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| Thread ID: 116634 | 2011-03-13 07:18:00 | Why is there hair all over my shirts after using the washing machine? | Question (15792) | PC World Chat |
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| 1185841 | 2011-03-16 03:20:00 | I have never seen nor heard of - until now - ANY washing machine having any filters anywhere in the recirculation system . Why would youse guys cause yer'selfs such grief and have them installed in youse guys machines? Just something else to screw up . Our wmachine that we have just got rid of after 15 years use was a Hoover . I thought it was made in Amerika? Our new machine is an Asko made in Sweden . It has a drainage trap and filter upstream of the drainage pump to filter out objects like coins, hairpins etc to stop them damaging the pump . For goodness sake Joe, even the bloody hoses have filters in them to stop foreign bodies getting into the wmachine . I know the Asko and hose filters aren't there to stop lint and cat hair, but that is what the filter was for in the Hoover . |
John H (8) | ||
| 1185842 | 2011-03-16 03:22:00 | Washing machines have filters? why? the water is thrown out at the end of each wash? That is not what the filters are there for. The filter in our old machine was to stop the problem complained about by the original poster. The filters in our new machine are to protect the pump from stuff that idiots leave in their clothes such as coins, hairpins etc. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1185843 | 2011-03-16 04:09:00 | We have 'traps' not filters. for foreign objects in the machine. Hairpins, safety pins, paper clips and staples all wind up in a small serviceable trap that keeps them out of the impellers of the discharge pump. Circulatory pumps don't exist in modern (I daresay: US- ) washing machines any more. The old Norge and Hotpoint units had a small basket on the agitator where the circulation pump sent the water back to the drum, and it had a semi-screen device to trap buttons and coins, but they never did. It was a gimmick that soon disappeared from their- and any other- machines that might've considered them as a marketing ploy. And - YES - we have water inlet screens to keep rust and small debris out of the solenoid-operated water valves, otherwise they'd leak all the time and possibly flood a house. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1185844 | 2011-03-16 04:22:00 | The Asko manual may be using the words filter and trap interchangeably. I haven't been in there yet to see if there is a filter as well - certainly the manual says there is a filter in there. And whilst you may say that the small basket in the agitator didn't work, the Hoover version sure filled up quickly from any lint or hair that came in with the clothes - I had to clear it regularly or the contents would get spread through the wash. I never found any heavy objects like coins in there - they rattled around in the bowl. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1185845 | 2011-03-16 04:41:00 | I never found any heavy objects like coins in there - they rattled around in the bowl. That's where I get my beer money. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1185846 | 2011-03-16 05:55:00 | That's where I get my beer money. There was a time when we could pay for our beer in coins. At least it is clean money after it goes through the washing machine. I got the Magnamail catalogue that comes with the Grey Power magazine today. They are advertising lint grabbing lint balls for $10.90 on page 23NZ. Anybody tried them and if so did they work for you. |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1185847 | 2011-03-17 05:23:00 | We have those silly balls advertised here as clothing softeners to use without 'nasty chemicals in the wash water'. Seems they do everything but what they say they do. Perhaps for Cricket as an unbattable ball? ? |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1185848 | 2011-03-19 22:19:00 | Hmm, how much vinegar would you guys suggest using? | Question (15792) | ||
| 1185849 | 2011-03-19 23:57:00 | We have those silly balls advertised here as clothing softeners to use without 'nasty chemicals in the wash water' . Seems they do everything but what they say they do . Perhaps for Cricket as an unbattable ball? ? Thank's SurferJoe I will keep my $11 . 90 in the bank . |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1185850 | 2011-03-21 00:00:00 | Btw any recommendation on how much vinegar i should pour into the washing machine? | Question (15792) | ||
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