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Post# 214256   6/4/2007 at 13:32 (6,164 days old) by tbolt25 (Kentucky)        

Has anyone ever noticed that on Frigidaire 1-18 washers the agitator doesn't have a lower skirt, vanes, or any of that-it is just a column of cones one on top of another in the center of the tub-a very unusual looking agitator. I remember one of the first times ever seeing one, it was obviously designed to agitate up-and-down.




Post# 214257 , Reply# 1   6/4/2007 at 13:46 (6,164 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)        
That's the idea

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It also has a plasticky, flexible black pulsator underneath the last cone that helps foosh the water out the bottom. (That's a technical description, btw. I promise you that it exists in my TechTalk manual for the S-Line washers...)

The cones help pull clothes down, and create the patented crossmojonational water currents that we so love :-)


Post# 214262 , Reply# 2   6/4/2007 at 14:49 (6,164 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)        

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I always wondered how those washers worked. Wierd...

Post# 214263 , Reply# 3   6/4/2007 at 14:52 (6,164 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)        
*glares at Peter*

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*flips on NuTone fan*

;-)


Post# 214309 , Reply# 4   6/4/2007 at 20:07 (6,164 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
flips on the Nutone fan...

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by pulling the chain out of it's catch on the grille and the spring-loaded vent cover opens. Now you can see the outside through the whirring fan blades! Whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

Post# 214333 , Reply# 5   6/4/2007 at 22:29 (6,163 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)        
Whirrrrrrrrrr

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OoOoOoh!!! :-D

Post# 214365 , Reply# 6   6/5/2007 at 06:08 (6,163 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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ha ha all i know is that i love mine..and what a wonderful job it does too...sort of sad to think that it went by the way side..

Post# 214403 , Reply# 7   6/5/2007 at 10:11 (6,163 days old) by fa_f3_20 ()        

Yeah, gansky, now let's see you get it closed again. The position in which the cover is perfectly closed and sealed is always in between notches on the chain. Been there, done that.


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