Thread Number: 62019
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
GE filter-flo 100 OPM |
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Post# 848949 , Reply# 1   10/31/2015 at 18:21 (3,071 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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I find the ramped activator to be my favorite agitator. What was the selling point of the ramped activator and the 100OPM action it provided? |
Post# 848958 , Reply# 2   10/31/2015 at 19:08 (3,071 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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Post# 849116 , Reply# 3   11/1/2015 at 15:50 (3,070 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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When GE introduced their V-12 (Volumatic 12 lb. capacity) machines in 1961, the spiral ramped Activator was designed to function with a very fast stroke to improve rollover and to be able to submerge large loads quickly. Counter intuitively the Activator was designed to do its most effective work on the back stroke creating fluid suction and pulling the load in the washbasket down towards the Activator post; the forward stroke would then allow the 3 straight-ish vanes on the bottom to push the load outward and upwards continuing the rollover.
I wonder if the cruel-action augur-style agitators performed significantly better. I've used practically every Activator the Filter-Flo's used and I can report, without doubt, the spiral ramped Activators of the V-12 (14 and 16) machines were by far the most effective. The straight-vaned activators were a strange experiment in marketing, maybe because they looked meaner, maybe to augment the performance of the mini-basket but after about 12 years, GE scrapped them and went back to the spiral design until the end of Filter-Flo.
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Post# 849149 , Reply# 4   11/1/2015 at 18:10 (3,070 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Ken....I thought it was mentioned by JohnL that the first generation of trannies for the V12 machines, through I think it was 1964, used a different gearing for those, but then changed it a bit to slow down the agitation SPM....
I know my Moms V12 would kick ass when washing, you weren't washing a half load with that lid open!......my 85's seem less aggressive with the ramp, but still sufficient.... but true, the four vane mini basket does seem to do a better job.... |