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Thread Number: 30489
/ Tag: Major Appliances
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| Post# 337941 11/22/2015 at 16:51 (3,086 days old) by vacmaster (San Diego) | ||
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| Post# 337942 , Reply# 1 11/22/2015 at 17:08 (3,086 days old) by Vacmaster (San Diego) | ||
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| Post# 337963 , Reply# 4 11/23/2015 at 08:38 (3,085 days old) by Human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
Whirlpool washer and Roper (by Whirlpool) dryer
I've got a Whirlpool washer and a Roper (made by Whirlpool) dryer. Both are extra large capacity units. I'm guessing they're both about 10-15 years old, with no fancy electronics to go bad. They work great and except for the style of the knobs, they could almost pass for being a matched pair. The washer came with the house and the dryer came from Goodwill for $60 to replace the aged Kenmore the previous owner left behind. In the end, it was cheaper to upgrade than to repair the old one.
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| Post# 337966 , Reply# 5 11/23/2015 at 09:22 (3,085 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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Post# 337969 , Reply# 6 11/23/2015 at 09:54 (3,085 days old) by countryguy  (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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I have a Kenmore He4T washer and dryer purchased about 10 years ago. So far the only thing I've had done to it is to have the detergent dispenser water mechanism replaced twice because the fabric softener was not always getting flushed out of the dispenser. Both times it was covered under the extended warranty.
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| Post# 337982 , Reply# 7 11/23/2015 at 14:02 (3,085 days old) by vacmaster (San Diego) | ||
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Post# 338002 , Reply# 8 11/23/2015 at 20:41 (3,085 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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| Post# 338003 , Reply# 9 11/23/2015 at 20:49 (3,085 days old) by vacmaster (San Diego) | ||
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| Post# 338006 , Reply# 11 11/23/2015 at 21:22 (3,085 days old) by PoconoVacMan (Northeast Pennsylvania) | ||
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| Post# 338064 , Reply# 12 11/25/2015 at 06:07 (3,083 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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1985 Belt Drive Kenmore 70 washer and a 1973 Lady Kenmore dryer.Donald asked me if I didn't want to get a new Speed Queen pair and I said not no but hell no, when they start making a solid tub machine again, THEN I will want something new! | ||
| Post# 338069 , Reply# 13 11/25/2015 at 09:12 (3,083 days old) by vac-o-matic (Saint Louis, Mo.) | ||
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I'm right there with ya Hans..I have a '94 Kenmore, the only thing I've done is replacing the inlet valve/hoses twice. Granted I only do 4-5 loads a week, but I think that's a great record compared to modern day machines. I've noticed that there's always Maytag Centennial machines on Craigslist, wonder what's up with that? | ||
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Post# 338071 , Reply# 14 11/25/2015 at 09:54 (3,083 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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| Post# 338081 , Reply# 15 11/25/2015 at 14:01 (3,083 days old) by jodan3399 (Brownsville, PA) | ||
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Speed Queen's used to be tanks, you saw them in every laundromat, not sure how they are now. My mom had one that was going on 30 and still going as strong as ever but the tub started rusting away at the top. | ||
| Post# 338083 , Reply# 16 11/25/2015 at 15:39 (3,083 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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New SQ They are the best I think, but I just have a phobia about anything new!..LOL | ||
| Post# 338112 , Reply# 18 11/26/2015 at 10:45 (3,082 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 340704 , Reply# 20 1/5/2016 at 11:02 (3,042 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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| Post# 340776 , Reply# 21 1/6/2016 at 06:35 (3,041 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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It was a Norge But Donald, who rarely complains, got tired of his good towels being frayed around the edges, It was the BEST washer I ever used, it was a 1972. | ||
| Post# 340782 , Reply# 22 1/6/2016 at 10:47 (3,041 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Post# 340814 , Reply# 23 1/6/2016 at 17:47 (3,041 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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~ We have a G.E. washer-dryer set that came with the apartment. They're somewhat older, "Plain Jane" but work really well. I was able to fix two issues with the washer -- a malfunctioning triple water valve and the cycle selector knob which has an incredibly stupid design. It's held in place by a cotter-pin that is impossible to access without nearly breaking the knob off! I've also done routine things like new hoses, etc. The dryer has been problem-free. I do get inside there about every six months and clean it out very thoroughly. There was a building-related problem a year or so ago. The dryers were all vented to a common exhaust pipe that went up into the roof! Because the vent was working against gravity and was only three inches in diameter [and made of cast iron!!], it was always getting clogged up. (The apartment building was constructed in 1937.) The new owner replaced that old system with new aluminum 5" vents that go down underneath the building and exhaust out of an exhaust opening on the side of the building. After the new vent was replaced we kept getting a strong odor of "dryer exhaust" in our apartment. Another contractor came out and said that there is supposed to be a backdraft damper in the vent between our dryer and the neighbors' dryers that was not installed -- the way it works is that when we turn our dryer on, the air pushes closed a flap on the neighbor's side and vice-versa. Without that backdraft damper, exhaust from the other dryers were just coming into our apartment, presenting a carbon monoxide hazard. Great. We almost got done-in by our neighbor's dryer! He installed the backdraft damper and everything is fine now. | ||
| Post# 341050 , Reply# 24 1/10/2016 at 10:12 (3,037 days old) by sitop (Bradenton, FL) | ||
Maytag
Maytag front loading 5000 series. HATE THEM! It takes forever to go through a cycle, sometimes it spins everything perfectly, other times I have to put them through the spin cycle again. They are in the basement on concrete exactly leveled. The Maytag dryer goes on for 40 minutes on a cycle, I go downstairs and the f*****g dryer says that it has over an hour to go and the clothes are dry!
I had a Kenmore Elite he3T that I loved! For 10 years it worked perfectly! The laundry room was upstairs in that house on wood floors and it spun perfectly! I was soooo dumb not to get another Kenmore Elite. My whole family have Kenmore Elites and they all tease me that I got a Maytag | ||
| Post# 342432 , Reply# 25 1/30/2016 at 17:10 (3,017 days old) by junior119 (Sheffield) | ||
Hoover A3260 Electron 1100
Made in August 1983 and running just like new. Usually does 5 loads or so per week, generally 1 on Whites (boil wash), 2 on Whites Economy (75 degrees - equiv to current machines' 60 degrees), and 2 on non-fast coloureds (equiv to modern machines' 40 degree).
Briefly had an LG in 2008. It blew up (quite literally) 3 times in 9 months and LG kept sending the wrong parts to the service engineer, so I skipped it. Never touch LG ever again! Few clips of it operating on my YouTube - link below. CLICK HERE TO GO TO junior119's LINK | ||
| Post# 342804 , Reply# 27 2/3/2016 at 21:27 (3,013 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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Yeah, my girlfriend is becoming very disillusioned with her fancy-schmancy high-tech Samsung washer and dryer. In the past couple of weeks, she's dropped several hundred dollars getting these four-year-old appliances repaired. The washer got a new water pump today to the tune of about $135. It would have been almost twice that but the repair guy cut her a break since he'd just been out week before last to fix the dryer. He said she'd "already paid the trip fee". She told me today the next time they go out, they're really going out—the door, that is.
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