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Philco Duomatic

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Post# 483041 12/20/2010 at 22:10 (4,869 days old) by qsd-dan (West)
Checkrate/Likes A steal at $25! CLICK HERE TO GO TO qsd-dan's LINK on Winstonsalem Craigslist

Post# 483043 , Reply# 1 12/20/2010 at 22:26 (4,869 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)
Checkrate/Likes Sweet!

Post# 483044 , Reply# 2 12/20/2010 at 22:30 (4,869 days old) by appnut (TX)
Checkrate/Likes Uh huh!! I've never seen this model before. Must have been the "econonmy" of the line that year.

Post# 483128 , Reply# 3 12/21/2010 at 06:31 (4,869 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)
Checkrate/Likes This style with the controls on the front was in the line, in both electric and gas drying models, for almost the whole run of the 27" model. The controls were limited by space. The gas drying model had a blower and was vented, of course, but the electric drying model used no circulator to move the air through a condensing chamber during dry so drying was slow, even with the hi-speed water extraction. The WASH portion of the cycle was classic Bendix: Wash, drain, spray rinse, spin, deep rinse, drain, spin, deep rinse, drain, intermediate spin sequence, pause, spin stop. When Philco downsized the Duomatic, they ran into problems with the tub crashing into the cabinet when they tried to do the slow spin that Bendix used in the 36" model with the three speed tranny. There was not a high enough cylinder speed or enough cabinet clearance at the low spin speed to even out the swings of a less than well-distributed load so they came up with a couple of systems using a two speed tranny, one of which was on our 27" machine. It was an interrupter that was only used in one timer increment after the last rinse drain. It allowed the cylinder to accelerate at the full power of the motor and tranny to a speed past the point where the instability was a problem, but interrupted the ramp up to spin after a few seconds. It made neat noises as it interrupted the acceleration causing the cylinder to move from spin to coasting with the tranny at tumble speed then back to spin to hold the spin speed down while providing maximum torque to the cylinder, sort of like what Easy did with the Accelux motor for their Surge 'n Rinse rinsing and extracting operation. This was repeated a couple of times with tumble periods in between before the tub stopped for the pause before going into a tumble then the final high speed spin. It was a necessary step to prevent the clothes from sticking to the cylinder when the spin stopped. If they did stick, they would not dry properly. Whenever the machine was tumbling, the interrupter made a little ticking noise as it turned.

Post# 483335 , Reply# 4 12/22/2010 at 03:34 (4,868 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)
Checkrate/Likes *Nice Steal Dan!* I'm rewiring mine right now, Tom & John rescued it from Tide HELL FIRE years ago. These machines resemble the first GYRAMATICS from 1949 as they have a solid frame under those white panels. It make it a very stable machine! TOm thanks for the heads up on the intterupter, I would think something was wrong with the cycle when I get it turned on again! Dan be sure to post the virgin wash!!

Post# 483753 , Reply# 5 12/23/2010 at 11:30 (4,866 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)
Checkrate/Likes *I just called the seller...* ... and she said some guy from Ohio is supposed to go pick it up next week. Is that anyone from here?? I would love to have this machine too, but we'll see what happens. Kevin

Post# 483789 , Reply# 6 12/23/2010 at 14:23 (4,866 days old) by sudslock1 (St Louis)
Checkrate/Likes *That would be me......* I emailed the seller on Tuesday and purchased the machine. I am going down there sometime later next week to pick it up after I visit my family in Ohio. I will provide some pictures after I pick it up. Any special precautions I should know about for moving one of these? Dave

Post# 483823 , Reply# 7 12/23/2010 at 16:25 (4,866 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)
Checkrate/Likes *Welcome Sudslock1* I would release the tub boot from the door, invert and tuck into the tub before moving. Does your 1960 Duo have the blower assembly?

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