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Jon Elson[_3_]

wrote:

Whoops! One more thing. Set the level control higher on the initial fill,
if that is in any way adjustable. Then there would be less time required
for the remaining fill. If this is a timing fault, that might cure it.
Well, you do have a control on the amount of water used, by selecting
different cycles - it has about 10, ranging from small load to
sheets/towels. The sheets/towels cycle would get 3 or more LF shutdowns and
take some 30 - 45 minutes to fill the basket enough for the washing action
to start. It now fills for that cycle in maybe 6 minutes with no shutdowns.

But, I have no way to set the times for different parts of the filling.
That's all in the microprocessor. It probably does make that decision based
on either the water level sensor or by deciding when the clutch disengages.
It has one motor that is directly connected to the agitator in the bottom of
the basket. The basket has a spling clutch to the motor shaft, and an air
ring on the bottom. When the tub fills to a certain depth, the basket rises
and disconnects from the motor, allowing it to agitate. Before the
fill/lift/disconnect, it uses the motor to "weigh" the load, via sensing the
rotational inertia.

Jon