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Post# 390914 11/5/2009 at 08:23 (5,279 days old) by bajaespuma  (Connecticut) |
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Post# 390915 , Reply# 1 11/5/2009 at 08:24 (5,279 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 390916 , Reply# 2 11/5/2009 at 08:25 (5,279 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 390918 , Reply# 3 11/5/2009 at 08:33 (5,279 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 390919 , Reply# 4 11/5/2009 at 08:34 (5,279 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 390921 , Reply# 5 11/5/2009 at 08:36 (5,279 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 390925 , Reply# 6 11/5/2009 at 08:58 (5,279 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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| Post# 390929 , Reply# 7 11/5/2009 at 09:57 (5,279 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Loving Life: Thank you Tom and Ken
Only two nights ago, Jon Le Fevre was telling me about the unbelievable gold mine Tom has access to, in a rare collection of "Appliance Engineer" journals, from the Library of Congress. Whenever anything new came out AE would do it up in spades, just like this exposition of the infamous Duo-tub. So satisfying. I live for this stuff. Wondering and hoping when and if I'd ever see one of the AE journals, and LO! it appears in this morning's Aworg News. Synchroncity, Epiphany, Telepathy, Serendipity Clairvoyance--who cares. I love it! Now I'm going to read it over again, very slowly, like an eager first-grader, savoring every word. Thank You both again, very, very much ;-) | ||
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Post# 390982 , Reply# 8 11/5/2009 at 13:57 (5,279 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Yes, this is excellent and facinating information. Thank you! | ||
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Post# 391065 , Reply# 9 11/5/2009 at 21:12 (5,278 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 391067 , Reply# 10 11/5/2009 at 21:13 (5,278 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 391068 , Reply# 11 11/5/2009 at 21:14 (5,278 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 391069 , Reply# 12 11/5/2009 at 21:17 (5,278 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Problem is, I have no idea how the fountain filter on these two would work. I suspect they're missing some parts, especially the tops which act as a bleach funnel to some reservoir that, I presume, would be housed inside the agitator, next to, above or below the pump apparatus. Hey Filter-Flo, any chance I could persuade you to take yours apart and photo-document it? 
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Post# 391101 , Reply# 14 11/5/2009 at 23:12 (5,278 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 391124 , Reply# 15 11/6/2009 at 02:37 (5,278 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Hotpoint | ||
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Post# 391127 , Reply# 16 11/6/2009 at 03:32 (5,278 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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And There Is More | ||
| Post# 391147 , Reply# 17 11/6/2009 at 06:08 (5,278 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
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Post# 391167 , Reply# 18 11/6/2009 at 09:32 (5,278 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Thank you to Laundress; that Life magazine ad has the clearest and closest shot of the tub, the "fill horn" and the deflector I've seen. From that ad one also sees that the agitator had an accessory cap that fit over the bleach dispenser and, at least in 1969, had a matching non-GE clone Hotpoint dryer. The mini tub did come all the way up and over the main tub. When I saw the thing in person at Gimbel's I remember all you could see was the deflector ring and that crazy science fiction cover; you couldn't see one bit of the main washer. Nothing like a GE mini-basket arrangement which is what I expected to see. | ||
| Post# 391170 , Reply# 19 11/6/2009 at 09:36 (5,278 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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OH MY MY, MIKEY, THE SECRETS WE HAVE HERE AT AWORG
It's a wonder we don't have thousands of viewers to see our delights: she's gorgeous, the roses are gorgeous, and the machine in gray porcelain is just spectacular. It must be Hotpoint week. Interesting that we're learning about many brands who had the pushbutton only method of operation, not just the Tag 906 (?)/8. But Hotpoint trumps with the pretty indicator lights and that totally wild Free-span Design, kinda like some of those offset hairdos of the time. I'd like to learn more about the effectiveness of the silhouette agitator. Our Steve says it's not too powerful, and the narrow width of the fins have me wondering. Any experience or flix on this, please? Thanks so much for the absolutely STUNNING scan. | ||
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Post# 391201 , Reply# 21 11/6/2009 at 12:09 (5,278 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Gentle machines
As I indicated in a previous post, I don't think that the Hotpoint spiral agitator performed any worse than our respected Maytag "Power Fin". With both machines, I observed first hand that if you didn't overload, rollover happened, probably comparably. I've seen many a Maytag struggle with dense loads that a GE with spiral ramp activator turned over with muscle. The crucial difference between the Maytag and the Hotpoint is the former was engineered and built to last for decades. I'm sad to say that same can't be said for latter, where the company spent much more time and money on bells and whistles. | ||
| Post# 391204 , Reply# 22 11/6/2009 at 12:15 (5,278 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Thanks, Tom | ||
| Post# 391243 , Reply# 23 11/6/2009 at 14:38 (5,278 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Ken, you must have been typing when I was--never saw your po
So you've seen the Silhouette in action. Is it the short fast stroke, or the long slow version. I'm as nuts about the Hotpoints now as you are. As a kid I was always drawn to them, but they were rare in my neck o' the woods. Would you take your time describing the action of the agitator and the movement of the clothes, when the spirit moves you, aside from the Tag comparisions. T'anks;'D
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