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Thread Number: 32095
POD 12/24, RCA Whirlpool combo |
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Post# 483965 12/24/2010 at 05:58 (4,870 days old) by polkanut  (Wausau, WI ) |
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Post# 483974 , Reply# 1 12/24/2010 at 07:26 (4,870 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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1958 RCA WHIRLPOOL GAS COMBO
Thanks to Robert Seger we have the exact RCA WP gas combo in our collection. The gas versions were much faster drying than the electrics due to having a 37,000 BTU gas burner and as the ad mentioned this was the only gas combo that would actually boost and or heat the water with gas as the heat source. Actually with the electric ignition and the low water use of this machine I may ask our local utility company for an Energy-Star rebate when we hook it up.
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Post# 484006 , Reply# 3 12/24/2010 at 10:45 (4,870 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA) |
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| Post# 484007 , Reply# 4 12/24/2010 at 10:46 (4,870 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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drug home and stripped one of these(i think it was a '61)in 1979-lady who gave it to me said it would not spin,the cable from the little gearmotor to the varible sheave was broken... machine was otherwize in good shape,electric heat version BTW Would love to have this today... | ||
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Post# 484124 , Reply# 6 12/24/2010 at 17:47 (4,869 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA) |
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| Post# 484127 , Reply# 7 12/24/2010 at 18:13 (4,869 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
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Post# 484140 , Reply# 9 12/24/2010 at 20:02 (4,869 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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People who used and owned them loved them,
When I moved here in 1986, there was a tech support guy that worked down the way from me. he found out I loved appliances. I found out they had a Westinghouse front loader. It was one of the ones that had the side-swing door. So you can imagine what the age of the machine was. His wife loved it. Her mom had had nothing but front loadders ever since she had an automatic washer and I assume they were all Westinghouse machines. Anyway, Dan had nursed this thing along for several years with the help of parts from the loacl repair place. But it finally succumbed to being badly rusted. the door hinges were the worst. Much to their chagrin, this was in the period after WCI ceased producing the Westinghouse design and there were no more new ones on the market. We all later found out the design for the Fridgemore was being worked on by Elux. So grudingly Dan had to go buy a Shredmore. They hated it, but there wasn't anything else of a front loader to choose from. And the Fridgemores and Neptunes arrived on the scene before I was laid off in spring of 1997. The Fridgemore & Neppies were just too expensive for them at the time. I"ve often wondered if his wife ever got one of the new frontloaders. Dan died of prostate cancer probably about 6 years later.
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Post# 484142 , Reply# 10 12/24/2010 at 21:35 (4,869 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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"Washes Clothes *With* Water, Not In Water" | ||
| Post# 484165 , Reply# 12 12/25/2010 at 01:03 (4,869 days old) by A440 () | ||
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Interesting Reading Here... I just wish that WP would take the knowledge and engineering of the past and add it to the engineering of today to come up with a combo. I would love to have a modern, huge gas WP combo today! We all know they could do it! Dang them! Brent | ||
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Post# 484167 , Reply# 13 12/25/2010 at 01:19 (4,869 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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would love to have a modern, huge gas WP combo today! | ||
| Post# 484170 , Reply# 14 12/25/2010 at 01:34 (4,869 days old) by A440 () | ||
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Bob, I would have one of each! Let's get these clothes cleaned and dried dang nab it! I have baking and dishwasher loading to do! | ||
| Post# 484176 , Reply# 15 12/25/2010 at 04:29 (4,869 days old) by HiLoVane (Columbus OH) | ||
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I wonder how feasable the "Filter-Stream" principle would be today; I would have to believe that even with today's reverse-action tumblers, there has to be a way that a continuous spray could work. | ||
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Post# 484180 , Reply# 16 12/25/2010 at 06:32 (4,869 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Hey everybody, it's Bing Crosby! | ||
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Post# 484208 , Reply# 17 12/25/2010 at 11:36 (4,868 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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So when he was not beating his sons and driving two to suicide, he was hawking Duomatics. Note the American Kitchens cabinets. Again I wonder whether a home such as he would have would feature a laundry appliance in that setting. | ||
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Post# 484241 , Reply# 18 12/25/2010 at 16:18 (4,868 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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