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Lady Kenmore 80 Series Pod |
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Post# 56202   2/7/2005 at 05:42 (6,988 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Hi Guys, I was wondering how this POD determines and adjusts the waterlevel if you add a garment? Nathan |
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Post# 56208 , Reply# 1   2/7/2005 at 07:24 (6,988 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 56210 , Reply# 2   2/7/2005 at 07:42 (6,988 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 56218 , Reply# 3   2/7/2005 at 08:39 (6,988 days old) by agiflow ()   |   | |
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that auto water levels on washers were fairly new,here is KM with auto water level 44 years ago and in a TOP LOADER no less. |
Post# 56230 , Reply# 4   2/7/2005 at 09:23 (6,988 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Good question guys, no one that I know of has ever seen this machine, so I have no idea how it was suppose to work. Obviously it didn't work very well because by '63 feature was gone. I don't have the '62 catalogs to see if the '62 Lady Kenmore had this feature, maybe someone out in Applianceville does.
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Post# 56249 , Reply# 5   2/7/2005 at 11:38 (6,988 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 56254 , Reply# 6   2/7/2005 at 12:14 (6,988 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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PeterH--- it could be a water level control, but I'm thinking it might be the suds save/return control. The catalog blurb doesn't mention a manual override for the automatic water control. I'm really, really curious as to how the auto water level worked, how it would know to add more water if you add more clothes once the machine has started, and why it was apparantly not worth the bother since they abandoned it so quickly. The Kenmore 'black sheep' feature!! |
Post# 56281 , Reply# 7   2/7/2005 at 15:05 (6,988 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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If anyone's curious, these were the cycles on our 1960 KM Model 80---I'm guessing they're probably the same on today's POD. Left to right; top button first, then bottom button: Cottons/Linens White: Light Soil (8 min. wash); Heavy Soil (12 min. wash) Cotton/Linens Colored: Light Soil (6 min. wash); Heavy Soil (10 min. wash) Wash 'N' Wear: Delicate (4 min. slow wash); Sturdy (8 min. wash, 4 min. fast, 4 min. slow); Delicates: Light Soil (2 min. wash); Normal Soil (4 min. wash) Specials: Cold Water Wash (4 min. slow wash); Rinse & Spin (I think this is called pre-wash on the 1961) Specials: Washable Woolens (2 min. slow wash); Spin Only (4 min. fast spin, no sprays) I believe the toggle switch to the left of the cycle buttons is the Cycle Hold button. This is the equivalent of pushing the timer knob in. You'd use it to stop the washer or to reset the hell-with-the-lid-off unbalanced load buzzer. Isn't it amazing how we remember these things? I have trouble remembering my freaking cell phone number, but I can recall cycles on a washer from 40 years ago. |
Post# 56303 , Reply# 11   2/7/2005 at 16:12 (6,988 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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My first instinct was to say that the lever is a water level control, and the text description is simply a reference to the user being able to preset a water level for wash and rinse, without having to set the timer to a Fill position and then manually advance to Wash for a less-than-full-load . . . thus automatic water level instead of manual. But the description *does* reference a fully automatic water level system -- All it takes is one light touch .. positively nothing else to do. Automatic water level never wastes a drop .. never needs setting either. Even adds more water if you add more clothes. So there must have been some kind of automatic sensing system. Fascinating! |
Post# 56359 , Reply# 13   2/7/2005 at 21:10 (6,988 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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My guess is that it somehow senses the resistance on the agitator and if it's having a hard time turning the clothes it adds more water. |
Post# 56370 , Reply# 14   2/7/2005 at 23:46 (6,988 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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This is from a fold-out brochure I have for the 1960 Kenmore line of washers and dryers. The washer features automatic resevoir dispensers for softener, bleach and liquid detergent, self cleaning filter, infinite water level (slide), 14 washing programs - all with the flick of a lever! Gorgeous machine, maybe the holy grail of Lady's.
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Post# 56413 , Reply# 16   2/8/2005 at 09:08 (6,987 days old) by pulsator-power (connecticut)   |   | |
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Anyone know how Sears named their models- where the 80 Series came from? Jerry |