Kirk (KC) Constable
06-11-2005, 3:14 AM
Our 15 year old washer quit spinning reliably last weekend. :(
I say 'reliably' because I could make it spin by fiddling with it, but it still wasn't spinning right and the clothes were still 'two dryer cycles' wet. Might've been a simple problem and cheap to fix, but we ran some horrible well water through it for several years, and it had bounced BADLY since it was new...you could be at the other end of the house and know when it was done (when the vibration stopped)...so we just bought a new one. LOML's 'criteria' was it had to gave three water level settings, and it had to have wash/rinse temperature settings. Cheapest one we found without spending all day shopping was a GE for $319 at Home Depot. I brought it home this morning and swapped 'em out. MAN, what a difference. Quiet, NO vibration, and the spin/suck cycle will bunch the underwear up like they're in a SpaceSaver vacuum bag. :D
I feel inadequate for not even trying to fix the old one, but if this one goes 15 years, I guess I'll get over it. :o
KC
I say 'reliably' because I could make it spin by fiddling with it, but it still wasn't spinning right and the clothes were still 'two dryer cycles' wet. Might've been a simple problem and cheap to fix, but we ran some horrible well water through it for several years, and it had bounced BADLY since it was new...you could be at the other end of the house and know when it was done (when the vibration stopped)...so we just bought a new one. LOML's 'criteria' was it had to gave three water level settings, and it had to have wash/rinse temperature settings. Cheapest one we found without spending all day shopping was a GE for $319 at Home Depot. I brought it home this morning and swapped 'em out. MAN, what a difference. Quiet, NO vibration, and the spin/suck cycle will bunch the underwear up like they're in a SpaceSaver vacuum bag. :D
I feel inadequate for not even trying to fix the old one, but if this one goes 15 years, I guess I'll get over it. :o
KC