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Thread Number: 18412
Australian Kelvinator Semi- Automatic |
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| Post# 298867 8/24/2008 at 06:54 (5,716 days old) by fluidriver (South Australia) | ||
Found this old thing sitting by itself in a warehouse which was full of old jukeboxes! They were amazing bits of 50s, but the owner wanted premium prices. Don't know anything about Kelvinator washers - they were mainly famous for their fridges ( I used to make 'em) and I've seen the brand on fans and radios, too. 
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| Post# 298868 , Reply# 1 8/24/2008 at 06:56 (5,716 days old) by fluidriver (South Australia) | ||
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Kelvinator semi-auto 2 | ||
Post# 298870 , Reply# 2 8/24/2008 at 06:59 (5,716 days old) by mayfan69  (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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I have the earlier version | ||
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Post# 298871 , Reply# 3 8/24/2008 at 07:21 (5,716 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Wow we don't see those here | ||
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Post# 298872 , Reply# 4 8/24/2008 at 07:25 (5,716 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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I wonder if | ||
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Post# 298874 , Reply# 5 8/24/2008 at 07:33 (5,716 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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I think there must have been a version of Leon's machine marketed in America as an automatic as I remember a very similar console on some Kelvy diaper washers. That perf.tub is an interesting twist-----gravity drain option? | ||
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Post# 298876 , Reply# 6 8/24/2008 at 07:45 (5,716 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Hole in Lid...
Hey Steve and jon, With regards to the hole in the lid...its not for filling....there is actually a seperate hose and inlet for filling. "Simpsomatic" explains the hold in the lid from a previous thread..... Here is how the hole in the lid works, ingenious really. It is for a manual suds return since this machine is semi-automatic. First you spin out the wash water, this machine is like the old Frigidaire models where the pump is always running. You would need a double laundry tray so if you continued with the rinse and final spin of the first load you had somewhere to dispose of the rinse and spin water. Time to "save suds". Put operation knob in spin and start machine briefly with timer. The pump would spit out any residual water in the bellows and when you shut off the timer a syphon occurs that puts the wash water back into the outer tub. Once all the water is in the outer tub you take the drain hose and put it through the hole in the top of the lid, set the selector to wash, set the timer and the machine will pump the water in the outer tub to the wash tub. The process eliminates the laundry room cleanup if you left the lid up through the process. Much the same as Frigidaire suds saver we remember with the the spring loaded ball at the end of the drain hose. I haven't tried it yet. Leon | ||
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Post# 298889 , Reply# 7 8/24/2008 at 10:05 (5,716 days old) by easyspindry (Winston-Salem, NC) |
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Great find Hang on to that machine. There are people here in the US that would kill to have that machine and that wash action. It's phenominal. Jerry Gay | ||
| Post# 298891 , Reply# 8 8/24/2008 at 11:23 (5,716 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
people like me, Jerry! ;'D
Said it before--how cool it is, both ironic and comic that the Aussies have the most unusual flora and fauna, and, as we've come to learn, the most unusual mechanickista, at least in terms of washers. Also noteworthy how prevalent sudssavers were: yesterday the Velvet? and now the Kelvi. I love it. Also also, Leon, thank you from the bottom of my heart. In my short 2&1/2 years here, you're the first person to mention the very unusual Frigi spring loaded ball hose, something I dream about and would also kill to have. Are the Aussie versions square like the Yank ones so that they fit perfectly squarely over the tub? | ||
| Post# 298895 , Reply# 9 8/24/2008 at 11:51 (5,716 days old) by goblue () | ||
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beautiful kelvy. makes me wish i was down under. | ||
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Post# 298897 , Reply# 10 8/24/2008 at 12:00 (5,716 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Kelvinator! | ||
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Post# 299080 , Reply# 11 8/25/2008 at 07:51 (5,715 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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So Leon | ||
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Post# 299098 , Reply# 12 8/25/2008 at 10:14 (5,715 days old) by simpsomatic (Melb, Aust-now Palm Springs,US) |
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Jon, Yes, the perforated tub sits inside the solid outer tub.....Surpisingly enough this is the exact machine my aunty Hilda traded her pastel green Turner Sapphire for. It was built like a tank. | ||
| Post# 299317 , Reply# 13 8/26/2008 at 10:47 (5,714 days old) by fluidriver (South Australia) | ||
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Semi-auto Kelvie | ||
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Post# 299330 , Reply# 14 8/26/2008 at 11:36 (5,714 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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IMO those old Kelvy's were great machines. In spite of the unusual type of agitation they had great "roll-over" and washed really well. Seems to me like anyone with a serious collection would want a Kelvy in it, so I don't think I'd let that fish get away! | ||
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Post# 299372 , Reply# 15 8/26/2008 at 15:09 (5,713 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Alan | ||
| Post# 299384 , Reply# 16 8/26/2008 at 15:55 (5,713 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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"Should I get it?" | ||
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Post# 299406 , Reply# 17 8/26/2008 at 17:09 (5,713 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Yes, you should get it | ||
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Post# 300532 , Reply# 18 8/31/2008 at 23:34 (5,708 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia) |
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Wow! Beautiful machine. I have only every seen these in advertisements. Of course it needs to be saved. | ||
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