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Thread Number: 91163
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
LG washtower |
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Post# 1156718 , Reply# 1 8/12/2022 at 10:00 (408 days old) by eronie  (Flushing Michigan) |
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Yes you can but you have to take the dryer off the top! | ||
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Post# 1156722 , Reply# 2 8/12/2022 at 11:08 (408 days old) by littlegreeny (Milwaukee, WI) |
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Post# 1156725 , Reply# 3 8/12/2022 at 12:01 (408 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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LG Wash Tower | ||
| Post# 1156726 , Reply# 4 8/12/2022 at 12:06 (408 days old) by Turbowash (USA) | ||
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Speed queen FL has smaller capacity, but unit itself is even bigger. LG tower takes less space and has the capacity I need. I’m just wondering if my husband and I will be able to lift the dryer off for the water level adjustment. | ||
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Post# 1156728 , Reply# 5 8/12/2022 at 12:24 (408 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA) |
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lg washtower performance How does it perform on the normal cycle on bo the washer and dryer? | ||
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Post# 1156730 , Reply# 6 8/12/2022 at 12:43 (408 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Brigita I have had the LG WM4200 since last November and have pretty mich learned everything about it. What cycles and settings do you usually use? Once you tell me what your wash habits are, I can give you a better idea as to how the new one is as opposed to your old LG. I"m curious with regards to wash water temperwatures and cycles you usually use.
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Post# 1156768 , Reply# 8 8/12/2022 at 19:48 (408 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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I got some of my informationn from a former member who is about as OCD on certain things regarding laundry. First of all, I RARELY use the Normal cycle. Because it's the Energy Star rated cycle, it has further dumbed down temperatures than the rest. Warm is 86F and Hot is 95F. Also, Normal and Heavy Duty cycles don't use the onboard heater to maintain water temperature unless you select extra hot. Towels, Bedding, Whites, and Perm Press do use the heater to riase water temperature to the specified temperature targets if needed. For those cycles, warm is 90F and hot is 112F. Heavy Duty has those target temps too, but like I said, the heater doesn't come on to riase or maintain once water level has been satisfied. If you use the Allergene cycle (steam is default on for Allergene) or select the steam option for Whites, Bedding, Heavy Duty, and Normal, ability to select any soil level is removed and the cyle is locked into a specified wash period length. Target temp when steam is selected is 160F-162F. Steam option also does not allow a prewash option. Target temp for Sanitary is 158F. Sanitary cycle does allow soil level selection and that will vary the length of wash time and thus water heating phase. I use the downloaded Denim cycle only for extra hot setting. There is no difference between hot or warm wash water temperature for denim, which is 86F. 112F for hot water is pathetic as far as I am concerned, but I don't necessarily need hot going up to 158F, so the denim cycle allows me some flexibiity of lower hot wash water temps beteen 130F & 145F due to the wider range of wash soil level times which allows more variation of wash and heating time. My go to cycle is Perm Press. It has a decent amount of water and a reasonable 90F warm & 112F hot. Also, if you pour 4 or 5 cups of water in the tub before you add laundry, that tricks the machine into thinking it's a large, heavy load and that results in water fills being higher for both wash and rinses. Also, the rinses will be double the time length and final spins will be longer. I always select an additional rinse for each load. For towels, jeans, and anything I add more detergent due to soil level, I select the maximum number of additional rinses. I really like my machine, I just despise the paltry dumbed down tempeartures. Sometimes 90F warm for Perm Press cycle isn't good enough for shifting stains. I let it wash with heaviest soil for about 10 minutes on warm and then pause and select hot water temp and normal soil level and resume cycle. Then by the end of the wash phase, the temperature is increased to between 100F & 104F, which is in the good old days was considered warm water. Washers from the 1950s & 1960s that had a "medium" wash water temperature was 120F. So, 112F is pathetic to me. And back then, hot was what ever your water heater teperature was. I use Tide with Oxi liquid and it's ok. Will be glad to get back to my Tide with Bleach powder.
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| Post# 1156776 , Reply# 10 8/12/2022 at 21:09 (407 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
That LG WashTower is one unitized system. There is no way to take the dryer off the top of the washer. You should not have to even touch the water level and the water level is adaptive to the load. If you use TurboWash, and I do for every load, the washer is uses plenty of water for washing and rinsing. Also Keep in mind that if you are vertically challenged that the LG tower is a good option where as the SQ stack being pushed by some people you will have a problem getting to the back of the SQ dryer to retrieve your laundry. And the SQ does not heat the water nor does it maintain water temps. Plus it lacks the capacity that the LG washer has. For the money I would go with the LG. Plus if you are internet savvy it can connect to the ThinQ app and you can keep track on load status it will also alert you when the load is finished in unit to be transferred to the dryer and will alert again when the dryer is done. There is a reason why LG appliances are very well rated and many people are very happy with them.
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| Post# 1156782 , Reply# 12 8/12/2022 at 22:33 (407 days old) by Turbowash (USA) | ||
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Here’s tweaked water level on my current Samsung. It’s just a bit more than factory setting, but it makes a difference. | ||
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Post# 1156783 , Reply# 13 8/12/2022 at 22:34 (407 days old) by lakewebsterkid (Dayton, Ohio) |
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WashTower Use the Towels cycle on the app. You can permanently download the cycle to the machine via the app. It uses a great water level, and performs 3 normal rinses with strong interim spins. | ||
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Post# 1156784 , Reply# 14 8/12/2022 at 22:36 (407 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 I just need to know if water valve is easy to reach or not.The water valve (water inlet solenoids) assembly is unlikely to be part of water level sensing. Fill level is via a pressure sensor. Many designs nowadays have it as a digital, electronic transducer integral (soldered) to the machine control board, no adjustment screws. I haven't looked at the parts design and layout of the LG WashTower units. You can search the specific model number of interest to find parts diagrams for determining the components. | ||
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Post# 1156805 , Reply# 17 8/13/2022 at 09:15 (407 days old) by 48bencix (Sacramento CA) |
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Dumb designs I agree that the controls on most stacked washer/dryer combos are too high. Most units used to be 36" tall. Now, many are 39" tall making the top controls of the dryer very high. Sears used to sell a WD combo stack that had relocatable controls for the dryer, very smart. | ||
| Post# 1156814 , Reply# 18 8/13/2022 at 11:37 (407 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
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The SQ stack washer is a beast in size. I am 5'9 and I have an issue with getting to the back of the dryer. But thats me.
I would agree that if you need to get into the washer components then I would go with separate machines and stack them. If one dies you still can keep the other functioning machine and replace the broken one. If size is really an issue you could also look into Electrolux since they are a bit smaller on the outside and not as tall. The ones I had stacked came in at 72 inches if I recall right. LG would not have fit since both stacked would have been 76 inches tall and where the washer and dryer were it would not have fit in my basement. That said, the new LG's use the TurboWash 360 and uses plenty of water. The washer i have is the 4000 rated #2 by Consumer Reports. | ||
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Post# 1156893 , Reply# 19 8/14/2022 at 03:34 (406 days old) by Logixx (Germany) |
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Relocateable controls | ||
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Post# 1156938 , Reply# 21 8/14/2022 at 17:23 (406 days old) by qsd-dan (West) |
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"Whirlpool 29-inch design, made in 2008 I believe."
The glory days of the 29 inchers were generally pre 2000's so the dryer outlasting the washer are isn't exactly reliable information today. Probably the same the story with just about any dryer made today, they're built insanely cheap. Don't believe me? Check out this older thread: www.automaticwasher.org/c... BTW, WTF is up with this site today? It has more bugs in it than the entire state of Florida. | ||
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Post# 1156965 , Reply# 25 8/14/2022 at 22:04 (405 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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29"Whirlpool Dryers Are still just fine, we do less service on those built in the last ten years than older ones and they are safer than ever.
Te rear rollers are better than ever, the heaters last longer, motors are fine, the timers with plastic shafts have had a higher failure rate, but you win some and lose some.
John L. | ||
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Post# 1156994 , Reply# 26 8/15/2022 at 03:06 (405 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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Post# 1157019 , Reply# 27 8/15/2022 at 12:39 (405 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA) |
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wash cycles and habits I mostly use the normal cycle on the washer and dryer, with the exception of whites in the washer which use whitest whites on accelawash. I don't use normal with energy saver on the dryer. I use cold or warm wash on normal depending on when I wash darks or light colors. | ||
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Post# 1157099 , Reply# 28 8/16/2022 at 14:43 (404 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA) |
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normal cycle On the dryer, I use normal cycle without energy saver. | ||
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