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Maytag bleach dispenser emptying |
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Post# 548787   10/11/2011 at 21:12 (4,552 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN)   |   | |
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When I was up at Geoff's this past weekend I shot a short video clip of the clear bleach dilution "chamber" in a pre-1966 Maytag automatic as it was emptying during the drain/spin. Enjoy!
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Post# 548799 , Reply# 1   10/11/2011 at 22:58 (4,552 days old) by DirectDriveDave ()   |   | |
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Cool stuff! never knew those machines had those kind of things! |
Post# 549037 , Reply# 3   10/12/2011 at 22:29 (4,551 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)   |   | |
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Post# 549044 , Reply# 4   10/12/2011 at 23:00 (4,551 days old) by lebron (Minnesota)   |   | |
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Post# 549048 , Reply# 5   10/12/2011 at 23:23 (4,551 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN)   |   | |
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Post# 549082 , Reply# 6   10/13/2011 at 07:45 (4,550 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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The bleach is pored into the dispenser as the washer is loaded and as the washer tub is filling with water, water also fills the rest of the bleach reservoir. This system does a very good job of keeping the bleach away from the clothing and diluting the bleach. As soon as agitation begins the diluted bleach is slowly being mixed with the wash water. When I first had one of these washers with this dispenser [ A900S ] we put blueing in the dispenser to watch it work and all the blueing was mixed in the water within one minute after the start of agitation.
All in all it was a very clever way to dilute the bleach, but the bleach still goes in way too soon for best cleaning and whiting of the clothing with minimal fabric damage. Bleach should go in much closer to the end of the wash period, as almost all good machines do now and even back then. |
Post# 551228 , Reply# 7   10/22/2011 at 09:17 (4,541 days old) by Electronicontrl (Grand Rapids, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 551231 , Reply# 8   10/22/2011 at 09:25 (4,541 days old) by Electronicontrl (Grand Rapids, MI)   |   | |
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