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Thread Number: 15481
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| Post# 260604 1/18/2008 at 17:25 (5,942 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
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Post# 260614 , Reply# 1 1/18/2008 at 18:12 (5,942 days old) by launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Such Fun! | ||
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Post# 260619 , Reply# 2 1/18/2008 at 19:15 (5,942 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 260623 , Reply# 3 1/18/2008 at 19:55 (5,942 days old) by westyslantfront () | ||
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Every time I go to a car wash and see those, I wish I could do a load of towels. It looks like a fun machine. Ross | ||
| Post# 260644 , Reply# 4 1/19/2008 at 00:01 (5,942 days old) by brent-aucoin () | ||
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I have taken a look at these in the past. The agitator looks very Speed Queen. Brent | ||
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Post# 260654 , Reply# 5 1/19/2008 at 01:12 (5,942 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Alliance Laundry Systems
Makers of Speed Queen laundry appliances also has the Unimac brand of laundry appliances, amoung others. Still say that design beats hands down most domestic twin tub machines, past or present. Just look at that nice big wash tub, and super agitator action. What they also did was do away with the cover over the extractor leaving the outer tub visable. Just so people know, posted links to the specs and owner's manual to these machines several times. The units are completely designed for world wide use. That includes 50hz or 60hz power, and even the direction of the extractor tub (clock wise, or counter clock wise), can be set upon installation. About the only thing these units do not offer is a built in heater. L. L. | ||
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Post# 260666 , Reply# 6 1/19/2008 at 04:06 (5,942 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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IMPOSTER ALERT!!! I don't know if it's just the exhaustion talking (why am I still on the computer at 4:00 a.m.?), but I'm harboring suspicions that the above post was not penned by our beloved Launderess. Exhibit A: "amoung" While our Launderess is a well-known Brit-head, this blatant example of Jumping The Shark (Anglophile Division) is certainly suspect. Exhibit B: Notice the sign-off; TWO L's? Hmmmmm. I've never known our girl to do that, even after the third glass of white zin. I rest my case, luvs. ;-) | ||
| Post# 260876 , Reply# 7 1/20/2008 at 13:41 (5,941 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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I thought our Laundress was a Francophile..... French laundry, etc. | ||
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Post# 264230 , Reply# 8 2/10/2008 at 12:45 (5,920 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Variation or older model in Charlotte
Many of the local AutoBell car washes in Charlote have a machine that looks very similar, however they have Whirlpool surgilator agitators in black (I suspect the drive-block version). Some of them have SpeedQueen agitator caps, others have the old black Whirlpool "finger indent" cap. When I saw them I figured the manufacturer bought some new-old-stock parts (NOS) from Whirlpool or a parts house to make those machines. I always try to get a view of them if I happen to be at a car-wash. Interesting post...thanks! | ||
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Post# 264462 , Reply# 10 2/11/2008 at 12:32 (5,919 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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I still think it is she, not an imposter.....
~and even the direction of the extractor tub (clock-wise, or counter-clockwise), can be set upon intallation? I dont know Eugene, I thought she'd say "anti-clockwise" as the Brits do. Why is this important? CLICK HERE TO GO TO toggleswitch's LINK | ||
| Post# 264668 , Reply# 12 2/12/2008 at 17:10 (5,918 days old) by cvillewasherbo () | ||
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maids They were called "maids". They did all the work, here in the south. Remeber Miss Daisy? | ||
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Post# 264671 , Reply# 14 2/12/2008 at 17:21 (5,917 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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These units are the same as Hoover twin tubs. One washes in the wash tub, or tubs with agitator, then transfer the laundry to the spin/rinse tub for rinsing and spinning. The spin tub rinses by spraying a fine mist (through the center post), onto the laundry as the tub spins slowly. This causes a saturation of laundry, then the tub will stop spraying and spin out the "rinse water". This is repeated enough times to rinse the laundry, then the spinner will spin dry laundry. The whole thing is nothing but a fancy spin rinse. | ||
| Post# 264675 , Reply# 15 2/12/2008 at 17:25 (5,917 days old) by cvillewasherbo () | ||
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thank you so much!! Courtney | ||
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Post# 264707 , Reply# 16 2/12/2008 at 20:27 (5,917 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Final spin in these units leaves items pretty dry,so they would hang dry quickly. However would assume car washes bung the lot of towels into a dryer to fluff them up/dry before folding. Hotels, restaurants, beauty salons, and many other business that generate lots of small items for laundry use these units. While would imagine one can do any sort of laundry in these twin or triple tubs, they are great for whizzing through large numbers of napkins and small table cloths. Have heard even some shirt laundries use them as well, but one would think the spin rinse would be kind of hard on shirts. L. | ||
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