Laundry washer migration

Post by **johnnyk** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:23 am

My Electrolux laundry washer migrates drastically when the spin cycle starts up.
Huge vibrations as it moves backward and forward and side to side when cycle begins. It seems to stabilize once it reaches max revs.
Its on a tiled floor and I have levelled the machine, floor is level also.
I'm thinking of bunging in styrofoam panels on each side of its under-counter bay.
Has anyone else had this happen and any solutions?
Thanks for any suggestions!

Post by **dtaai-maai** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:49 am

Ask your lady to sit on it...?

Post by **STEVE G** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:04 pm

Johnnyk, if your machine is vibrating more than seems normal and is new, Iâ€™ve come across the case several times in Asia where the transit screws havenâ€™t been removed when the thing was delivered. These stop the drum wobbling about when the thing is moved, but if you operate it with them in, the thing goes crazy.

Post by **Nereus** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:38 pm

STEVE G wrote:Johnnyk, if your machine is vibrating more than seems normal and is new, Iâ€™ve come across the case several times in Asia where the transit screws havenâ€™t been removed when the thing was delivered. These stop the drum wobbling about when the thing is moved, but if you operate it with them in, the thing goes crazy.

You can be sure that this is 99% sure to be causing the problem. It may not be screws as such, it may be pieces of packing, wood, strofoam etc. There could also be one of the suspension springs adrift. You need to have a good look under the cabinet, preferably by removing the back cover, if it has one.

Post by **johnnyk** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:55 am

Thanks guys, yes that was the pompem.

Post by **lomuamart** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:13 pm

I'm getting grief from my tenants in London. The washing machine isn't "spinning out" correctly any more. The bearings have gone, I'm told.
Anyway, I'll be replacing it with a Zanussi thing. England isn't cheap - 350 pounds, inclusive of VAT. I seriously hope that they are happy now otherwise I'll serve notice.
It's great fun being in Thailand and relying on others who are 6,000 miles away for money. The contractors better take care of those screws/styrofoam etc when the new machine goes in!!!
Anyway, I doubt a new one costs the same over here. The missus bought a new bike a few weeks ago and as part of the deal she could have had either a couple of push bikes, a washing machine or 50 satang of gold. I'll leave it to your imagination as to which of those options she chose!!!
Bloody washing machines blah blah blah.

Post by **Nereus** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:31 pm

lomuamart wrote:Anyway, I doubt a new one costs the same over here. The missus bought a new bike a few weeks ago and as part of the deal she could have had either a couple of push bikes, a washing machine or 50 satang of gold. I'll leave it to your imagination as to which of those options she chose!!!
Bloody washing machines blah blah blah.

There are washing machines and WASHING machines, Lomu. A decent European Brand, front loading machine, will cost around 25K Baht here.
What you would get as a free gift with a new blke, I cannot image. Maybe they will send "Noi" around for a couple of months?????

Post by **lomuamart** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:27 pm

Ok, so the price is roughly the same.
As far as "gift" is concerned, I reckon anyone called that is a bridge too far

Post by **dtaai-maai** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:38 pm

johnnyk wrote:Thanks guys, yes that was the pompem.

I'm sure they were delighted to be of Servis...

Post by **Norseman** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:23 pm

And the ponpem was solved by an aircraft engineer!!
Do you have washing machines installed on Cargo Lux 747's or is it a matter of good insight of Thai errand boys Steve?

Post by **Vital Spark** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:18 pm

Speaking as a washer-woman with a twintub - just be careful how much stuff you put in the spinner, and make sure it's kind of balanced.

At one of our watering holes the lovely Thai family treated themselves to a la-di-da Zanussi front-loading all singing, dancing machine. It happens to be situated in the loo.

I went in the other day and the poor machine was trying to wash goodness knows how many kilos of jeans, t-shirts, etc. It was packed to the gunnels, there was no way that the jeans in the middle were going to get wet, let alone washed. They'd also attached the inlet hose the wrong way and had propped up the (now bent) hose with a stick. We sorted out the hose for them, but I haven't got the heart to try and teach them about overfill of laundry. That poor overloaded machine will be hopping around all over the place, and I'm sure some of the 'newly washed' clothes will come out bone dry. I guess they'll work it out in their own sweet time...

VS

P.S. No water here for the last week - not a drip out of the tap (thank goodness we've had a bit of rain - buckets out all round). I now take my stuff to the local laundry (7 baht per item, including ironing). Gives me an extra hour or two on a Sunday to do nothing much.

Post by **STEVE G** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:40 am

Norseman wrote:And the ponpem was solved by an aircraft engineer!!
Do you have washing machines installed on Cargo Lux 747's or is it a matter of good insight of Thai errand boys Steve?

Norseman, it was more a knowledge of Thai delivery guys; thatâ€™s got to be at least the forth time Iâ€™ve heard of that happening in various parts of Asia.
Iâ€™ve never come across a washing machine on an aircraft, but I did once fit a small dishwasher to a 727 VIP conversion, destined for the middle east, so I would hate to say itâ€™s never been done.