Our "New to Us" Winnie

[jon_d]

Front load washing machines, at that last high speed spin, all shake, this one is no different.

Ours doesn't.

[Shirley]

Terry hope that you did use wool wash, with a load like that crammed into the machine doubt the undies would have had much of a rinse,

[T1 Terry]

Front load washing machines, at that last high speed spin, all shake, this one is no different.

Ours doesn't.

How much weight is around the tub? Maybe your washing machine is a tad bigger and sitting on a solid floor, but look through the window when it goes into a spin dry cycle and ..... unless the tub is almost empty, it will be moving around quite a bit.
I could mount it rigidly so it didn't move, but that would then transmit the vibration throughout the motorhome .... I'm happy to let it do it's dance

T1 Terry

[T1 Terry]

Terry hope that you did use wool wash, with a load like that crammed into the machine doubt the undies would have had much of a rinse,

Hasn't been a problem in the past, so I doubt it will be a problem now, if it wasn't all those undies and socks, it would be T shirts filling the tub. We have been using this machine for quite a while, it didn't shake the concrete slab and it doesn't leave soap residue after the cycle has finished ...... but it does use a bit more water than I expected ......
It certainly washes better than the top loader twin tube we had before, it also had a habit of eating drive belts. This doesn't have any drive belts, direct drive motor attached to the tub and a separate direct drive water pump.

I've been thinking about how to get the last lot of rinse water back into the washing machine for the next wash cycle, maybe a pump with a head pressure tank, it only feeds water into the machine in small doses and then tumbles the tub to get the soap through the clothes.
The water is fed into the liquid soap dispenser on the inside of the front door, so the water and soap feeds into the centre of the load, it continues this short cycle water feed in until it senses the water level is reached, then the wash timer starts.

At the end of the wash spin cycle, it feeds water into the centre of the load so the first soap saturated rinse water is immediately pumped out of the drum cavity, sort of a pre rinse before it goes through the next two rinse cycles .... the last rinse water is virtually soap free, so it would be fine for the next lot of washing, maybe even both the rinse cycles ..... it would be a matter of getting the timing right to dump the wash water and first rinse, then save the next two rinses .... probably more patience watching the machine than I have .... put it in and come back 50 mins later when it beeps is about my limit

T1 Terry

[Dot]

Terry use the wool wash, stop the machine after it has spinned the wash water out into a bucket or 2, if you have more washing to do . NO need to use water to rinse. We put our machine onto a short wash of 15 mins, then put the machine onto final spin. That does the wash in no time. are you listening to us women that know about these machines and washing? There is NO need to rinse at all. sheesh men. BTW G bolted ours down and made sure it was on a solid foundation and absolutely no movement or trouble. Even use it when travelling. Remember not to overload it either and to remove any and all nuggets before washing undies.

[Dot]

Terry hope that you did use wool wash, with a load like that crammed into the machine doubt the undies would have had much of a rinse,

Just put me off my chocolate licorice Shirley, thanks.

[T1 Terry]

Terry use the wool wash, stop the machine after it has spinned the wash water out into a bucket or 2, if you have more washing to do . NO need to use water to rinse. We put our machine onto a short wash of 15 mins, then put the machine onto final spin. That does the wash in no time. are you listening to us women that know about these machines and washing? There is NO need to rinse at all. sheesh men. BTW G bolted ours down and made sure it was on a solid foundation and absolutely no movement or trouble. Even use it when travelling. Remember not to overload it either and to remove any and all nuggets before washing undies.

I'll give it a try in the front loader, it was useless in the twin tub, would have been better wearing the clothes under the shower for all the cleaning it did. Spent more time spraying clothes with presoak than the actual wash time ....

T1 Terry

[Dot]

I'll give it a try in the front loader, it was useless in the twin tub, would have been better wearing the clothes under the shower for all the cleaning it did. Spent more time spraying clothes with presoak than the actual wash time ....

T1 Terry
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That's weird, never heard of that happening, there is another couple of types now available that needs no rinsing, shall sell you some OR you have very stale nuggets / skiddies in your undies.

[jon_d]

If wool wash is so good, why then do sheep have dags?

[BernieQ2]

Their Mustangs Jon.