Thread Number: 91774
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
1970s Maytag sud saver. |
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Post# 1163124 , Reply# 1   11/3/2022 at 15:54 (539 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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Post# 1163125 , Reply# 2   11/3/2022 at 16:09 (539 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Just because the machine has a suds saver doesn't mean you have to use it. Actually, if you carefully remove the entire system, I'm sure someone here would love to take it off of your hands.
Nice set. The washer is a standard capacity machine which is very, very small by todays standards. If you don't wash large items on a regular basis, it will work just fine. |
Post# 1163129 , Reply# 3   11/3/2022 at 17:11 (539 days old) by Good-Shepherd (New Jersey)   |   | |
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A laundry sink would suffice to hold the wash water. The idea isn't long term storage but reusing the wash water if doing multiple loads at a time. |
Post# 1163133 , Reply# 4   11/3/2022 at 17:28 (539 days old) by Dermacie (my forever home (Glenshaw, PA))   |   | |
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Post# 1163165 , Reply# 5   11/4/2022 at 05:01 (539 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)   |   | |
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"need a separate holding tank" lol
Have no major worries. MTs have a convenient switch on the panel to simply turn off the system, unlike Whirlpool and Kenmore made machines of that era. If you know for certain you're not going to use it, it would probably be best to connect the drain hose directly to the pump as the valves can impede water flow and act as a trap for lint. Sudsaver water was intended to be re-used with in a matter of a few short hours after it's been dispensed. The idea was to re-use the best of the HOT/WARM soapy water with the dirt/lint that's settled out, left behind. Obviously, that water cools quickly and the soap loses it effectiveness as well. When that expelled wash water is left in the laundry tub longer, it doesn't take long for it to start smelling and growing bacteria. You don't want to know what it's like when a thrift conscious, or ignorant neighbor with a sudsaver, tries to save hot water used to wash babies diapers... Whatever you do, don't just rely on keeping the switch on off and thinking because you're not using the suds hose you don't need to connect it. If you accidently bump the switch and the suds hose is not attached or in a drain, you'll have a mess. Believe me, I've seen that too. (College age cousin....inherited a washer.... didn't know any better.... water all over the floor. ) Also, sometimes these suds valves don't fully close and may leak a little bit of water. That's another potential leak issue. So, just connect your drain hose directly to the pump and avoid all that. |