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| Post# 224796 , Reply# 2 7/23/2007 at 22:25 (6,114 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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Post# 224886 , Reply# 4 7/24/2007 at 06:56 (6,114 days old) by unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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Todd the following solid tub washers used their cabinets as the outer tub to throw the water out into during spin: All Hotpoint desgined washers from 1949-1974 Frigidaire Unimatics from 1947-1954 Early Beam style machines (Coronado, Barton, etc) Apex washers thru at least 1953, possible to the end in '56 Early ABC and Kelvinator washers thru at least 1953. Did I miss any? The best part is getting to hear to noise of the water being thrown against the side of the cabinet. When you used a hot wash, the cabinet gets really warm really fast. It's great in the winter. | ||
| Post# 224934 , Reply# 5 7/24/2007 at 12:29 (6,114 days old) by irishwashguy (Salem,Oregon.............A Capital City) | ||
I am wondering
That may sound silly to ask, well here it goes.............I take it that the mechanism is water tight, or water proof? When I first saw the monster Unimatic 2.0, I was a little freaked and facinated by the whole system of having the outer tub be the cabinet. Can the water also drain out of the bottom of the tub in these washers? Talk about something that was really well thought out. That is Genius! My first washer, the 1967 Rollermatic, had two tubs, for some reason, i just figured that they were simmilar to the earlier machines. Do you know what promted them to change this design?
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| Post# 224935 , Reply# 6 7/24/2007 at 12:32 (6,114 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) | ||
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1947 GE Washer Robert: Regarding your 1947 GE model that spun up to 1140 RPM, was that a porcelain cabinet or not? --Laundry Shark | ||
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Post# 224940 , Reply# 7 7/24/2007 at 13:08 (6,114 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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That may sound silly to ask, well here it goes.............I take it that the mechanism is water tight, or water proof? Hi Ritchie, no washer question is silly to ask here! :) No the mechanism is not water tight. The mechanism is mounted below the water tight bottom of the cabinet. See the diagram below, it shows the bottom (colored in red) and the mechanism below that. Can the water also drain out of the bottom of the tub in these washers? No the only way to remove water from these wash tubs is to spin the water over the top of the tub. Regarding your 1947 GE model that spun up to 1140 RPM, was that a porcelain cabinet or not? Hi Shark, no the '47 GE is painted, it has a seperate procelain outer tub. By the way the only machines of this style that were all porcelain were the Frigidaire and the Hotpoint (after the first model). 
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| Post# 225007 , Reply# 8 7/24/2007 at 20:32 (6,114 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA) | ||
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Cabinet as outer tub Wouldn't the old Thor be in this catagory? Say, about the Hotpoint. The '53 I used to own, it seems like it had an outer tub but didn't use the cabinet. I could take the cabinet off and run through a cycle just fine. 
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Post# 225026 , Reply# 9 7/24/2007 at 21:38 (6,113 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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