Score one for top loading washers

Posted by DerbyDad03 on November 3, 2009, 2:15 pm

> DerbyDad03 wrote:

> > You do know that you can fill a front loader all the way to the top of
> > the drum right?

> Yes I know. =A0On my old washer I adjusted the load size sensor so it
> filled as high as it could without overflowing (it takes one overflow to
> learn the limit). =A0All three load sizes then used more water but I very
> seldom did small loads. =A0On my current washer that adjustment doesn't
> work as well, so if doing a load larger then it is supposed to handle,
> I'll hold the "load size" knob between medium and super and let it fill
> as high as it can without overflowing. =A0Again, it takes on overflow to
> know it's limit. =A0Has always worked great for me.

Not that it matters, but my question wasn't for you...it was for Jim
who claimed his front loader did smaller loads than his top loader.

Anyway, my washer is next to my utility sink. I keep a 4' length of
garden hose with a spray nozzle near the sink for washing coolers, the
dogs, etc.

When we had a top loader and I wanted to overfill it, I just ran more
water into it from the hose. Yes, I had to be there for the rinse
cycle also, but that was rarely an issue.

P.S. The short garden hose also goes camping with us. You can fill the
5 gallon water containers while they're on the ground instead of
trying to hold them up under the gushing output of the campground
spigots.

Posted by Jules on November 3, 2009, 3:46 pm

On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:15:45 -0800, DerbyDad03 wrote:

> P.S. The short garden hose also goes camping with us. You can fill the
> 5 gallon water containers while they're on the ground instead of
> trying to hold them up under the gushing output of the campground
> spigots.

Heck, that one triggered a memory of doing that at campsites when I was
aged around 7 or 8. Good tip, as it was a right pain in the butt (I used
to return with as much water on me as I got in the container I think :-)

Posted by DerbyDad03 on November 3, 2009, 4:17 pm

wrote:

> On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:15:45 -0800, DerbyDad03 wrote:

> > P.S. The short garden hose also goes camping with us. You can fill the
> > 5 gallon water containers while they're on the ground instead of
> > trying to hold them up under the gushing output of the campground
> > spigots.

> Heck, that one triggered a memory of doing that at campsites when I was
> aged around 7 or 8. Good tip, as it was a right pain in the butt (I used
> to return with as much water on me as I got in the container I think :-)

You could carry 5 gallons of water when you were 7?

Were you the school yard bully or the protector of all things meeker?

Posted by Jules on November 3, 2009, 4:49 pm

On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:17:06 -0800, DerbyDad03 wrote:

>> Heck, that one triggered a memory of doing that at campsites when I was
>> aged around 7 or 8. Good tip, as it was a right pain in the butt (I used
>> to return with as much water on me as I got in the container I think :-)

>
> You could carry 5 gallons of water when you were 7?

Yeah, just, with both hands...

These were Imperial (not US) gallons, so 50 pounds, which was about the
same as a standard sack of potatoes, and we used to be able to move them
around on the farm (just for the sake of trying, not because we were told
to - funny the crap you see adults doing and try and emulate as a kid)

I'd never really thought about it being anything special before. Maybe it
was just one of those mind over matter things... :-)

> Were you the school yard bully or the protector of all things meeker?

No, I was usually the one bending the rules, or getting in trouble when I
got found out ;-)

Y'know I think I only ever got in a real fight once, and we both came out
about even. Other than that, never got myself beaten up and never did any
beating up either...

cheers

Jules

Posted by Jim Elbrecht on November 3, 2009, 5:04 pm

On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:55:37 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
-snip-

>> It *might* save water. But it also won't take nearly a large a load
>> as our old machine- so we do more loads.
>> Jim

>re: "It *might* save water. But it also won't take nearly a large a
>load as our old machine- so we do more loads."
>I like to hear what you are comparing. It's a common understanding
>that most front loaders take comparable sized - or larger - loads as
>top loaders.

My old one was a Whirlpool LSR7133KQO. My frontloader is a
Frigidaire 6000 or 7000 series. I can't get to the washer- and though
I have an ownersguide, a repair manual, an operating manual, and 3
other pdf's on my computer- the best I can do on a model is "6000 &
7000".

My comparison of load size is because I do the 'dump and wash'. The
old washer could take my entire large hamper in a single gulp. I
have to drag all the clothes up out of the hamper and into the door of
the front loader. If the hamper is more than 3/4 full I can't cram
all those clothes in there no matter what I do.

>I found this at:
>http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt070.shtm
>"Typically, front-loaders use less water — from one-third to one-half
>the amount that top-loaders require"
>Therefore you'd have to be doing 2 - 3 times as many loads to not be
>saving water. I be very suprised to hear that your front loader only
>fits half the amount of clothes as your old top loader - unless of
>course if you went from some kind of super-ginormous top loader to a
>mini apartment sized front loader.

They both take up the same space- Actually the front loader takes up
more because I put it on a pedestal to try to save some back-aches.

>You do know that you can fill a front loader all the way to the top of
>the drum right?

If I was a little more agile I'd stomp the clothes down-- trust me, I
fill it.

Jim

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