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Post# 457920   8/19/2010 at 08:40 (4,969 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA)   |   | |
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What is that neat looking "thing" mounted over the Lady? |
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Post# 457923 , Reply# 1   8/19/2010 at 08:53 (4,969 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.)   |   | |
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Post# 457949 , Reply# 2   8/19/2010 at 10:43 (4,969 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 457950 , Reply# 3   8/19/2010 at 11:12 (4,969 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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In the chart they call it a water refiner, but more interesting is the variable speed control...Got me thinking....Those crazy heady 60's. Even the washes were wild. Frigidaire, GE, and others had these variable speed controls, like a volume dial, any speed you want, a few even on the spin.
If we could only some day find these gems. When everyone's retired, we could assemble bands of washer men, scouring towns across the land. "Looookowwwwt! (look out) here comes the wash gang with their spinning tubs and high speed hoses. Hide your children." LOL Love the 6 finned rotoflex, T-H-E dream agi for me, hands down, no equal.....some day. |
Post# 458017 , Reply# 4   8/19/2010 at 19:47 (4,969 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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I believe WP and Sears did sell washers with a wall mounted water softener. The device was not an accessory because it was integrated into the wiring and plumbing of the machine. I have the service manual for the WP washer that had this feature, Alought I have never seen one in person. I discovered that WP had these back in the mid 1970s while scanning through the film cards that had all the parts information. At the time I was integrated by the idea of a built in water softener and I looked up some of the parts and they were available but it was too expensive and complicated to add to an existing machine with out the feature on it.
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