EXPLODING Samsung Washing Machines

[T2K]

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said it has received over a dozen complaints from consumers about Samsung washers, some of which report machines that have exploded.

 

Consumer Reports has "suspended" its recommended status for any Samsung top-loading washer that originally earned that designation. The consumer products watchdog tested 10 Samsung top-loaders, of which four had been recommended.

 

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/exploding-washing-machines-add-to-samsungs-woes/ar-BBwMArk?li=BBnbfcN&OCID=HPDHP

[dtel]

Well I guess talking on the phone and washing clothes are dangerous, OK. If i were standing by the washer when it explodes I would then need a washing machine more than ever to clean my pants. 

We had top loading machines, we thought the old style was better plus lasted longer and surely cheaper. all that's left is the drier now, and were back to a standard washer.

[oldtimer]

Glad ours is a front loader. 

[Woofers and Tweeters]

The new ones have a spin cycle that make the cloths come out with very little water. Anyone know what RPM they spin?

[Marvel]

I don't know what the rpm is on our Samsung front loaders, but even on the medium spin the clothes come out feeling damp and not wet.

 

Bruc

[dtel]

23 minutes ago, Weber said:

The new ones have a spin cycle that make the cloths come out with very little water. Anyone know what RPM they spin?

I have no idea but it's fast, I was always nervous to pass by it at full speed, I would guess that's when they explode ?

 

Yes they did spin until almost dry which saves on drying time. What we didn't like about those machines was the repairs. It was under an extended warranty but broke twice in a year, it was Whirlpool Duet, and was some of the first front loaders out, they may have improved ?

[Woofers and Tweeters]

 

[oldtimer]

Speeds can be up to 2000 rpm, but most home use machines are more likely to be in the 1000 to 1400 rpm range.

[Woofers and Tweeters]

FPM = Pi * D * RPM

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At 60 MPH a tire is rolling at 5280 FPM, right?

[T2K]

 

DO NOT APPROACH any Samsung washing machines you may encounter on the street or around government buildings.

[oldtimer]

We better check with USNRET on that.  Those rpm numbers are for front loaders.

[oldtimer]

3 minutes ago, T2K said:

 

DO NOT APPROACH any Samsung washing machines you may encounter on the street or around government buildings.

Tell that to the Egyptian airline flight crew who took the suitcase holding the pressure cooker ied.  They left the cooker but couldn't pass up a free bag.

[JerolW]

I hope my fridge doesn't blow up.

 

jerol

[Max2]

I have one and it does spin freakishly fast. If the drum hit the ground, I swear it would rip my house in two.

 

This says it all right here

 

 

[USNRET]

1 hour ago, oldtimer said:

We better check with USNRET on that.  Those rpm numbers are for front loaders.

You rang? Why, it's proven I don't did math? BTW, my new Electrolux front loaded spins at 1400 RPM max speed. The previous Samsung front loader didn't spin fast at all at the end.

[Max2]

26 inch drum at 1400 rpms and a 1:1 direct drive to the motor is 108 mph.    Is this right?

[Woofers and Tweeters]

3 hours ago, oldtimer said:

We better check with USNRET on that.  Those rpm numbers are for front loaders.

[Woofers and Tweeters]

Not sure how the washers work. It seems there would / should be a way to reduce the speed for a heavier load. I'm sure the basket stretches some while being spun that fast, and holding the weight of the wet cloths too. Maybe the basket is going beyond its elastic state and getting thinner each time it's pushed to that state. 

 

We need to ask a lawyer what we can do about this. 

[Woofers and Tweeters]

1 hour ago, Max2 said:

26 inch drum at 1400 rpms and a 1:1 direct drive to the motor is 108 mph.    Is this right?

~ 108.289654545 MPH....

[USNRET]

42 minutes ago, Weber said:

It seems there would / should be a way to reduce the speed for a heavier load.

On mine it is either auto or manual adjust. I don't know what is happening at the start but when a selection is made and start is selected the first readout is "sensing"; load weight?