G E all in one profile washer heat pump dryer

[powerboatr]

I could not pass up the deal, plus we are always looking to save space in the big house (1000 sq feet) so this little gal was a perfect fit
we have an all in one in the bus, but it uses a weird cold water spray to produce heat to dry clothes and takes a while
this girl is actually so far 7 to 10 minutes faster than washing , then taking clothes out and putting in a dryer, plus it only uses 120 volts vice one circuit of 120 for a washer and 220 for the dryer
heat pump dryers are not NEW, but they are not very old HERE in the U.S.

long term i hope this one lasts as long as my other front load machines
its quiet as a church mouse, only puts out a small amount of heat compared to the big electric dryer
and i gained some new cabinet space

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[powerboatr]

forgot the most important thing
its OTA updates...and ability to download special wash dry cycles
her new name is HAL9001

 

[HammaMan]

forgot the most important thing
its OTA updates...and ability to download special wash dry cycles
her new name is HAL9001

It's all fun and games until your social credit score limits you to 2 loads a week thanks to a new update

 

[powerboatr]

It's all fun and games until your social credit score limits you to 2 loads a week thanks to a new update

no crapppie
we just hit 5 loads so far since i put her in saturday
i am impressed at how quiet she is . plus she does a DAMMMM good job
hopefully she does not self report to the department of energy ?

 

[HammaMan]

no crapppie
we just hit 5 loads so far since i put her in saturday
i am impressed at how quiet she is . plus she does a DAMMMM good job
hopefully she does not self report to the department of energy ?

It's nice to hear that a combo unit performs well, particularly the heat pump. Does it have the ability to cool the house like a heat pump water heater? That'd be hella nice! By the sound of the whole using water to dry, it almost sounds like it's pulling heat from the water to boost internal temps. It'd be great to have a 'dump the cool air into the house' for summertime usage (though it sounds like it's heating / condensing the water out of the air?). I'd really love to see a better 'smart' home energy usage design where appliances like refers / freezers / dryers can send their heat to a central unit for heat scavenging, particularly shower 'waste' water. It sounds radical but if it were more mainstream it'd be a trivial cost to run a dedicated 1/2" heat scavenging loop.

No, it's not for so called green initiatives, more due to the fact I want most people to tell big energy to take a hike due to a home's self sufficiency, especially if one has the means to get away with a grid independent home and daily driver's energy usage.

 

[powerboatr]

It's nice to hear that a combo unit performs well, particularly the heat pump. Does it have the ability to cool the house like a heat pump water heater? That'd be hella nice! By the sound of the whole using water to dry, it almost sounds like it's pulling heat from the water to boost internal temps. It'd be great to have a 'dump the cool air into the house' for summertime usage (though it sounds like it's heating / condensing the water out of the air?). I'd really love to see a better 'smart' home energy usage design where appliances like refers / freezers / dryers can send their heat to a central unit for heat scavenging, particularly shower 'waste' water. It sounds radical but if it were more mainstream it'd be a trivial cost to run a dedicated 1/2" heat scavenging loop.

No, it's not for so called green initiatives, more due to the fact I want most people to tell big energy to take a hike due to a home's self sufficiency, especially if one has the means to get away with a grid independent home and daily driver's energy usage.

dude
you brain is thinking lots of good stuff

the bus washer dryer combo uses water to HEAT its strange to get you head around the first few times, but it get very hot.


the profile uses the heat pump to regulate air temps in the dry cycle
it also has a HIGH volume blower to move all that air, its interesting to shine a light in the door and see just how much air volume is being pushed around
then it goes through a really fine 2 stage air/lint filter before recycled across the HUGE air coil/cooler/heater its easily 9 inches tall and 18 to 20 inches long. nt sure the the thickness, but i imagine its close to 3 to 4 inches thick at least
it will use cool air or hot air depending on cycle.
hooking up a recovery link to say warm water or provide cool source for house ac to boost existing ac efficiency is a great think, and i could see a few mods to send that cool air out into room. GE might not like that mod

the only issue i see so far is the lint filter set up
its very fine mesh with a secondary foam trap. after doing each load it gets covered with lint, and we have a large hairy dog, so hmm her large hairs seem to be in everything, so i cant commit crimes, dna everywhere ?

so each load the filter gets popped out and vacuumed, along with a snorkel on vac to clean inside the cartridge alley on the machine. i have noticed the same spot now after 6 loads of lint adhering to a spot on the air fins on the condenser/evap
i ordered a 24 inch bottle brush and can brush that spot easily then vac up the debris
these units move a TON of air volume, at a good pressure i bet its close to 5 psi, based on really watching, listening and feeling the machine.
thats how it dries, so fast and efficiently
cleaning the lint filter after every load is KEY
GE states as required, or if machine gives you a message.
like i said, we have a large hairy dog and she deposits fur , so our laundry ends up with a good quantity of dog hair in the filter. she gets furmanated everyday, and we vac everyday, but you know dogs,

i did notice on towels or normal load the top gets pretty warm during dry, not hot but pretty warm. i need to hit it with temp gun.
so far it cleans very very well and better than the front load it replaced, plus you get to walk away for entire cycle, it sends a message 2-5 minutes before its done, the last few minutes is a cool down in normal load to cool the clothes so you dont burn by touching a hot zipper or button.

a kilowatt device and temp gun monitoring is next
it supposedly uses about 1/2 less energy ...we shall see
our water heat stays off, and is turned on once per day, as its very efficient at keeping water above 120 , we use it ON for loads that need 140f water. but other than that it stays off. for 16 to 24 hrs each day, depending on water usage
plus the shower uses a small 10 gall fast recovery unit .

 

[powerboatr]

well
update
after 16 loads
we had a GE tech come out and see why bleach drawer remains full of water after machine is finished. because if you open drawer with enough oomph to open it, the water splashes out on the front of machine. machine flushes the bleach cup at end of water adding part of wash cycle to make sure no bleach is left over, that could accidently drop in full strength during rinse cycle

both ge and on site tech could not get HAL#2 to connect to mother ship as the factory guys didnt have the software yet
tech on phone with on site tech said drawer cup COULD have some water in it..but could not specify quantity??????????????
so at the FULL mark its 200ml if i add 50 ml the cup auto siphons and drains out like the softener cup does. myself and the onsite tech did a few experiments to prove the hypothesis

so i wrote to GE and asked for an update to make machine add an additional 50 ml or water to the cup during the rinse out phase after bleach is hmm dispensed
even called and tried to talk to a BRAIN engineer...no luck


then boom all of the sudden, now the cup is draining???? i think HAL#2 got a secret update
pic is off the before ..after machine was finished

 

[powerboatr]

a years worth of washes and drying and all that
clicker has us at a shade under 300 cycles since last may
please dont do the math.. we wash 3 to 5 loads a week, sometimes
then some weeks 1 or 2
washing it uses up to 11 amps of 120v
and drying it uses up to 8 amps of 120
truthfully i have watched the meter outside when its spinning at light speed and have only seen 4 to 6 amps draw.
dry cycle i have seen as high as 11 at random checks, but mostly 6 to 9 is what pops up on the meter base, not perfect gauge but it does make math easier.
we have 2 dogs and one loves to shed on command

anyhow
if your looking to buy an ALL IN ONE machine
this one is still an unique piece of engineering
its actually TOO smart

take ways
OTAs are awesome, except they never tell you whats been updated.
GE online documents never show the updated wash cycles or what the OTA was about. You have to call

this does present a problem if say for instance the PET cycle us used all the time and they change how it functions, you then tend to think its broken

you can still customize cycles
you can download cycles from GE, they have all kinds for bulky stuff to delicates.
how, cold, warm etc

The PET addition to a normal or bulky cycle does some very unique things
1st it does the make sure not water is present and runs the pump for a second or two
then it slowly rotates the drum at what i say is around 25 rpms, might be more, but it is just enough to allow the articles in the machine to gently fall from the top through the HIGH VOLUME air that is blowing, think the blowers at the end of a car wash. its an intense VOLUME of air
it will do this PRE BLOW thing for 0, 15, 30, 45, or 60 minutes prior to one drop of water/detergent/bleach ever being dispensed
according to G E its to pre remove pet hair while its dry and easier to capture in the filter and less chance of clogs in the system. whats funny, is GE never tells you the wash cycle changed to include this, so you start wondering WTF when it just blows air at a high rate and your articles are doing a dance in the window.

water use age is far less, energy consumption is less and olny uses 120 volts vice 220
it uses a heat pump to create the SUPER hot or mildy hot or warm air to dry the articles based on your settings or the A.I. thing that senses how dirty or dry your stuff is and all that
the A.I stuff is neat as it adjusts cycles events based on many parameters

THE LINT FILTER is a mandatory vacum after each cycle, dont wait for the machine to tell you
and you need to make a skinny snake type hose to reach in the slot all the back that is the air filter box to suck up lint that gets stuck
i made one for a piece of blue pex water line and a crevice tool, the hose is about 3 feet long works fantastic, its rigid enough and flexible enough to get job done
you also need a long soft bristle brush about 3 feet long with bristles all the way around and flexible to bend into shapes to get the gunk trapped on the air coil fins
amazon has tons of them,
i found mine at a company that makes brushes to clean food prep machines

GE does not make a tool as of yet

is it worth the $$
we think so,
its super quiet, will warm the room if it dries on hot for an hour.
fairly easy to clean lint filter and vacum
moderate on cleaning inside with wet cloth,
the self clean cycle will scare you as how much detergents it gets out, so you can lower the amount you use.
we use very little but have very soft water
if you live in a hard water spot, i would highly recommend a pre filter with carbon on the hot and cold lines
and buy an extra lint filter, so when its time to wash the foam pre filter, you can still be doing laundry as it has to be dry before re-installing
it does take between 90 and 120 minutes per cycle, depending on how dry you want items etc
we stop or pause at end of wash spin cycle to take things out we iron or do not want to get shrunk from the heat, hmm blue jeans for us as we age tend to shrink fast...ITS NOT THE FOODS fault

 

[HammaMan]

a years worth of washes and drying and all that
clicker has us at a shade under 300 cycles since last may
please dont do the math.. we wash 3 to 5 loads a week, sometimes
then some weeks 1 or 2
washing it uses up to 11 amps of 120v
and drying it uses up to 8 amps of 120
truthfully i have watched the meter outside when its spinning at light speed and have only seen 4 to 6 amps draw.
dry cycle i have seen as high as 11 at random checks, but mostly 6 to 9 is what pops up on the meter base, not perfect gauge but it does make math easier.
we have 2 dogs and one loves to shed on command

anyhow
if your looking to buy an ALL IN ONE machine
this one is still an unique piece of engineering
its actually TOO smart

take ways
OTAs are awesome, except they never tell you whats been updated.
GE online documents never show the updated wash cycles or what the OTA was about. You have to call

this does present a problem if say for instance the PET cycle us used all the time and they change how it functions, you then tend to think its broken

you can still customize cycles
you can download cycles from GE, they have all kinds for bulky stuff to delicates.
how, cold, warm etc

The PET addition to a normal or bulky cycle does some very unique things
1st it does the make sure not water is present and runs the pump for a second or two
then it slowly rotates the drum at what i say is around 25 rpms, might be more, but it is just enough to allow the articles in the machine to gently fall from the top through the HIGH VOLUME air that is blowing, think the blowers at the end of a car wash. its an intense VOLUME of air
it will do this PRE BLOW thing for 0, 15, 30, 45, or 60 minutes prior to one drop of water/detergent/bleach ever being dispensed
according to G E its to pre remove pet hair while its dry and easier to capture in the filter and less chance of clogs in the system. whats funny, is GE never tells you the wash cycle changed to include this, so you start wondering WTF when it just blows air at a high rate and your articles are doing a dance in the window.

water use age is far less, energy consumption is less and olny uses 120 volts vice 220
it uses a heat pump to create the SUPER hot or mildy hot or warm air to dry the articles based on your settings or the A.I. thing that senses how dirty or dry your stuff is and all that
the A.I stuff is neat as it adjusts cycles events based on many parameters

THE LINT FILTER is a mandatory vacum after each cycle, dont wait for the machine to tell you
and you need to make a skinny snake type hose to reach in the slot all the back that is the air filter box to suck up lint that gets stuck
i made one for a piece of blue pex water line and a crevice tool, the hose is about 3 feet long works fantastic, its rigid enough and flexible enough to get job done
you also need a long soft bristle brush about 3 feet long with bristles all the way around and flexible to bend into shapes to get the gunk trapped on the air coil fins
amazon has tons of them,
i found mine at a company that makes brushes to clean food prep machines

GE does not make a tool as of yet

is it worth the $$
we think so,
its super quiet, will warm the room if it dries on hot for an hour.
fairly easy to clean lint filter and vacum
moderate on cleaning inside with wet cloth,
the self clean cycle will scare you as how much detergents it gets out, so you can lower the amount you use.
we use very little but have very soft water
if you live in a hard water spot, i would highly recommend a pre filter with carbon on the hot and cold lines
and buy an extra lint filter, so when its time to wash the foam pre filter, you can still be doing laundry as it has to be dry before re-installing
it does take between 90 and 120 minutes per cycle, depending on how dry you want items etc
we stop or pause at end of wash spin cycle to take things out we iron or do not want to get shrunk from the heat, hmm blue jeans for us as we age tend to shrink fast...ITS NOT THE FOODS fault

I know they run it like a dehumidifier but being able to tap some of that cold air during summer would be sweet. Just like the heat pump water heaters that cool whatever space they're in.

How's the dry time vs other dryers?

 

[powerboatr]

Dry time is super varied
If it spins the crap out of the load, it dries faster
Jeans and towels a bit longer
And often when it's done..the clothes feel damp, but it's a phenomenon
If you shake them in a brisk move
They are dry
It uses heat, or cool
Depending on how it senses the load
Ge needs to make a tool to clean the lint filter box..or an access to allow you to clean the coils easier
Pumping the cold air into room would be a great idea

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