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My washer has recently started stopping midway in the cycle and refusing to go further unless I wait 24 hrs and try again .The washer is a GI and just about nine years old . Would you repair or replace it ?
I couldn't help looking: it could be the lid switch! If it thinks the lid is open when it's time to start spinning, it won't spin.
It is definetely something that is heating up and cutting out because if I let it sit for 24 hours it works fine .Do you mean GE? Tough one because it sounds like something might be heating up and cutting out, but could be anything from an easy fix to an expensive one.
We replaced our old top loader last Fall with a Samsung front loader, energy efficient, water efficient, soap efficient, for $600 on sale from Best Buy. And instead of the loud nasty buzzing sound the old one made when it was done, this new one makes a pleasant musical tinkling, and it has a showy LED control panel. In fact, it's so much more pleasant to use, that now I do laundry about half the time, before my wife has a chance to do it.A new washer will cost me about $600 pus they are more energy efficient.
Do you mean GE? Tough one because it sounds like something might be heating up and cutting out, but could be anything from an easy fix to an expensive one. Personally, wouldn't dump a 9 yr old washer on general principles. But I can fix my own so it's a different proposition than paying for a service call/diagnosis.
It is definetely something that is heating up and cutting out because if I let it sit for 24 hours it works fine .
You know how the patient's response depends on the way you ask the question. So let me ask the question a different way.It is definetely something that is heating up and cutting out because if I let it sit for 24 hours it works fine .
, does it have a rotary selector knob that slowly turns its way through the various positions of the cycle? If that knob (usually a motorized stack of rotating circular wafers making various electrical contacts) gets mechanically hung up during its travel then it'll stop rotating and the cycle won't finish. 24 hours (or whatever time) later you rotate the knob back to the beginning of the cycle and it seems to be fine.
A [-]simple[/-] hopeful cure for that problem is to vigorously rotate the know through 10-20 full revolutions. It cleans the electrical contacts and may also remove whatever peanut butter was stuck in the gears. The main advantage of this repair technique, though, is that it's cheap.
If it's just a circuit card flipping bits through its transistors, though, then you're right-- it's not the selector switch.
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Part of the reason your mom's machine is still running is that it was built 30 years ago. Lots of the parts that used to be made of metal are now plastic (esp the transmissions in top-loaders). The mechanical timers they used stayed the same for decades (no parts problems) and were relatively cheap to buy and easy to replace (try that with the membrane keypad switches and circuit boards on modern washers--they change every couple of years and you'll need a loan to buy one). A top-loader bought today is not likely to last any longer than a front loader.My mother has top loading Sears washer/dryer that are over 30 years old...never had a problem. Runs great. They don't make 'em like they used to. I just can't my wife to buy the old fashioned kind.
It's a Pavlovian association now. Every time I see a thread with the words "washing machine", the word "Staber" pops right up in my brain.And, (you knew it was coming!) here's my obligatory link to a previous discussion of my fantastic Staber washer.
We replaced our old top loader last Fall with a Samsung front loader, energy efficient, water efficient, soap efficient, for $600 on sale from Best Buy. And instead of the loud nasty buzzing sound the old one made when it was done, this new one makes a pleasant musical tinkling, and it has a showy LED control panel. In fact, it's so much more pleasant to use, that now I do laundry about half the time, before my wife has a chance to do it.
We replaced our old top loader last Fall with a Samsung front loader, energy efficient, water efficient, soap efficient, for $600 on sale from Best Buy. And instead of the loud nasty buzzing sound the old one made when it was done, this new one makes a pleasant musical tinkling, and it has a showy LED control panel. In fact, it's so much more pleasant to use, that now I do laundry about half the time, before my wife has a chance to do it.
I really want to avoid the LED control panel . We had a power surge and it fried the dishwasher & the microwave Led 's control panels .
You can get a whole house surge protector installed, by an electrician or a lightning rod company. These stop the surges at the entry point, since with appliances you are talking about loads to big for strips.
I have both a whole house and a local surge suppressor ahead of my Kenmore washer. CPU still failed.
Old machines are last of the breed, any new replacement will have a $ controller board and be a pain to troubleshoot and fix....