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Thread Number: 72751
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Timed fill |
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Post# 961240 10/7/2017 at 22:14 (2,386 days old) by chetlaham  (United States) |
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Post# 961261 , Reply# 2 10/8/2017 at 00:35 (2,386 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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| Post# 961268 , Reply# 3 10/8/2017 at 01:32 (2,386 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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Grew up with Frigidaires And we never had any problems. | ||
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Post# 961308 , Reply# 4 10/8/2017 at 08:02 (2,385 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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Post# 961415 , Reply# 7 10/8/2017 at 23:54 (2,385 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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Post# 961419 , Reply# 8 10/9/2017 at 01:42 (2,385 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula) |
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as far as I remember the frigidaires had some kind of second timer over the main timer. This way the user could select heavy, normal or light, but always have the fill time added to the cycle. Maybe I can be wrong... I'm not that experienced with vintage American washers. | ||
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Post# 961438 , Reply# 9 10/9/2017 at 04:57 (2,385 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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Post# 962344 , Reply# 11 10/13/2017 at 18:37 (2,380 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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| Post# 962347 , Reply# 12 10/13/2017 at 19:01 (2,380 days old) by brucelucenta () | ||
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No because to start a solid tub Frigidaire washer, you pushed the timer knob in, not pull out. | ||
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Post# 962365 , Reply# 14 10/13/2017 at 20:46 (2,380 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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an example of a Speed Queen Time Fill
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Post# 962405 , Reply# 16 10/14/2017 at 05:52 (2,379 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 962407 , Reply# 17 10/14/2017 at 06:21 (2,379 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Post# 962413 , Reply# 18 10/14/2017 at 07:50 (2,379 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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Post# 962417 , Reply# 19 10/14/2017 at 08:08 (2,379 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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the Maytag AMP was a perforated tub so to speak, as a solid tub shell was bolted to it, there was also a full outter tub to take care of any overflow....
the only perforated tub I knew of that did a time fill was a Maytag Highlander, in so, you had to watch for the fill portion, because any overflow was going on your floor.....the outter tub filled along with the inner basket, there was no extra outter tub to handle any overflow.... about your only safety for that machine was having the standpipe just below the fill level, some excess may flow out that way.... our neighbor had one of these, she was forever losing track of time, and would flood her kitchen... | ||
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Post# 962431 , Reply# 20 10/14/2017 at 08:39 (2,379 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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Post# 962433 , Reply# 21 10/14/2017 at 08:50 (2,379 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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well yes....
but one thing you needed, water pressure.... after all, you have X amount of time to fill a machine before agitation began.... the one advantage when pressure fill was introduced, was it could operate at a minimum pressure, usually 20psi, and no matter how long it took, agitation would not begin until that selected level was reached.... I have been to homes with such low water pressure, where it would take close to 3 hours for a load to complete..... | ||
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Post# 962435 , Reply# 22 10/14/2017 at 08:54 (2,379 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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low water pressure I have been in older homes with iron pipes that had heavily corroded and the flow was greatly reduced. | ||
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Post# 962441 , Reply# 23 10/14/2017 at 09:07 (2,379 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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Post# 962445 , Reply# 24 10/14/2017 at 09:22 (2,379 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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well, for some dishwashers.....
there are ones that only allow like a 2 minute window to fill, and theres also a float that would shut off the water if a certain level was reached... I know my Kenmore is like that....if I turn too far and miss that window, it jumps right to turn on the motor without water.... | ||
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Post# 962450 , Reply# 25 10/14/2017 at 09:45 (2,379 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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| Post# 962538 , Reply# 26 10/14/2017 at 16:08 (2,379 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
My compact Frigidare GMini washer is time-filled but it does have a pressure switch in the outer tub as a safety feature in case the timer would fail and the washer would overfill. It's a safety feature that many time-filled dishwashers have (either a float switch or a pressure switch).
Some Frigidaire time-filled machines also had a solenoid that would make the timer escapement run faster during the fill periods so the wash time wouldn't be shortened on the "small load" setting. I have a few of these. | ||
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