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Thread Number: 90174
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
New GE Top Load Washer Line-Up |
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| Post# 1147448 4/26/2022 at 17:05 (1,053 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho) | ||
Just for S&G, I checked out the new GE Top Load Smart Washer line-up. They all looked like competent, useful machines. But, then I drilled down (twice) to the specifications. All seemed good until I saw only 800 RPM as a maximum spin speed. Nowadays, we have become used to 1000 or more, as the best extractions for heavy fabrics like towels and jeans. On the other hand, 800 RPM might be adequate for most folks, and may cut down on bearing and seal wear.
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Post# 1147467 , Reply# 1 4/26/2022 at 22:23 (1,053 days old) by GELaundry4ever  (Nacogdoches, TX, USA) |
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GE washer! I'm interested in learning more about these. Do these have steel drive transmissions? What about their wash action? | ||
| Post# 1147692 , Reply# 3 4/29/2022 at 13:39 (1,050 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
But The Dryer | ||
| Post# 1147725 , Reply# 4 4/30/2022 at 03:52 (1,049 days old) by WindRivers (Wind River Range, WY) | ||
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Spin Speed vs. G-Force I would think that g-force would give a better indication of moisture extraction ability than spin speed. I have seen g-force, which is a function of spin rpm and tub radius, given in the specs of some commercial machines, as I recall. But both numbers can be useful. | ||
| Post# 1147743 , Reply# 5 4/30/2022 at 10:50 (1,049 days old) by seedub (South Texas Hill Country) | ||
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Post# 1147744 , Reply# 6 4/30/2022 at 12:15 (1,049 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1147782 , Reply# 8 4/30/2022 at 23:09 (1,049 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Post# 1147783 , Reply# 9 4/30/2022 at 23:13 (1,049 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1147786 , Reply# 10 4/30/2022 at 23:16 (1,049 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA) |
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Why GE? Why GE? Why did you stoop to this level? | ||
| Post# 1147791 , Reply# 11 5/1/2022 at 01:37 (1,049 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
GE has made nothing but junk since they made those cheap washers with plastic tubs and transmissions that could barely hold up for very long. My friend Richard told me he once knew of someone who had one of those crappy GE washers with the transmission and didn’t do more than 400 loads of laundry before it completely gave up the ghost and that was just with light use, not heavy use with multiple loads of laundry a day.
GE always touted their innovations but always lacked in serviceability and reliability in their washers and dryers. Whirlpool was the true innovator since they had features people wanted and didn’t bother with using silly designs like GE did many years ago hence why Whirlpool was a better buy that GE was from the 60’s to the 2000’s. | ||
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Post# 1147813 , Reply# 12 5/1/2022 at 13:52 (1,048 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA) |
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GE laundry It bothers me why GE eliminated the filter-flo feature, let alone used transmissions with flimsy design that causes oil to blow everywhere. That stuff has a strong smell. It smells like 90 weight gear oil, yet it's filled with 60 weight gear oil. | ||
| Post# 1147850 , Reply# 14 5/1/2022 at 22:18 (1,048 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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Post# 1147865 , Reply# 15 5/2/2022 at 02:33 (1,048 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Cannot say about top loading washers, but far as H-Axis goes greatest decrease in moisture retained was going from 800 rpm to 1000, 1200 or 1400.
After 1400 rpms going up to 1600 or even 1800 results in not a huge jump in results. We're talking cottons/toweling/casual wear here. Some things like woolens, delicates, man made fibers and others shouldn't be subjected to extremely fast nor long final spin. With push on in Europe towards heat pump dryers where are basically jumped up condenser types, more water extracted out of certain loads the better. Indeed overall it is far more energy efficient to extract water out of textiles by spinning than using heat from any sort of dryer to evaporate it out. American households (nor self serve laundries for that matter), historically haven't been that interested in washers that spun things nearly dry. People just bunged things into dryers that baked all the water out. This of course for former was when top loading washers dominated. Now with HE machines of all sorts gaining market share things are changing. www.designerappliances.co.... | ||
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Post# 1147866 , Reply# 16 5/2/2022 at 04:24 (1,047 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Post# 1147881 , Reply# 17 5/2/2022 at 13:57 (1,047 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA) |
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GE washer Don't forget about the ramped activator. | ||
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