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Posted by geller (My Page) on Mon, Nov 2, 09 at 15:23
| We just got delivery of a new top-loading Maytag Centennial TL machine. We were concerned before buying about the absence of a lint trap, but the dealer (reputable) said that no new machines had them. I resorted to an old trick of putting a stocking over the drain hose, but the water backed up because the stocking immediately got clogged by lint. I am concerned that without some filter, we'll end up with a major problem in a clogged drain. Any ideas? |
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| That's what, a fraction of a gram of lint in several gallons of water? Properly installed plumbing ought to be able to carry it all away. |
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| I don't know of any toploaders nowadays with an active lint filter ... active being that the wash/rinse water is continually circulated through a filter by the machine's pump. Washers in the past with self-cleaning recirculating filters backflushed the collected lint during drain. Some now have a passive system that has the water flow from agitation passing over a filter of sorts, also to be flushed away during drain. The only machines that kept lint out of the drain were those in the past with manual-clean recirculating systems, such as the GE FilterFlo or Whirlpool/Kenmore's brush and cartridge systems. |
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| I think some Haier top-loaders still have a lint filter, at least the smaller ones that don't have an agitator post. Many of these are bought by apartment-dwellers who don't have a real laundry setup and drain the washer into a sink, shower, or bathtub, and you don't want to clog any of those drains. I have one that's a few years old, it has a removable pocket-like lint filter mounted vertically on the side of the tub. It works surprisingly well and catches a fair amount of lint, although probably not as much as those on older GE machines with the water fountain thingie. |
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| We have no filter on our washing machine and I absolutely HATE it. To date, our plumbing has been able to handle it. But, I can't because I hang dry all of my laundry and have a long hair cat. I have to be careful with what I wash with what. Polar fleece is the worst at picking up lint from every other article of clothing in the wash. I miss the old days when the washers had a pump and some sort of filter to catch the lint. I think they did this because in the old days more people hung their laundry out to dry. Now with most people using a tumble dryer, they catch all the lint. It is not very practical for those trying to be good to the environment and hang dry their laundry. I wish they would bring back filters in top loading machines. sigh... But as far as the plumbing goes, you should be fine! |
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| You will be fine if you live in a city, but google what lint does to your septic systems. Most of the clothing anymore (permapress) is a blend using synthetics. Polyester does not decompose. The lint goes into your septic system, floats out with the effluent and into your drain field, and is like a diamond........forever. IOW it clogs leachfields. |
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| Hmm, I wonder if lint is trapped by a septic tank outlet filter, which is a good thing to have anyway. Maybe next time I clean out my filter, I should save some of the material, dry it, and inspect it with an inexpensive microscope. |
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| I have no idea if the newest systems being installed in this area are required to have them, but highly suspect most people don't have them, or divert greywater. Some type of filter system should be installed to prevent lint from fouling leach beds, and I haven't talked to one person on a septic here who even knew it could cause problems. |
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| Maybe consider exchanging yours for a front load washer. Front loaders generate less lint than top load agitators. Not sure how they would handle the pet hair. |
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| You can buy inline washer lint filters to be attached to your drain line. Depending on the amount of lint generated, it might do the same thing as your piece of hose, or may not......I don't know. I solved that problem altogether and bought a brand new wringer washing machine, and I'm loving it. It's the cleanest my clothes have been since I've been doing laundry, it's very efficient on water, and there are no bells and whistles to break down. I don't need special plumbing, it holds a massive amount of wash, and I can see when it's time to rinse them, instead of depending on a computer to guess. LOL. |
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| I still use those cheap filters you put on the end of the washer hose. It doesn't catch all the lint but when you see how much doesn't go down the drain I'm comfortable that it's worthwhile. Certain loads, like new towels, produce a lot more lint. And I still need to pick lint out of the laundry tub drain on occasion since it catches in there. If I dumped it directely into the sewer, maybe it'd be different, but the cost isn't enough to bother me and it's worked well for over 30 years. I'll keep doing it. |
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| Calliope--Where did you get a new wringer washer? What brand is yours?? I got my hand in one when I was a kid LOL.I didn't do that anymore. |
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 Meet Ruby, the wringer washer. It's a Home Queen, supposedly an exact replica of an old Speed Queen. They don't make wringer washers in the U.S. anymore. She's imported, of course and I found them in my fav off the grid store. |
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