> 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
