"Mike Diack" wrote in message
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| ArgGrr wrote in :
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| Well in all fairness its just started going again. Must have thought
| it was a public holiday.
|
| This could be due to the fact they may have a large share of the
| market. They seem fairly robust machines, and have good diagnostics
| built into them. (well as far as auto-washers go).
| The direct drive technology is a god send. No belts and pullies and
| all that garbage.
|
| And best of all, when the washing machine is well and truly stuffed, the
| direct drive motors (which NEVER die) can be rejigged to make wonderful
| low RPM generators. The back to nature greenie wind and water brigade
| decend on these machines like demons during inorganic garbage collection
| campaigns.
| Actually 99% of the operational problems with these machines come down
| to crap out of (usually kids) pockets and small change ending up in the
| pump. Not to hard to fix but you do have to remove the top and pull out
| the cylendar to get at it. The other thing that gets 'em is the
| reinforcing rods out of underwire bras.

I remember the 'fluff' from new diapers used to jam up the pumps regularly
before it was disposables all the way.

N