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Please make it stop spinning

It is a large capacity machine.

Today I decided to wash a couple of area rugs..

Directions say to take agitator out,,, yes it is removable

So I do it and arrange small area rugs so that one is on each side of the empty agitator spot

Seems odd but I select cycle and temp.. all seems to be good.

There is a glass top and for some reason I enjoy seeing it start to fill – Then leave

My sister calls and we talk a lot… and I mean a lot. Good stuff. .. and then I hear the water pump running and running

( Yes a city girl lives in a village now,,, where the water comes from a well)

The well pump running too long….. never good

I go down and check and the washer is filling again… so I hit the stop button … I have no choice but to re-start the whole thing since the rugs are sopping wet and soapy…

I have been down this path before ….. the machine just repeats the same constant pattern of filling/ spinning and re- filling.

So I decide to do something different.. to outsmart it

I decide to use the ‘rinse’ cycle only… that seems ok – until it spins and will not stop.

The spinning has been going on for 15 minutes- so i just shut down the whole cycle…

I am happy that the little area rugs are ready to go to dryer…. but when I grab them – they are still soapy… HOW is this even possible with only one Tide Pod???

Now I think of a new trick…I put the agitator back in and do a full wash cycle again. ( No detergent) .

I select ‘quick wash’ cold water… and again stare at it filling.. ( it’s a sickness, I know)

A half hour later .. I heard the spinning… it is LOUD..but thankfully the machine is not shaking and moving around this time.

I am grateful when it stops and I achieve transfer to dryer…

Hard to decide how dry I should set the damn thing since it can get so hot it will burn the rubber grid off the bottom.

One and 1/2 hour later – they are gloriously dry.

All in all – the new ‘Smart Washer/Dryer’ wins again. The the washer and well pump are electric. Can’t wait to see that bill. Our solar panel discount won’t matter.

A side note on the dryer:

It has it’s own mind and we have to set it for ‘sanitize’ when we wash towels…. How can a dryer sanitize something??

The gas bill is high, too..

But the machines are pretty and the old ones lasted over 20 years,,, I know these 2 demons won’t.