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Frigidaire's New Laundry Center: Bye-Bye Immersion Care
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Post# 733829   2/8/2014 at 19:26 (3,701 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Well, well...It appears Frigidaire is already bailing on the Immersion Care wash system, in which the tub and impeller spin together. Here's a look at their forthcoming, redesigned laundry center with a traditional, independent impeller. Wow, did I just use the phrase 'traditional impeller'?

It sports a 4-cubic ft. tub. Unfortunately, the dryer drum is the old 5.5 cu. ft. model. I could barely fit a full load from the 2.9 cu. ft. washer into that thing.

Wonder if the new impeller/tub configuration will show up in their regular line, as well?





Post# 733839 , Reply# 1   2/8/2014 at 20:09 (3,701 days old) by logixx (Germany)        

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I wonder if Electrolux will add an HE top loader to their line-up. Clearly, the Immersion Care technology was nothing Electrolux would have liked to have in its range, which seems, all in all, more targeted towards the upper end of the scale.

There's more information if you follow the link:


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Post# 733870 , Reply# 2   2/8/2014 at 22:32 (3,701 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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I hadn't seen your post in the Super forum. Funny that we both used the phrase "Bye-Bye Immersion Care! " Great minds think alike, right?

Post# 733887 , Reply# 3   2/9/2014 at 01:36 (3,701 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        

Frigilux,  Yes.  I think it will show up in the regular line up, i bet it uses a new  "cost effective" suspension system.


Post# 733940 , Reply# 4   2/9/2014 at 09:13 (3,700 days old) by logixx (Germany)        
"Bye-Bye Immersion Care!"

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I noticed that, too. Laughing


Post# 733945 , Reply# 5   2/9/2014 at 09:28 (3,700 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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The site says it a prototype, could this be a mock-up for a new color introduction or the real deal?

 

 Frigidaire does offer a top-load agitator washer model in the U.S.  with a stainless tub that could be an impeller washer by swapping out the long-post agitator with an impeller similar to one pictured in the story.  I saw this model a couple of weeks ago at the appliance mart here, very closely resembled offerings like we've seen in the Brazilian market.

 

My guess would be that Electrolux is going to no longer make a top-loading design unique to the U.S. market ( Bye-Bye Immersion Care :-) and homogenize the top-loading models with others currently in production in their global realm.  



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Post# 733952 , Reply# 6   2/9/2014 at 10:21 (3,700 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)        

This machine has absolutely nothing to do with the brazilian Electrolux models (thank God)

It looks more australian to me.


Post# 733955 , Reply# 7   2/9/2014 at 10:25 (3,700 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Lol - perhaps Australian then.  Just reminded me of some of the videos I've watched of these machines.  It would be interesting to know what Elux's plans are for the top-loading markets here.

 

Seeing this machine in person the other day, it seemed like there was a smallish tub assembly in a huge American sized cabinet. 



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