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Thread Number: 10741
manual for early Canadian auto washer |
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| Post# 195592 3/7/2007 at 20:05 (6,256 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
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| Post# 195593 , Reply# 1 3/7/2007 at 20:11 (6,256 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
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but there is more...it has a rubber tub | ||
| Post# 195594 , Reply# 2 3/7/2007 at 20:14 (6,256 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
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| Post# 195610 , Reply# 3 3/7/2007 at 21:00 (6,256 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada) | ||
thanks Rich | ||
Post# 195614 , Reply# 4 3/7/2007 at 21:13 (6,256 days old) by swestoyz  (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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| Post# 195630 , Reply# 5 3/7/2007 at 22:35 (6,256 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Thanks for posting that Rich, it was so interesting. I wonder if anyone we know has one of these machines and when they were made. | ||
| Post# 195636 , Reply# 6 3/7/2007 at 23:09 (6,256 days old) by scott55405 () | ||
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I wonder if it's related to the Bendix Economat, since it uses the same type of extraction system. | ||
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Post# 195798 , Reply# 7 3/8/2007 at 15:26 (6,256 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Wow it looks like a Launderall | ||
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Post# 195811 , Reply# 8 3/8/2007 at 15:43 (6,256 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 195813 , Reply# 9 3/8/2007 at 15:45 (6,256 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 195832 , Reply# 10 3/8/2007 at 16:20 (6,255 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
I love old stuff like this so much
"The extraction valve opens allowing water to enter the under the flexatub where it builds to a pressure of 50 pounds"--methinks that is what the HP pump does, and that there is no air inolved. The text only mentions water. But what do I know? I have terrible gas and could be in complete denial regarding air. What a great machine and what wonderful pictures. Thanks G'sport & eddy | ||
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Post# 196054 , Reply# 11 3/9/2007 at 02:27 (6,255 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 196113 , Reply# 13 3/9/2007 at 10:17 (6,255 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Wow, this machine seems to resemble the 1930's National Watermatic Twin Tub washer. Here is the way the May 1937 issue of consumer reports described it... The Watermatic also has a dryer which differs from the usual spinner or wringer. The wet clothes are placed in a compartment lined with a rubber sack. The lid is then clamped down and water from the facuet is admitted between the sack and the outside wall of the compartment, compressing the sack and squeezing the water out of the clothes. The dryer is very effective provided the water pressure from the facuet is 50 lbs per square inch or more. | ||
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Post# 196126 , Reply# 14 3/9/2007 at 11:06 (6,255 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Yahoo Bob | ||
| Post# 196229 , Reply# 15 3/9/2007 at 19:15 (6,254 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
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From reading the manual, I believe the HP (high pressure) Pump was designed to "boost" the extraction process. The manual states that the model without a drain and HP Pump requires water pressure of at least 40 lbs for extraction to be effective. It also only had one inlet hose. If you had both hold and cold taps, there was an "Y" type adaptor hose to use. Water temp was controlled at the faucet. It states that if you only had a cold water tap, to fill the machine manually through the lids from the stove with hot water. Rinse would then be cold from the tap. There is a mark on the control dial that opens the fill valve, but the timer does not advance. When proper water level is reached, you are instructed to advance control dial until machine starts to agitate. Here is another page. 
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Post# 196278 , Reply# 16 3/9/2007 at 23:01 (6,254 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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This gets an "Energy Slap" for sure... | ||
| Post# 196572 , Reply# 17 3/11/2007 at 10:53 (6,253 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
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an "Economat" it ain't
The book says this baby "only uses 9 gallons of HOT water per load." That is for the water cycle only....as the instructions say to fill it with hot water to start and then rinse and extract with cold water. No mention of total water usage...I'm sure they don't dare. It also recommends that if water volume is low, to keep all taps and valves on the water line close while the washer is in rinse and damp dry cycles. "Don't flush the toilet...the washer is running!" | ||
| Post# 196573 , Reply# 18 3/11/2007 at 10:55 (6,253 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
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