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Thread Number: 1467
the inside scoop on Frigidaire's very first washer |
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Post# 59419 , Reply# 1 3/8/2005 at 08:58 (6,982 days old) by Unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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The first Frigidaire washer's tub design was bowl shaped, this lead to greater tangling, but if it’s loaded properly most of the tangled can be reduced. By far the 1947 Frigidaire and my Westinghouse slant-front tangles the most of any of my machines. In 1949 the Frigidaire wash tub design was changed to remove the bowl at the bottom and this lead to less tangling. The biggest difference between the early models and the 1958 test report was that by 1958 Frigidaire had printed instructions on how to load the washer properly right on the underside of the lid. Had CU taken the time to read the loading instructions in the owner’s manual for their earlier reports, a lot of the tangling could have been eliminated. It takes a bit of practice and proper sorting but you can all but eliminate tangling. It’s important to have the pulsator adjusted properly too, if its not it’s also a cause of tangling. In the chart below you can clearly see the bowl shape of the '47 Frigidaire, compare that with the '49 wash tub... CLICK HERE TO GO TO Unimatic1140's LINK | ||
| Post# 59429 , Reply# 2 3/8/2005 at 12:23 (6,982 days old) by pulsator-power (connecticut) | ||
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Robert, how could you adjust the pulsator properly so it doesn't tangle? Jerry | ||
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Post# 59430 , Reply# 3 3/8/2005 at 12:25 (6,982 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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I didn't notice a tangling problem when I had a 1-18. There was a fair amount of turnover with that pulsator/agitator, but probably not nearly as much as with the 3-ring pusator. I noticed substantially less turnover with the '60's era Deep Action (space capsule) pulsator as compared to the 3-ring, also.
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Post# 59432 , Reply# 4 3/8/2005 at 12:41 (6,982 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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You are correct Frigilux Sir
The Deep Action agitator was designed to slow roll over to prevent tangleling. However it created a dead zone above the upper deep blue cone where clothes in there got trapped IF the user selected TOO high a water level for the clothes put in. This happened due to the clothes load floating up away from the bottom of the tub where the pulsator couldn't grab them. The 1-18 corrected this with the "multitude of cones" agitator which grabbed clothes at all levels to force them down to the pulsator where the real cleaning gets done. Jet Action Baby!!!!!!! | ||
| Post# 59435 , Reply# 5 3/8/2005 at 12:54 (6,982 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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| Post# 59452 , Reply# 6 3/8/2005 at 17:14 (6,982 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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How is properly loading a 3-Ring Frigidaire different from properly loading any other machine? | ||
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Post# 59464 , Reply# 7 3/8/2005 at 17:45 (6,982 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 59469 , Reply# 8 3/8/2005 at 18:27 (6,981 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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Sure is Dadoes My parents 1975 kenmore recommended that sheets be placed in 1/4 of the tub and when you pick them up to place in that 1/4 they should resemble the shape of the letter N. | ||
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Post# 59480 , Reply# 9 3/8/2005 at 19:25 (6,981 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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I've found that the key to loading of the three-ring agitator Frigidaires (and earlier) is to load it FULL. We've played with a scale and found that it will wash a 9 lb. load very well with no tangling or roping of the garments. I wash towels in my unimatics almost exclusively with virtually no problems. I'm not saying it NEVER happens, but some of the quirks are part of the fun too. Well, at least it saves time unloading... 
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