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Post# 220625 7/4/2007 at 12:51 (6,137 days old) by unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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I haven't washed towels in two weeks so I have a ton of them to do, plus all the whites, sheets and a filthy throw rug. So its time for five wash hot wash loads all at once. I love starting multiple washes as once and running around to each machine to catch the best parts of the action. Five loads washed and dried in less than 1 1/2 hours hours, now we can go to Lake Calhoun to lay out in the sun, YAY.
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Post# 220629 , Reply# 1 7/4/2007 at 13:00 (6,137 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA) |
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I can't wait... | ||
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Post# 220637 , Reply# 2 7/4/2007 at 13:48 (6,137 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 220647 , Reply# 3 7/4/2007 at 14:03 (6,137 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Photo 17 | ||
| Post# 220652 , Reply# 4 7/4/2007 at 14:17 (6,137 days old) by lesto (Atlanta) | ||
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Super fun pics. Thanks for sharing, Robert! | ||
| Post# 220661 , Reply# 5 7/4/2007 at 15:10 (6,137 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm) | ||
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mickeyd My thoughts eggzackly on the '47Robertseger, beautiful !!! The inverse of looking at the roadside pass by out sid the bottom step window of a flat front school bus Robert you make laundry so fun , thank you!!! | ||
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Post# 220677 , Reply# 6 7/4/2007 at 16:02 (6,137 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 220696 , Reply# 7 7/4/2007 at 16:36 (6,137 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
*runs around in circles* | ||
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Post# 220709 , Reply# 8 7/4/2007 at 18:37 (6,137 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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| Post# 220710 , Reply# 9 7/4/2007 at 18:48 (6,137 days old) by sudsman () | ||
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Thanks for sharing your dirty linen... How neat so kool | ||
| Post# 220712 , Reply# 10 7/4/2007 at 19:19 (6,137 days old) by westyslantfront () | ||
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Hi Robert. Thank you for posting all those great pictures. I enjoyed viewing them. When I do laundry, I too will us a whole batch of machines and go from one to the next to watch as much as I can. Hope you had a nice 4th Ross | ||
| Post# 220721 , Reply# 11 7/4/2007 at 19:40 (6,137 days old) by bingwsguy (Binghamton NY) | ||
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Robert Why did/do so few top loaders use a high spin speed? | ||
| Post# 220723 , Reply# 12 7/4/2007 at 19:50 (6,137 days old) by liamwa () | ||
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Spin Speed I to am interested why more TLs didn't spin faster. It seems like the beefy suspension found in BD Whirlpools and Vintage Maytags for example would have been able to handle a 1000 plus rpm spin speed Liam | ||
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Post# 220730 , Reply# 13 7/4/2007 at 21:11 (6,137 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Washer heaven | ||
| Post# 220735 , Reply# 14 7/4/2007 at 21:57 (6,137 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River) | ||
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Post# 220754 , Reply# 15 7/4/2007 at 23:09 (6,137 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Great pictures, but laying in the sun when there's ironing to do?? If you think my hanging wash out on the line is bad Greg, you should see my ironing. My iron is called a Filtrator I'll bet the towels from the Frigidaire and GE dried in no time. Yup, a large load of towels from the GE dried in the 50AMP Kenmore dry in about 15 minutes, 20 minutes out of the Unimatic and 30-35 out of most of my other machines, with the exception of the little Bendix which is about 45 minutes Why did/do so few top loaders use a high spin speed? I’m not quite sure about that I to am interested why more TLs didn't spin faster. It seems like the beefy suspension found in BD Whirlpools and Vintage Maytags for example would have been able to handle a 1000 plus rpm spin speed. The Whirlpool rod suspension system would never be able to take an 1140rpm spin, the cabinet would shake itself silly. As for the Maytag I suspect it might handle an 1140rpm spin, but I don’t know for sure. Maytag is the brand I know least about. | ||
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Post# 220755 , Reply# 16 7/4/2007 at 23:09 (6,137 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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July 4th Washin! | ||
| Post# 220775 , Reply# 18 7/5/2007 at 03:44 (6,136 days old) by lederstiefel1 () | ||
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I cannot understand why the modern TL from the US do not spin faster although they did once. My HOTPOINT TL from the UK does, namely 1050 rpm Ralf | ||
| Post# 220783 , Reply# 19 7/5/2007 at 05:30 (6,136 days old) by buffster () | ||
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Robert... Love those Lady Kenmores Love that set of pink Lady Kenmores. Thanks for sharing some great pics. Now, that's an afternoon of fun. Mike | ||
| Post# 220794 , Reply# 20 7/5/2007 at 06:34 (6,136 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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Post# 220802 , Reply# 21 7/5/2007 at 08:26 (6,136 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Nice One!!! | ||
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Post# 220811 , Reply# 22 7/5/2007 at 09:06 (6,136 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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athough if you where a real Laundress you would have spent all day washing that amount and gotten your suntan from pegging out your loads...LOLOh we were "pegging" out Mike, just not with a clothesline : Now I get the impression that there is very little water in the tub during washing. That is an interesting fact for a washer that is almost fifty years old. Were low-sudsing detergents already available at that time?Actually Theo in the Whirlpool Combo there isn't very little water in the tub during washing and rinsing, there is NO water in the tub, the water level does not come above the bottom of the tub. The washing is done entirely with a recirculating filtered stream of water. The machine only uses 13 gallons of water per cycle and it's 29" diameter cylinder makes for some huge wash loads if you are not planning on drying all of it at once. The Whirlpool Combo really is a very fun machine, when I have time I will shoot another quick video to show its operation There is really very little that is truly new in the world of washing machines, almost every thing you see today you was first tried between 40 and 70 years ago. The big difference today is transistors which were not around then so the washers are much smarter now with all these electronics, but the vintage machines get the job done almost as well in many cases better than the modern machines Yes low sudsing detergents have been around since about 1950, again this is nothing new. Back then All and Dash were the two leading brands... 
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| Post# 220815 , Reply# 23 7/5/2007 at 09:27 (6,136 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 220826 , Reply# 24 7/5/2007 at 10:10 (6,136 days old) by dj-gabriele () | ||
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Wow! I love that Whirlpool Combo, fascinates me so much! 5 loads? That would have taken me half a day!!! | ||
| Post# 220947 , Reply# 26 7/5/2007 at 19:17 (6,136 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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I too noticed the red white and blue, how appropriate for the Fourth, that Mickeyd, mentioned in his post. Now i could of fooled around with that for a month of Sundays and still not got that perfect shot. I was impressed. arthur. | ||
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Post# 220954 , Reply# 27 7/5/2007 at 19:32 (6,136 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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The spinning action seems rather slow or is this an artefact of the recording? Also new for me is that this washer/dryer combination looks to me as a dryer that can wash too. The washer/dryer combinations that I know of are more like washers that can also dry. Theo the biggest drawback to the Whirlpool is it's 200rpm spin. Bendix had all the good combo suspension system patents locked down at that time so the suspension system of all the other combo brands could not withstand anything higher than 200-300rpm. By the way, I thought the same thing when I saw the LG combo, that it was a washer that dries. The Whirlpool and quite a few other brands were definitely more of a dryer that washed. | ||
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Post# 221012 , Reply# 28 7/6/2007 at 03:15 (6,135 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 221043 , Reply# 29 7/6/2007 at 08:29 (6,135 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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You know I just realized | ||
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Post# 221050 , Reply# 30 7/6/2007 at 09:32 (6,135 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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Post# 221058 , Reply# 31 7/6/2007 at 09:52 (6,135 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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It also has a super wash cycle which is identical to your wash cycle but on moving from Super to Reg wash it fils again higher and the clothes tumble in water in the tub along with the filter spray too. Yes that is quite interesting Jon. Starting with the 1961 model combos, they raised the water level of the units so the clothes would fall back into a pool of water along with the Jet Spray. The water level in the cylinder was not quite as high as a standard front loader of the day, but not as concentrated as the washing solution of the '57-'60 Whirlpool Combos. I wonder why Whirlpool engineers decided to do that??? I wonder if such a high concentration of detergent in the water was detrimental to the clothes or their color in the long run. I sort of wonder that with today’s modern front loaders as well, all though I would hope that modern HE detergents would be formulated to prevent fading or other damage. | ||
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