Yours is anecdotal evidence based on small sample dizes. The manufacturers have the data for large numbers.
Dick,K6KR Sent from my iPhone On Sep 8, 2009, at 1:08 PM, "Joe Subich, W4TV" <li...@subich.com> wrote: > >> and might result in higher reliability of that portion of the >> product? > > Not hardly ... last time I visited my mother, I repaired > a pump seal in her 40 year old Westinghouse front loading > washer. The mechanical timer is still running perfectly > after all these years ... and doing as many as 8 - 10 > loads a week while we were growing up. > > Those mechanical timer designs came from the commercial > (coin operated) world where they did hundreds of loads > (cycles) a week with nary a failure ... I maintained many > of those machines while working for my dad in high school > and college. > > The only advantage of the microprocessors are quick time > to market and the ability to implement water/energy saving > cycles demanded by the enviro-nuts at the cost of EMI > pollution. > > The microprocessor controls certainly do not survive in > a surge/spike/lightning rich environment nearly as well > as the properly designed/sized mechanical timers. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net >> [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dick >> Dievendorff >> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 1:46 PM >> To: 'Lee Buller'; 'Don Rasmussen'; 'Elecraft Reflector' >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: RFI from Front Loading Washing Machines >> >> >> Perhaps because microcontroller-based control circuits might >> be less expensive to manufacture than the mechanical devices >> they replace, offer flexibility for "features" that are >> deal-makers in a competitive marketplace, have shorter lead >> time for changes, are less subject to mechanical failure >> (wear) than the timers they replace, and might result in >> higher reliability of that portion of the product? These are >> generally the reasons... >> >> Dick, K6KR >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net >> [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Lee Buller >> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 6:06 AM >> To: Don Rasmussen; Elecraft Reflector >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: RFI from Front Loading Washing Machines >> >> Ok.... >> >> There is something to be said about keeping with older >> technology. Why does a washer and dryer need to have a >> microprocessor? Timers have done the job for many years. >> >> Lee - K0WA >> >> >> In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short >> supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common >> Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask >> for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common >> Sense divine? >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Don Rasmussen <wb8...@yahoo.com> >> To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> >> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2009 9:23:45 PM >> Subject: [Elecraft] OT: RFI from Front Loading Washing Machines >> >> I've been stuck for a couple years now with a Whirlpool Duet >> front loading washing machine. The internal MCU and switcher >> power supply trashes entire HF at S9 +10, I have to use an >> MFJ-1026 to remedy this. Whirlpool Duet and Maytag Neptune >> are notoroius for this with no known sure fire remedies at the >> device. >> >> Happily? The wife is NOT happy with the washer, seems it acts >> more like a dishwasher with respect to cleaning power, that >> it to say VERY light duty. >> >> A tiny amount of water tossed about some dirty socks, well >> you get the idea. >> >> >> I need suggestions on large capacity top loaders that habe a >> clean bill of health in an HF environment. >> >> Please email your suggestion to wb8yqj at yahoo dot com so I >> might "clean up" my act before the bands open for the Fall. >> >> TIA, >> Don >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: >> http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
