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Post# 313926   11/9/2008 at 14:17 (5,618 days old) by phamq ()   |   | |
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I'd like to learn how to use it. Wonder if it can connect to both hot & cold water? CLICK HERE TO GO TO phamq's LINK on eBay |
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Post# 316265 , Reply# 1   11/21/2008 at 07:24 (5,606 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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This is about as manual as you can get without actually washing clothes by hand. There are no connections for hoses on these machines. You effectively connect a hose to the tap and hang it into the tub. Fill the tub with hot/cold water to your prefered level and temperature, add your powder and clothes and then set the timer. The timer will stop the impeller only. You then lift the clothes into the spinner and spin them.... Continue until you have finished your washing part....now drain the tub and fill with fresh water...rinse, spin as before and repeat... May be OK for a holiday house where you may only use it to wash socks, undies, swimmers etc....but would you really want to do the weekly wash like this when automatics are soooo cheap? |
Post# 316382 , Reply# 4   11/22/2008 at 01:35 (5,605 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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One does not use a twin tub or even a wringer for "set it and go" quick laundry, but rather for banging though quite allot of wash in very little time, and if done properly with less water than an automatic. Twin tub washing is nothing more than a very fancy version of wringer washing, with the spinner taking place of the mangle. The idea is to keep a sucession of wash going from tub to spinner to the lines, with perhaps one or two changes of water. Unimac (a division of Alliance Laundry Systems), sells a modern commercial twin tub that is a bug hit with car washes, small hotels, restaurants, and other places that generate lots of laundry (mostly small items, but can be up to say a decent sized tablecloth or men's dress shirt), that needs to be done quickly. |
Post# 316406 , Reply# 5   11/22/2008 at 08:44 (5,605 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago)   |   | |
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As a young kid, many years ago, I rolled one of those home after I found it abandoned under a bridge. I had to drag it over train tracks and roll it about three blocks home. I "replaced" the missing impeller belt with one of my mom's old nylon stockings. It worked for years cleaning rags in the garage. The spinner was amazing as the rags were surprising dry after a spin. I later sold it at a garage sale with the nylons still running the impeller. |
Post# 316418 , Reply# 6   11/22/2008 at 11:08 (5,605 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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