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Thread Number: 97927
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
GE UltraFresh Vent System actually works! |
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| Post# 1228822 , Reply# 1 4/14/2025 at 16:28 by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
I always love hearing good reports on washers... Yes it's only 4 months old but so far, so good.. That's a good sign. I feel like sometimes if something is wrong with the machine it would show up by now...
I'm SOOOO GLAD you're taking that dispenser out and dumping the water and letting it dry... I guess you saw that video I posted.. I'm not 100% sure, but I "THINK" that will help... It runs for 8 hours? I have to wonder if that will shorten the life of the unit? Hopefully not... since there's nothing in there at all weighing it down.. Speaking of weighing down... I would never overload a machine... I think that's where a lot of machines run into trouble. I think about 75% full of dry clothes is perfect. | ||
| Post# 1228825 , Reply# 3 4/14/2025 at 17:26 by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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| Post# 1228827 , Reply# 4 4/14/2025 at 17:36 by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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I literally take mine out, dump water becuase there's always some left in there...occasionally taking it apart and washing it... which is easy.. but more importantly... the housing... it gets plenty of air but I will ocassionally get a cleaning toothbrush and peroxide or bleach (not both) and just scrub the water holes, and wipe out the housing... Seems to be working... As I do it I think to myself that most ppl will NEVER do this... and it's so EASY and only something you have to periodically do. Even if I had a top load washer things can get smelly.. it's not just front loaders. I think what makes it even worse is if the washer is in a humid environment...
Take my friend who lives across town... In the hot humid summer, if I visit her, even though her AC is on, she keeps it on 78 degrees or something like that - and although it feels better than the 95 degrees outside, after being in there a while I can totally tell... so I think an environment like that would be more prone to issues (as an example)... or say, a house that doesn't have AC or a way to control the humidity. One summer I experimented leaving my AC on 75.. that was as WARM as I could stand it...guess what happened? The big stand up tile shower started to grow black mold..and I had never experienced that keeping the AC around 72/73.. It was at that point I said, "screw this" My grandma didn't have AC in her house. Of course we lived in the mountains in western NC so it would get hot in the summer, but nothing like it does outside of the mountains..I honestly don't know how I survived not having AC...even there... If I lived there now, I would totally have it... anyway my point is... her hand towels would literally get a mildew smell within a couple of days. She would say "those towels are soured I'm going to have to change them"... Amazingly tho her washer never smelled.. | ||
| Post# 1228840 , Reply# 6 4/14/2025 at 19:14 by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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Post# 1228867 , Reply# 9 4/15/2025 at 07:25 by Carolina128  (NC) |
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Thanks for the info! That’s super disappointing. My laundry room is in the exact center of my single-level house, so I was hoping it was barely audible. | ||
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Post# 1228869 , Reply# 10 4/15/2025 at 07:52 by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA (considering moving to Temple, Texas)) |
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whirlpool version How does the Whirlpool version do the same as GE? | ||
| Post# 1228897 , Reply# 11 4/15/2025 at 13:55 by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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I would have guessed it would be totally silent... but I guess a fan is involved... Oh well. I mean, when front load washers tumble after the fills have finished, it's basically dead silent... just the clothes/water sloshing is all you can hear... No motor sounds at all. I would have figured it would be the same with the vent running.
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Post# 1228953 , Reply# 12 4/16/2025 at 07:35 by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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GE ultra vent actually works
It certainly should there’s a small fan so it’s gonna make some sound, whirlpool has some models that have a small fan in their front loaders in the rear are those. I can’t really hear if sound is a problem. Get the US built machine instead of the Chinese one.
I don’t think this type of system is really necessary. My 20 year-old. Speed Queen has never been cleaned in anyway and still smells fresh as new just leaving the door a jar in the dispenser drawer half opened is all I’ve ever done to it. Basically, if your machine gets stinky, I sure wouldn’t wanna be washing the clothing that you’ve washed in it because your clothing is gonna be full of bacteria. I’ve suggested in the past to check the cleanliness of your clothing by taking a clean hand towel or washcloth out of your linen closet make it damp put it in a Ziploc bag and put it back in the linen closet for a week if you’re clean washcloth or towel starts to stink it wasn’t very clean. Whenever I wash towel, sheets, etc., I always use a little bit of chlorine bleach in the dispenser. I think that’s also kept my dispenser area from ever getting moldy or stinkythe quarter cup of chlorine bleach sitting in there until the bleach is dispensed, seems to kill anything in the dispenser cavity. If you don’t want to use chlorine bleach, then you should use the heater function for the wash to get the wash temperature up to about 150°. This will help a lot, my older Speed Queen has the heater feature however I doubt if it’s been used 10 times in 20 years it takes too long and uses too much electricity. It’s easier just to put a quarter cup of chlorine bleach in. I’ve also only ever washed in hot water. A front motor uses so little water that you should use the hot setting no matter what you’re washing, and don’t be chin with detergent. I always set it for at least one extra rinse and it rinses beautifully. I even use fabric softener in most loads and it’s never been a problem. | ||
| Post# 1229004 , Reply# 14 4/16/2025 at 14:20 by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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I think you're right about the little bit of bleach sitting in the dispenser waiting to be dispensed helps.. but it doesn't TOTALLY help (at least in my case).. In my case, I USED to dump residual water and put the dispeser back and simply leaving it slightly opened. Well, that wasn't enough.. I would see "pink" areas starting to grow in the dispenser housing..So what I started doing is after I'm done doing laundry I take the dispenser completely out, dump the water, and just sit in the dispenser on top of the machine...at least for a couple of days then put it back...the dispenser housing looks normal now with no mold..
I'm not sure if the SQ is different but with my duet, when it's finished...you know those tiny little water holes at the top of the dispenser housing? Well, if you look at them it's like water drops just hanging there on the top because the machine was just used.. I wipe that off for good measure. | ||
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Post# 1229071 , Reply# 16 4/17/2025 at 13:37 by Logixx (Germany) |
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