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Thread Number: 42556
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Post# 626217 9/20/2012 at 00:26 (4,229 days old) by CleanteamofNY  ((Monroe, New York) |
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| Post# 626237 , Reply# 1 9/20/2012 at 02:54 (4,229 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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They must be using up the WCI Kelvy agitators. They were a feeble minded attempt to duplicate the splashing of a real Kelvy. IMHO. alr | ||
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Post# 626272 , Reply# 2 9/20/2012 at 06:36 (4,229 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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the huge blades of that agitator will sure fill up that lint filter in a hurry!Don't use a high sudsing detergent with this guy-otherwise a roomfull of suds stirred up by those HUGE vanes. | ||
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Post# 626280 , Reply# 3 9/20/2012 at 07:00 (4,229 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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I love the  | ||
| Post# 626288 , Reply# 4 9/20/2012 at 07:38 (4,229 days old) by lebron (Minnesota) | ||
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Post# 626290 , Reply# 5 9/20/2012 at 08:02 (4,229 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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But the clothes don't stay in the dryer, they just fall 
Actually, suds were a problem. Users would dump a whole cup of high-sudsing detergent into that small tub and then suds would push their way over the top of the tub and fall on the motor top - and short the motor out. John even said there were a few that shorted out and caught on fire.
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| Post# 626308 , Reply# 6 9/20/2012 at 09:58 (4,229 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
Agitators of the Strange | ||
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Post# 626336 , Reply# 7 9/20/2012 at 12:47 (4,229 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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$19.99 "bout what it was worth new. | ||
| Post# 626339 , Reply# 8 9/20/2012 at 13:05 (4,229 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Shut the fffffff front door ! LOL I first saw this strange agitator in a Gibson, around the late 70's, in the back of an appliance store where they had 6 beautiful automatics running and loaded. Oddly, they were out of sight to the casual customer. Realize now that someone in that store was just like us. The Gibson was a "first discovered" for me. This post was last edited 09/20/2012 at 13:24 | ||
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Post# 626348 , Reply# 9 9/20/2012 at 13:26 (4,229 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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for the archives | ||
| Post# 626395 , Reply# 10 9/20/2012 at 17:36 (4,229 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
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Post# 626437 , Reply# 12 9/20/2012 at 20:59 (4,229 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.)) |
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Just more WCI Shit.
After that agitator beats the hell out of your clothes and throws suds on the live motor. If your house dosen't burn down. You can watch the shredded clothes tumble because the flimsy dryer door fell off. LOL! For a real stack unit try the 27" WP DD full size stack. Of course better if it has the window door dryer.
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Post# 626524 , Reply# 14 9/21/2012 at 08:47 (4,228 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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The shadow cast by the agitator looks a bit like a tree top angel. This is not to suggest that the washer is heavenly. | ||
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Post# 626531 , Reply# 15 9/21/2012 at 09:29 (4,228 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York) |
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Post# 627807 , Reply# 16 9/26/2012 at 21:41 (4,222 days old) by tnmike (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
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I have a slightly older version of this machine, 1987 I think, on a houseboat. It is rarely used so in good condition still. It does OK washing but the spin is very slow. Clothing still has a good deal of water and dry times are long. This load is two pair of scrubs, a pair of jeans and a couple of polo shirts. Full water level. Not as splashy as one would think with the angel agitator. Sorry the video is short and not good quality. The machine is in a hallway closet with the light being above the machine casting shadows. I didn't realize the video would be sideways either. This is the first time I have used my cell for videos.
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| Post# 627822 , Reply# 18 9/26/2012 at 23:04 (4,222 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California) | ||
I saw one like this years ago at the dumpster in my apartment complex. It was pretty beat up and the wash tub looks like it had come off of it's mounting or something, it was pretty askew. I checked it out and saw how small the tub was, and how big the agitator was. It looked like hardly anything would fit in there.
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Post# 627870 , Reply# 19 9/27/2012 at 07:59 (4,222 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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WCI 24" laundry Center---120 Volt Model The 120 volt machines did allow you to run the washer and dryer at the same time but when ever the washers motor is running a relay turns off the dryers heater and the dryers timer also stops advancing, so the long drying times get even longer.
Sometime soon after WCI bought this machine from GM Frigidaire they accidentally started using a 50 cycle motor pulley on the dryer, this caused the dryer to tumble too fast and made the dryer nearly useless as it was not only very slow but left light weight items very wrinkled. It took WCI over 5 years to correct this mistake in assembly leaving 10s of thousands of machines in the field that never worked correctly.
Overall between the slow 120 volt operation, the lousy indexing tub agitation, a spin drain washer that can't spin without suds-locking to save itself and a dryer that probably tumbles too fast, Tom is correct this machine is only worth about $20 and that is taking into account current scrap metal prices, LOL. | ||
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Post# 627890 , Reply# 20 9/27/2012 at 10:46 (4,222 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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WCI 24" laundry Center---120 Volt Model The 120 volt machines did allow you to run the washer and dryer at the same time but when ever the washers motor is running a relay turns off the dryers heater and the dryers timer also stops advancing, so the long drying times get even longer.
Sometime soon after WCI bought this machine from GM Frigidaire they accidentally started using a 50 cycle motor pulley on the dryer, this caused the dryer to tumble too fast and made the dryer nearly useless as it was not only very slow but left light weight items very wrinkled. It took WCI over 5 years to correct this mistake in assembly leaving 10s of thousands of machines in the field that never worked correctly.
Overall between the slow 120 volt operation, the lousy indexing tub agitation, a spin drain washer that can't spin without suds-locking to save itself and a dryer that probably tumbles too fast, Tom is correct this machine is only worth about $20 and that is taking into account current scrap metal prices, LOL. | ||
| Post# 627931 , Reply# 21 9/27/2012 at 15:59 (4,222 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
Wings eh? | ||
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Post# 627938 , Reply# 22 9/27/2012 at 16:52 (4,222 days old) by tnmike (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
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This machine has not been used too much. We have the boat about 16 miles from our house so our clothing is done at home. We do towels and bedding there though. I can only wash one king sheet at a time. This machine is actually a 240 v so the dryer works while the washer is on with no problem. I have not noticed any issues with the tumbling action at all. We have remodeled/replaced everything from keel to top on the boat except my partner says NO to replacing the washer/dryer. He says "No one gives a damn about a washer on a boat." So I don't fight that battle anymore.
There are some really HOT straight college guys that live on smaller houseboats at this marina and they use the washer. It is amazing to see what straight guys will do. One of them was pouring detergent and softner in at the beginning of the cycle. Use cold water on everything. Sorting consists of how much they can get in the machine. If it all won't fit, then it is sorted into two loads. I have told them I would love to get their laundry and get it clean again! :) One guy comes to our house in the winter when the boat is winterized and has drinks with us. So he actually uses warm/hot water then. | ||
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