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Thread Number: 3242
More GE Versatronics............and pics for GEextraRinse |
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| Post# 82188 , Reply# 1 9/8/2005 at 05:03 (6,798 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Close up of the washer......... 
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| Post# 82189 , Reply# 2 9/8/2005 at 05:04 (6,798 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Programmed Fabric Buttons........ 
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| Post# 82190 , Reply# 3 9/8/2005 at 05:04 (6,798 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Timer close up.......... 
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| Post# 82191 , Reply# 4 9/8/2005 at 05:05 (6,798 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Options......... 
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| Post# 82192 , Reply# 5 9/8/2005 at 05:06 (6,798 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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TIMED bleach dispenser, unusual in a GE washer!............ 
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| Post# 82193 , Reply# 6 9/8/2005 at 05:06 (6,798 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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GE FilterFlo mount 
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| Post# 82194 , Reply# 7 9/8/2005 at 05:07 (6,798 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Wire basket guard on the tub......... 
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| Post# 82195 , Reply# 8 9/8/2005 at 05:08 (6,798 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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GE V14 Activator, ramp style in black 
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| Post# 82196 , Reply# 9 9/8/2005 at 05:09 (6,798 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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better pic of the timer close up......... 
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| Post# 82197 , Reply# 10 9/8/2005 at 05:10 (6,798 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Dryer controls....... 
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| Post# 82198 , Reply# 11 9/8/2005 at 05:11 (6,798 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Dryer Timer close up....... 
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| Post# 82199 , Reply# 12 9/8/2005 at 05:12 (6,798 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Dryer with door open 
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| Post# 82200 , Reply# 13 9/8/2005 at 05:13 (6,798 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Dryer lint filter with criss cross wire guard....... 
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| Post# 82201 , Reply# 14 9/8/2005 at 05:14 (6,798 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Dryer drum light......... 
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| Post# 82203 , Reply# 15 9/8/2005 at 05:15 (6,798 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Gas burner access door. This GE dryer has the no pilot light, but has the original spark striker type of ignition. 
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| Post# 82204 , Reply# 16 9/8/2005 at 05:16 (6,798 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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There is no handle on the door to pull it open, this model has the foot pedal for the door........ 
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| Post# 82206 , Reply# 17 9/8/2005 at 05:16 (6,798 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Dryer temp/option buttons......... 
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Post# 82208 , Reply# 18 9/8/2005 at 05:48 (6,798 days old) by toggleswitch  (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 82209 , Reply# 19 9/8/2005 at 05:50 (6,798 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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| Post# 82212 , Reply# 20 9/8/2005 at 06:07 (6,798 days old) by Versatronic () | ||
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Absolutely Awesome Thank you so much. The Dryer control panel is configured slightly differently than mine. That washer is my dream machine. If anybody discovers one up for sale, please, please email me. I really need one to finish off my laundry room. | ||
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Post# 82216 , Reply# 21 9/8/2005 at 06:14 (6,798 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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More GE Versatronics | ||
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Post# 82222 , Reply# 22 9/8/2005 at 07:18 (6,798 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Jimmy, thank you for sharing the photo's. I think those are a great looking vintage pair of GE's. | ||
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Post# 82227 , Reply# 23 9/8/2005 at 07:35 (6,798 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 82229 , Reply# 24 9/8/2005 at 07:40 (6,798 days old) by Pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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Post# 82231 , Reply# 25 9/8/2005 at 07:51 (6,798 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 82280 , Reply# 27 9/8/2005 at 14:16 (6,798 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Notice, there's a colored dot beside the Soak button, and at the start of the Soak selection on the timer. It may control what happens during and after the Soak section on the timer -- whether the machine shuts off, or there's an automatic advance into prewash, and also perhaps whether the soak water is spun out or used for the prewash. If it's spun out, that'd potentially be three water changes! With the EXTRA RINSE button pressed, the Soak part of the timer probably functions as the 2nd rinse. | ||
| Post# 82302 , Reply# 29 9/8/2005 at 17:47 (6,797 days old) by washoholic (San Antonio, TX) | ||
Jimmy, correct me if I’m wrong (I grew up w/ a G.E. a little less fancy than yours), but I think when the soak button is pushed and the washer is started at the dot on the dial marked soak; the washer fills, agitates and then soaks with out spinning until you go back and change the settings (the soak button turns off the final spin). I think the asterisk marks the “normal” wash setting. I love those machines! I COMMEND you for your detailed pictures! Thanks a million! Jeff | ||
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Post# 82306 , Reply# 30 9/8/2005 at 19:01 (6,797 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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OK, I am going to go out on a limb here. I could be wrong, but here goes. I vaguely seem to rememberer GE had an automatic extended soak cycle. This was the era of Enzyme Pre-soaks (axion & Biz)and enzyme pre-soak cycles (Kenmore 800 & above, some versions of Maytag Frabric-Matics). I venture to say that when the soak button with the * is pushed and the timer dial is aligned on the 8 minute mark, it does an automatic presoak of filling up, briefly agitating, and then "soaking" for about 30 minutes quietly progressing through the dial and when it got the "2nd rinse" "pre-wash" it resumed with that agitation and then final spin. There could have also been a brief agitation period between the beginning & the last "pre-wash". I liken this to the KDI18 dishwasher that had full cycle and soak & scrub on the same timer dial. When soak & scrub was selected, the machine did that proper sequence through the timer and ended up with the wash and rinse portions being further along the dial and thefinal rinse ended up within the dry poriton of the full cycle button. Or not so complicated an example, when rinse & hold was used, it did the one or two fills and "stopped" and the timer quietly continued to move back to the off position. | ||
| Post# 82311 , Reply# 31 9/8/2005 at 19:31 (6,797 days old) by washaholic () | ||
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Growing up my mom had a GE like that with a suds saver cyle | ||
| Post# 82312 , Reply# 32 9/8/2005 at 19:43 (6,797 days old) by southernmdgeguy () | ||
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Right from my dream list Almost like the ones I grew up with, but ours had the toggle switches on the washer, not the automatic system. Awesome to see them so well kept! Errr... let me know if you want to get rid of them.. :-) | ||
| Post# 82313 , Reply# 33 9/8/2005 at 19:45 (6,797 days old) by thirtyater () | ||
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yes and we will all be fighting over them ;-) | ||
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Post# 82333 , Reply# 34 9/8/2005 at 20:54 (6,797 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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| Post# 82339 , Reply# 35 9/8/2005 at 21:22 (6,797 days old) by zzzzz () | ||
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Great set, but I'm wondering why the washer has the "Super V14" Activator while the control panel identifies the machine as a "Heavy Duty 16". Was the washer's agitator replaced at some point, or were some 16-lb machines designed around 14-lb agitators? | ||
| Post# 82380 , Reply# 36 9/9/2005 at 02:17 (6,797 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Jeff Washaholic, you are correct about the operation of the soak cycle. Here are some pics of the lid instructions that tell about it better than I could............ 
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| Post# 82381 , Reply# 37 9/9/2005 at 02:18 (6,797 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Mini-Wash instructions............. 
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| Post# 82382 , Reply# 38 9/9/2005 at 02:19 (6,797 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Conventional load guide............ 
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| Post# 82383 , Reply# 39 9/9/2005 at 02:19 (6,797 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Pre Wash instrustions of use............ 
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| Post# 82384 , Reply# 40 9/9/2005 at 02:20 (6,797 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Fabric guide............. 
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Post# 82404 , Reply# 42 9/9/2005 at 06:50 (6,797 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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| Post# 82423 , Reply# 43 9/9/2005 at 09:28 (6,797 days old) by deeptub (Carbondale, IL) | ||
I do remember the Versatronic washer my grandmother had specifically said "Versatronic Control Washer" on it. It had a more "conventional looking" GE control panel with a stack of horizontal toggle switches at the left, I believe 2 (or 3?) rotary knobs in the center, and timer on the right. I am ashamed to say that I can't remember what any of the controls were for. (I was 5 when they junked it and gave me the control panel, probably 7 or 8 when mom or dad tripped over it for the last time and threw it out.) It's interesting that you mention the variable speed clutch, FilterFlo, because I do remember that it was the clutch that had broken in that washer and Grandma decided it was too expensive to repair. Was this clutch problematic? I'm guessing it was since it never caught on. (She replaced the Versatronic with a Maytag A608, btw--a rather diappointing machine from a 5 year-old's perspective)
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| Post# 82428 , Reply# 44 9/9/2005 at 09:46 (6,797 days old) by versatronic () | ||
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More pics I would love to see the washer that actually says "versatronic" on it. Please show pics! | ||
| Post# 82470 , Reply# 45 9/9/2005 at 13:19 (6,797 days old) by deeptub (Carbondale, IL) | ||
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| Post# 82476 , Reply# 46 9/9/2005 at 13:25 (6,797 days old) by deeptub (Carbondale, IL) | ||
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Spotscrubber | ||
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Post# 82492 , Reply# 47 9/9/2005 at 14:44 (6,797 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Water Police Alert!
Two washes and two rinses in a GE top loader? You just KNOW that wouldn't pass muster today! Didn't washers of this vintage have really large spaces between inner and outer tubs, making them very "water hungry". Still what a lovely set and would be great to have, if one wasn't on metered or well water that is! *LOL* Launderess | ||
| Post# 82509 , Reply# 48 9/9/2005 at 16:32 (6,796 days old) by Versatronic () | ||
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Water Schmater I'm on well water. I'll take my chances with this machine. When may I pick it up? | ||
| Post# 82512 , Reply# 49 9/9/2005 at 17:03 (6,796 days old) by washoholic (San Antonio, TX) | ||
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| Post# 82513 , Reply# 50 9/9/2005 at 17:05 (6,796 days old) by washoholic (San Antonio, TX) | ||
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Tom, don’t feel bad about the clutch, I did the same thing to my parents brand new GE when they junked the old one. I was about 8 or 9 and I flipped it from normal to gentle during the wash, heard a bunch of loud clicking and crunching, so I flipped it back and after that it only washed on gentle for the rest of its life. Fortunately, no one heard it or I would have surely gotten a whipping for that. Maybe that’s why those models did not last (people changed the setting during the wash and burned out the clutches). It sure would be tempting to turn that variable wash speed dial while the machine was agitating. Jeff | ||
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Post# 82516 , Reply# 51 9/9/2005 at 17:17 (6,796 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Ohh Jeff!
So you never fessed up about your laundry mis-hap? Cannot blame you, some things are best left for parents to find out on a need to know basis. IIRC one of my brothers poured an entire box of detergent into the washer once. Made the Bobby Brady adventure look tame in compairison. We were all lined up and asked who did it. After the standard "I don't know" response, thought it might slip by, but then spied Big Daddy going for his strap and had to give the game up. Ok, call me a squealer, but this squealer was able to sit down and go outside for the rest of that week! *LOL* Launderess | ||
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Post# 82592 , Reply# 52 9/9/2005 at 20:58 (6,796 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Spotscrubber Cycle
You are correct! There was a special mini-basket with no holes in the bottom so the water stayed in the "tub" when filled with the filter-flo stream. The machine filled into the main wash basket/tub and then was pumped into the mini-tub when activation began. After a few minutes the filter flo stream was turned off with a timer-controlled valve for the remainder of the wash period. A double dose of detergent was used for especially dirty things.
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| Post# 82595 , Reply# 53 9/9/2005 at 21:08 (6,796 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Glad you liked the pics Washaholic, sounds like we both lived sort of the same childhood, playing and sometimes breaking washers! | ||
| Post# 82599 , Reply# 55 9/9/2005 at 21:17 (6,796 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area) | ||
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The reasoning behind the V14 in this washer is cause I liked it better! It originally had the straight vane black agitator. GE played games with their poundage. The tubs stayed the same size for many many years, their marketing people just named and renamed the capacity as they saw fit. | ||
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