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Default Balancing a washing machine.


GPG wrote:
Got a 1600 RPM wahing machine. It is awfully heavy, and fits (just) beneath
the draining board. I almost damaged my fingers (I'm 65) manouevering it
into place and trying to balance it. My fingers have recovered, I think,
but it makes an awful lot of noise ant 1600 rpm, plus it walks about a bit.

Any advice on balancing it, sans damaging mg my finger joints yet again? I
need you, if you have !!! So does my wife. It's a Bauknecht, as it
happens.

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GPG


What do you mean by 'trying to balance it'? Is it a new machine? A
lot of washing machines have a big concrete weight and spring
arrangement with some sort of damping mechanism to prevent too much of
the energy from an out-of-balance drum load transferring elsewhere as
vibration and/or movement of the machine. Usually there are shipping
clamps that stabilise the concrete weight and the springs during
transportation. The installation procedure will require any such
shipping clamps to be removed before the machine is used. If they
haven't been removed the machine will almost certainly behave as you
describe. Also there are usually adjustable feet at the front so that
it can be levelled on the floor. If you are able to rock the machine
at all, you need to adjust the feet until it is level and stable.

Hope this helps.

Mike