Are you sure about this with a spinning drum?I do know that the loaded water+clothes+machine weighs about 100kg when starting to dance and wander around.
You have omitted the gyroscopic force.
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Are you sure about this with a spinning drum?I do know that the loaded water+clothes+machine weighs about 100kg when starting to dance and wander around.
At this point, I'd conjecture it's because 50kg blocks wouldn't fit, and they hoped (in vain) that 25kg blocks would suffice to keep the poor thing in its assigned position.I would really like to know why they saw the need to put those two thick (aaprox. 25kg) concrete masses on this dancer?
I don't know, but I think if you try it you should post a youtube of the result-- it might be dramatic.What would happen if I removed the top concrete block from the tub enclosure, leaving the less accessible bottom one? It is only fastened with three large bolts to the fibreglass drum enclosure.
Thanks studiot, but..The imbalance has a long lever arm so it creates a large moment about the spin axis.
This lifts first one corner then the other with a regular period, due to the spin speed, causing the 'dancing' as a resonance phenomenon.
Yes a more expensive model will be better balanced, have direct drives and/or better bearings, but I expect the electrolux damping weights had been removed before you saw it.
You should not remove yours.
Some machines have alternative spring loaded damping in the drum suspension.
Thanks for your thoughts, OBWO549. This is the first weekday after the weekend and I cannot expect the accelerometer to arrive by helicopter nor drone.At this point, I'd conjecture it's because 50kg blocks wouldn't fit, and they hoped (in vain) that 25kg blocks would suffice to keep the poor thing in its assigned position.
I don't know, but I think if you try it you should post a youtube of the result-- it might be dramatic.
Has your accelerometer arrived yet? I'm keen to find out what g forces you measure.
I used to have one like that (can't remember the brand). The outer drum was mounted to the housing by hefty springs and had a fixed chromed-steel plate which was sandwiched between two sprung brake-shoes to provide frictional damping.Some machines have alternative spring loaded damping in the drum suspension.
You misunderstood....front loaders that are bolted to the floor...
Joey..Misery?? The machine is so happy it will dance!You misunderstood.
I meant fire the nail gun multiple times into washer. Then call the manufacturer and tell them what a piece of **** it was -- and that you've taken the liberty of humanely putting it out of its misery.
The page of modification you share here will only get you in hot water (ok maybe cold water too).I use a different approach. I bought a clothes washer about a year ago. After examining every part of it, I ripped out the wiring harness and installed my own design. There is nothing left of the original controls except the motor drive and the fill switch.
Here is one of several pages of my modifications: