laundry so the Miele was wired to the wall and the 2nd heater put back in the mix and it sat next to a Speed Queen top loader.... Austin | ||
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Post# 1103515 , Reply# 5 1/7/2021 at 07:27 (1,204 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula) |
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Wow, I'm in love with them Kevin, if (eventually) you want to get rid of one of those SS 120v miele, let me know first hand. | ||
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Post# 1103517 , Reply# 6 1/7/2021 at 07:51 (1,204 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Miele Little Giant  Wow quite the haul Kevin, You can open a laundry in your home when you retire, I assume you are looking into adding Solar Panels to your home to run these.
As I am redoing my home laundry room I have left a space for one compact FL washer for my occasional smaller loads, I am not sure which one I will use yet, we do have some older Miele 240 volt FL machines around.
I was lured into picking up a really cute 2006 18" Miele DW on the scrap pile last week, its in great shape except the door latch handle is broken and of course it is NLA and there are none to be found on E bay etc, I guess I see why they got rid of it, LOL
John L. | ||
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Post# 1103518 , Reply# 7 1/7/2021 at 07:57 (1,204 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 1103523 , Reply# 8 1/7/2021 at 08:34 (1,204 days old) by Cam2s (Nebraska) | ||
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Great find! Absolute dream machine for me! I’ll have to start saving my pennies so I can have one in my next laundry room. Going to be saving a lot of pennies unless I find a steal like that! Happy washing with those beasts! | ||
| Post# 1103526 , Reply# 9 1/7/2021 at 08:41 (1,204 days old) by Cam2s (Nebraska) | ||
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Also regarding the nuclear powered heater...I thought I read somewhere that it could complete a full boil wash cycle in under an hour. At 4 degrees of temperature raise a minute it’s certainly feasible. | ||
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Post# 1103562 , Reply# 11 1/7/2021 at 15:30 (1,204 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1103598 , Reply# 12 1/7/2021 at 18:56 (1,204 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.)) |
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Fantastic haul Kevin: | ||
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Post# 1103609 , Reply# 13 1/7/2021 at 21:14 (1,204 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 1103627 , Reply# 14 1/7/2021 at 22:59 (1,204 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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| Post# 1103708 , Reply# 15 1/8/2021 at 16:23 (1,203 days old) by Jerrod_Six (Eastern Pennsylvania, USA) | ||
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These times remind me of my W1986. 49 minutes for a 120F wash, 52 min for a 190F wash. I still have my 240-volt connection in my laundry too. | ||
| Post# 1103711 , Reply# 16 1/8/2021 at 16:57 (1,203 days old) by anyandevery (Chillicothe) | ||
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ooooo man i want... those are sweet! | ||
| Post# 1103887 , Reply# 17 1/9/2021 at 19:54 (1,202 days old) by Golittlesport (California) | ||
Yay Kev! You find the best deals! | ||
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Post# 1103942 , Reply# 18 1/10/2021 at 00:09 (1,201 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula) |
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I'd love to, but I'm still during the honeymoon with my Frigidaire 1-18 so.... Wait, did you mention laundry? Do you want a free laundry service? Bring it HERE! As much as possible, s'il vous plait. | ||
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Post# 1103944 , Reply# 19 1/10/2021 at 00:13 (1,201 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula) |
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The way I love FS, I doubt Kevin would ever let me even think about doing my laundry in one of his machines. And Miele's dispenser is too small for 3 or 4... gallons! LOL | ||
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Post# 1104020 , Reply# 21 1/10/2021 at 16:27 (1,201 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Not sure if yours is the same as mine was | ||
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Post# 1104097 , Reply# 22 1/11/2021 at 00:41 (1,200 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Update?
Thank you all for your comments!
Launderess, "Moi" a Miele laundry appliance hoarder? Umm...... possibly as I might just have 2 or 3!
Austin, I should send you a private message so we can discuss disconnecting one of the heating elements. Oh the code to get into the other menu is 000.
John, yes I certainly have enough machines to open my own launderette, not sure if I actually will tho, LOL. Oh and yes I recently had 22 solar panels installed and the system was switched on just over a month ago! (pic 3)
Barry, as you can see I have umm, just a few Miele's including a W1215 I use every week, as well as a W1213 (white). Yours look to be in as new condition, very nice! Not sure if you saw the thread I posted in "Deluxe" on 9/27/20, but I have a Miele combi steam oven as well! Plus picked up a Miele vacuum about 3 months ago. Gee, maybe MY screen name should be "MieleMan"! LOL
On to the update: Well, turns out they didn't replace the machines "just because". I connected and tested one washer last weekend and the other two today.
Washer #1 Seems to do everything it's supposed to, but leaks from inside the cabinet somewhere. I haven't checked into it yet.
Washer #2 The menu reverted back to "spanish" 4 times as I was going through the menu and trying different programs. The tub light doesn't work, the cold water intake is slow, the inlet valve seems to be restricted or not opening fully. The bigger problem is something is going on with the sump, pump or...? I washed 5 dress shirts and on the first spin, it suds locked!! When draining it takes the pump a few seconds to start pumping, but when it does the flow seems fine. I opened the pump filter / clean out thing and it was clean, nothing in it.
Washer #3 Does everything it's supposed to, but the tub light doesn't work.
Otherwise they all sound good and are very quiet when spinning @ 1400 rpm.
Kevin
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Post# 1104106 , Reply# 23 1/11/2021 at 06:23 (1,200 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany)) |
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Drainage issue I think these have a kind of vent pipe between the pump and the drawer that prevents the pump from air locking. That can get clogged due to low temperature washing and certain liquid detergents. Easy enough clean up, just have to get into the machine and check that hose. | ||
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Post# 1104146 , Reply# 25 1/11/2021 at 14:33 (1,200 days old) by Revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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