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curtisb wrote:This was also my first experience with a natural gas dryer...and I don't think we'll ever go back.
bthylafh wrote:curtisb wrote:This was also my first experience with a natural gas dryer...and I don't think we'll ever go back.
I've only ever had electrics. What's so much better about gas ones?
curtisb wrote:This dryer also has a steam feature, so it was a little weird having to run a water line to the dryer.
hansmuff wrote:curtisb wrote:This dryer also has a steam feature, so it was a little weird having to run a water line to the dryer.
I hate to tell you, but you're supposed to hook it up to ethernet. It's a Steam feature, you can see what's on sale on Steam while you're doing laundry.
SuperSpy wrote:My parents had a Samsung washer and it was the biggest pile of junk ever, after replacing (I think) 2 control boards, they gave up and scrapped it for a low-end commercial unit without any bells and whistles.
just brew it! wrote:SuperSpy wrote:My parents had a Samsung washer and it was the biggest pile of junk ever, after replacing (I think) 2 control boards, they gave up and scrapped it for a low-end commercial unit without any bells and whistles.
When our old Whirlpool finally died for good a couple of years ago our appliance repair guy said, "Everything is junk these days except Speed Queen." So we now have what is essentially a no-frills Speed Queen laundromat unit (minus the coin box).
curtisb wrote:Do you know how much energy it takes to make an electric heating element hot?
curtisb wrote:just brew it! wrote:SuperSpy wrote:My parents had a Samsung washer and it was the biggest pile of junk ever, after replacing (I think) 2 control boards, they gave up and scrapped it for a low-end commercial unit without any bells and whistles.
When our old Whirlpool finally died for good a couple of years ago our appliance repair guy said, "Everything is junk these days except Speed Queen." So we now have what is essentially a no-frills Speed Queen laundromat unit (minus the coin box).
Ours told us the same thing (minus the Speed Queen part), and warned us that the control boards are expensive to replace. He said that if we purchased a newer unit to make sure we got an extended service agreement with it. We did...it only cost us $250USD to cover both the washer and dryer for 10 years--all parts, all labor covered. That decision was a no brainer...
just brew it! wrote:We sidestepped that issue by getting a model that still uses a mechanical timer.
Wirko wrote:just brew it! wrote:We sidestepped that issue by getting a model that still uses a mechanical timer.
In your experience, is it easier to overclock than control boards?
whm1974 wrote:Oh man, Samsung isn't doing too well these days.
jihadjoe wrote:whm1974 wrote:Oh man, Samsung isn't doing too well these days.
That, or there's a pyromaniac somewhere in their engineering department who is doing very well indeed.
bthylafh wrote:It's more that front loaders have gravity helping them move things around the drum as they slowly spin up so they are more likely to get things balanced. Top loaders just have to hope that things are properly distributed around the tub after the last rinse action before they go for the spin.I wonder if top-loading HEs have to spin faster than front loaders do because of their orientation.
SuperSpy wrote:If I had to guess, I'd say that top-loaders are more prone to this issue because they're only attached at the bottom, where as side loaders are attached at both ends, and the door end is likely held on via a massive ring bearing. I know my LG HE side loader the bin doesn't shake at all (but the entire unit does).
just brew it! wrote:It sounds to me like an off-balance load causes the machine to physically tear itself apart, hurling random pieces of metal every which way with considerable force. Modern HE washers spin the washtub at ludicrous speeds to wring more of the rinse water out, so there's a LOT of kinetic energy there.