"bob haller" wrote in message ...
On Jan 14, 10:36 pm, "Guv Bob"
wrote:
"bob haller" wrote in ...
On Jan 13, 2:43 am, Evan wrote:
On Jan 12, 5:18 pm, "Guv Bob"
wrote:
So far so good. No signs or sounds of any water backing up or siphoning back into the washer. Will keep an eye on and post if awl heck (sorry ladies) breaks loose. If there is a backup problem, I'll look at drilling a hole in the plastic adapter and running a 1/4-in copper tube outside thru the wall.
Here's a photo of the connection to the drain pipe.http://imageshack.us/f/806/drain04.jpg/
Has anyone else had this problem?
Bob
Problem ?
No... You have not yet had the "problem" which is going to come
soon...
You will have your clearly undersized drain line partially blocked
with
whatever and the drain hose from the washing machine will blow out
explosively and the water in the machine will just be pumped out onto
the floor... Since it is now the weakest element in the piping and
most
washing machines have a one-way back-flow prevention device inside
the machine in the drain line so that sewage can't back up into the
machine...
~~ Evan
yeah the bdrain line is way undersized, this will cause future
troubles and washer pumps arent designed for pressure, which maay
eventually damage the pump.
and slower emptying makes pump and spin run longer increasingn energy
costs
Thanks. What do you think about this idea - see sketch. It would be nearly impossible to get at the existing standpipe and drain connection below.
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so where are you draing the excess water? might be easier to just
drain all of it there.
how bad of a job to acess the hard to reach part of the line?
or you could install a grinder / sewage pump. it includes a tank and
pump to send the drain water to a better drain location
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The overflow would be run out the wall into a drainage ditch. When I put it in, I measured the drain flow of the new washer as 6 GPM max -- same as the previous washer.
Like someone said, I think the most likely problem is the drain pipe needs rooting out. It's been 15 years at least since that was done.
The old washer had a lint filter and caught a 1/2-teaspoon full of link with a typical full load. According to GE, the new one "grinds up" the lint so "there is no need for one." That's BS.
New washer is GE Model WHRE5550K1WW. Don't EVER get one. It's one of those "water-saver" jobs with a tiny agitator. The clothes just slosh around.
I kept the old one -- when the new goes out (hopefully soon) I'll replace the transmission in the old one and put it back in. About $250 parts & labor last time I checked.