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Thread Number: 1558
Tell me a story of the 1-18 |
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| Post# 60283 3/17/2005 at 13:34 (6,976 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
Before I turn cartwheels to get one... :-) I've read as much as I can around the site to learn a bit about the Frigidaire 1-18s, and was impressed with the wash action videos. Aside from the very generous capacity and apparently good rollover (and the fact that they were the last in the line of GM Frigidaires), what makes 1-18s special and interesting to all of you? I'm just curious, and I love collecting anecdotes :-) | ||
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Post# 60284 , Reply# 1 3/17/2005 at 13:55 (6,976 days old) by Unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 60287 , Reply# 2 3/17/2005 at 14:11 (6,976 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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Window lids were ubiquitous? | ||
| Post# 60288 , Reply# 3 3/17/2005 at 14:29 (6,976 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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| Post# 60289 , Reply# 4 3/17/2005 at 14:31 (6,976 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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Jet-circle spray
I think my computer made a mistake, or some such... I revisited the "See it wash!" section to research the 1-18 clips some more, and I'd swear both are identical...all I see is the lint filter doing its thing, and the agitation. What's the jet-circle spray entail? My machine might be wigged-out, so I can't see the jet-circle video... (Sorry...) :-( | ||
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Post# 60291 , Reply# 5 3/17/2005 at 14:46 (6,976 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Water sprays in from a circle around the perimeter of the tub, rather than from just one spot, as with most top-loading washers. It helps submerge the clothes in the water during the fill. I had a 1-18 for about a year and loved it. As someone on this site used to say, the 1-18 was "all about the thrash!" It was as loud as a diesel truck, but the 'cool' factor was worth every decibel. When GM sold Frigidaire to WCI (by 1980, I believe) many of us took to our beds. It was a sad, bad day. I bought a WCI Frigidaire top-loader in 1986 and although it had the circle-of-spray fill, the loss of the vertical agitation was more than most of us could bear... | ||
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