No pun intended!
Here are the first pics of my new 1-18 set!!

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I'm so glad that Santa came early for you! Is that jet action and a fabric softener dispenser that we are seeing in that pic? :-D

They are beautiful! Enjoy them!

Venus :-)

Hey - nice set! Looks like this has turned into a 1-18 month. Love the softener dispenser. Enjoy!

Ben

Yes, my new machines came with the fabric softner dispenser, and the use and care manuals!! I'll scan them for all to see.

Intresting side note, according to the original slip of paper that came with the softner dispenser, it also doubles as a detergent dispenser when the automatic prewash is used... But only on the custom Imperial models!!
Donnie

Great pics. I am from detroit would love to see it in action. I visit chicago often.

Darin

Great pics. I am from detroit would love to see it in action. I visit chicago often.

Darin

What you realy call real intensive Jetaction
Real nice set.
Peter

Cool--nice and sudsy!

If I may ask a stupid question, how does the fabric softener dispenser work? I'd think with all that pulsing the stuff would drip out.

veg

Hey Veg,
The Fabric softner despenser has a deep well in the center that gets shallower as it goes out toward the edges. It seems like the the majority of the softner sits in the well during the wash. (Since it's a solid peice of plastic, it's hard to tell what's actually going on inside.) Then like other dispensers, gravity pull's it into the outer chamber during the spin. I like it a lot, but the cap is a little to snug. I bet a lot of nails were broken trying to open it.
Donnie

Oh Donnie:

It looks like we hit the same jackpot. Your machines are wonderful! So are mine - tee hee hee!

Steve

Am so glad those units found a home with a member who truly loves and appreciates them. You certianly didn't waste any time getting them home, did you? *LOL*

Congrats on your new "toys" and many happy washings/dryings.

Regarding the dispenser and other goodies:

Isn't it so grand when a vitnage unit comes complete with manuals and other things which make the item whole? Sometimes one spends hours more with the manuals and extras than with the acutal item.

Launderess

great set know youll love them!!!

WOOHOO! Congratulations Donnie from another proud Model WC owner!! And you have the fabric softener dispenser as well; I'd love to get my hands on one of those!

Are you using this pair as your main "daily driver" set? You'll notice your clothes becoming much cleaner, thanks to the Jet Action!

--Austin

How quiet is the washer, since it appears to have had little use? Mine was used by 3 people since 1978 and sounds like a diesel engine...:)

Congrats Donnie, They are beauties and I know how much you wanted a 1-18 set.
Can't wait to see those in person!

Hi Donnie, congratulations on your new 1-18 Washer & Dryer set, they are just beautiful. You must be very excited, I know I would be. Enjoy.

Austin,
Yes they are very very quite. Much more quite then I remember a 1-18 being. Apperently the set was owned by a older lady who lived alone. I just love having 1-18's back in the house. It's been over a decade, since I had one!!! Thank god we never got around to repainting the laundry room, that's the original yellow paint from the early 70's!!!
Donnie

Nice set Donnie!
BTW, Are you left handed?

Donnie:

Funny, I was just telling Austin how the laundry room walls matched the 1-18 set! Great job!

BTW, Are you left handed?

or is your wall simply plumbed for the dryer on the left insead of on the right?

Was this where Bethann was going?

No, I'm not left handed, why do you ask?
Toggle is right, the sink and plumbing is to the right of the washer, and the 220v plug and the exhust hole is to the left of the dryer. It must be a chicago thing, alomst every laudry room I have been in is set up like this.
Donnie

Toggle was right! Is it backwards or is it just me?

Congratulations! They're beautiful. I've never seen a 1-18 with the fabric softener dispenser. Thanks for answering veg's question about how it works and why it doesn't dispense during agitation. I was wondering the same thing...

My W&D were dryer on left.
So I reversed the dryer door to hinge left.

Then I had the pipe extended (Can yo DO that?) to put the washer on left and dryer on right.

uhm, and once again reversed the door to hinge right.

OY VEY

Interesting how the hookups are reversed from the usual washer-left arrangement. I wonder what would happen with a Kenmore in its place? ;-)

Said: the sink and plumbing is to the right of the washer,

It might just be to keep the pluming runs short. Frequently the kit. and bath are back-to-back for just such a reason.


I grew up with (and have always coincidentally had) the DW to the left of the sink. Is the right better for righties? Don't know; I am a lefty myself.

My house built in 2005 has washer on the right. The house in which I grew up, built in 1964 was washer on right. The house my parents bought in 1980, built in 1972, has washer on the right. It was done that way in all three cases so the dryer vents directly through an outside wall. The wall behind them was/is an inside wall -- can't vent the dryer into a bedroom, bathroom, or kitchen!

My parents house built in 1961 had washer on right. The Timeline was hinged on the right. Fortunately the 64 Norge had the 3 position hinged door worked well. The house my sister is currently renting, about 10 years old, has washer on the right with dryer on the left.

Donnie was kind enough to email me scans of the his user guides and instructions to his beautiful new Frigidaire 1-18 set for all of us to enjoy.

Use and Care for Frigidaire Washer

Washing Tips for Frigidaire Washer

Use and Care for Frigidaire Dryer

Washing Tips for Frigidaire Dryer

Have my weekend reading! Thanks Donnie!

Now I simply have to have one of these washers! Pity they never were made in a more compact "space saving" design.

My aunt had one of these machines, and during one long summer vaction at her house helped her do the laundry. Having never seen a washer where the agitator bobbed up and down, it was quite amazing to watch, oh but the noise!

Interesting thing about reading the manuals is all the neat information regarding laundry practices one hardly sees today in washer manuals. Things like starching, dyeing, washing pillows, and electric blankets. It does seem however many new front loading washers have dispensed with writing directions in their manuals,and just created special cycles to deal with all and sundry.

22 gallons of water per cycle, guess we'll never see the likes of these behemoths again, well not unless they can bring water use down to around a F&P top loader.

Launderess

Congratulations on the beautiful Frigidaire set! May you have many super sudsy washes!!! Mark

Said: Interesting how the hookups are reversed from the usual washer-left arrangement.

Here's a slant ya may not have thought of.....
Housing in my area is MUCH older than most of your are used to. You'd consider a 1950's house old. To us it's NEW!
Here electricity came LATER. Cental heating came later. Central (residential) cooling is just starting to become the norm (S L O W L Y ).

Although most homes now have 110/220v service it is not uncommon to see only 50a service. Many aparmtents still have 110v 30a service with only two 15a circuits.

Anyway, to make some sort of point finally..
Washers were added later. Certainly dryers came MUCH later and you squeeze them in where ya can. I guess I am saying here you don't always build new to suit...

Said: It does seem however many new front loading washers have dispensed with writing directions in their manuals,and just created special cycles to deal with all and sundry.

I find this interesting, in that we came away from that 50's and 60's mentality where a separate cycle was needed for each and every type of fabric or article to a basic 3 to 6 cycles /programmes.

Regular
PermaPress / EasyCare / Wash n' Wear
Delicate /Gentle

and the TOL fun stuff such as

Pre-Wash
Pre-Soak
(Automatic) Second Rinse.

I may like the quality or Euro-machines, but to me IMHO The limited capacity, the time factor and the multitude of cycles (read: overkill) just don't appeal to me.

I am actually sorry to see that we here are also going cuckoo with too many (ridiculous) cycles. How about some FUN cycles like:

Club / "Disco" (Cigarettes and booze, cologne perfume)
Beach (sand and greasy oils everywhere)
Holiday meal (stains, ya know)
Office (dark colors, maybe some wool, pencil and ink on cuffs)
Garage-wear/ painting clothes. Blue collar job (grease dirt, muck)
Gardening (mud,dirt, allergens) F&P has this already n'est ce pas?
SPANDEX-BE-GONE a cycle to destroy your family's really ill-fitting or inappropriate to age/gender/weight stuff.


OK'nuff said. LOL
We now return this thread to it's proper flow, already in progress.

Very fun - welcome to the Frigidaire Owners Club! You'll have hours of fun watching this baby wash your duds!

Toggle, I'd add an AFFAIR cycle to your list of frivolities; This cycle would specialize in getting rid of lipstick marks and the scent of perfume/cologne.

I'd use the REGULAR cycle for that.

*LOL*

Lipstick on a date? MY DATE? Are you mad? LOL ROFL LMAO
You know what they say, "Marry a DQ who is your size and TRIPLE your wardrobe."

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I feel like a Queen!!!!


OOOOH we have gone full-circle!

i cant get the files to work u will have to send me pics
of them