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Thread Number: 35105
Danby twintub (DTT420W) |
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| Post# 525211 6/18/2011 at 00:36 (4,964 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
Never heard of Danby before, but apparently they are the only N. American manufacturer of twintubs today. The Danby website is sparse, little data and one photo, no internals. Their 'find a dealer' points to Lowes, but Lowes (pretty bad) site does not recognize the search term. So couldn't find a price. Other than a couple used ones on ebay, $200-400.
Anybody own/seen one? Brand reputation? Seems they primarily make mini appliances and dehumidifiers. | ||
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| Post# 525224 , Reply# 2 6/18/2011 at 01:32 (4,964 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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I misstated prematurely. 2 of the ebays were NIB and the price difference was pay/free delivery.
Here's what Danby's "about us" website says: "Danby was founded in 1947, as a family owned manufacturer of small electrical appliances. Danby opened its U.S. home office in Findlay, Ohio in 1992 as business expanded across North America." Founded in 1947, opened its US office 45 years later? Non sequitur. Danby doesn't SOUND Chinese, it sounds Brit. Can't go much by name these days, can we? While I'd love to have a NIB TT, I don't have $~300 to fritter on chop suey and I DO have a FL that's worked perfectly for 13 years. Despite being a WCI Fridigaire, but I'm pretty sure WCI only assembled it from Euro parts. | ||
| Post# 525290 , Reply# 4 6/18/2011 at 09:13 (4,964 days old) by 69oyu812 () | ||
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canadian company Danby was founded in Montreal Quebec in 1947, their twin tubs are not bad, has center post agitator that runs like a wash plate machine, lint filter in the post. the screws with the square heads are called Robertson | ||
| Post# 525388 , Reply# 5 6/18/2011 at 14:28 (4,964 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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Post# 525411 , Reply# 6 6/18/2011 at 17:26 (4,964 days old) by coldspot66  (Plymouth, Mass) |
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I have a twin-tub with an agitator that I bought in Dec. Holds a 10lb load, but I don't like the way it agitates; swirls the clothes in one direction, then the other. not rythmic back and forth to create rollover. However, the spinner works well. | ||
| Post# 525440 , Reply# 7 6/18/2011 at 22:52 (4,963 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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| Post# 525455 , Reply# 9 6/19/2011 at 00:47 (4,963 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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Post# 525476 , Reply# 10 6/19/2011 at 05:08 (4,963 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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"not sure what twin tub spins the fastest"
The Fastest would have to go for Hotpoint twinnies at 3,100rpm, it has a tall slim tub but does get clothes the driest after 4 mins..beauty of this spinner that it has a clutch so most of the water is pumped out so doesnt strain the motor, then it picks up speed very quickly...
Next would be Servis @ 2,800rpm which has a slightly wider spin can, earlier models where solid (great for rinsing and overflow rinsing, without filling up the outer tub) later models had a vane in the middle and holes in the base... Then @ 2,300 would be Hoover, which has a smaller can with holes in and probably the noisiest!! but fun!! Heres the Hotpoint - Aluminium can - 3,100rpm 
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Post# 525477 , Reply# 11 6/19/2011 at 05:12 (4,963 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis Supertwin | ||
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Post# 525478 , Reply# 12 6/19/2011 at 05:14 (4,963 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Hoover | ||
| Post# 525618 , Reply# 13 6/19/2011 at 15:54 (4,963 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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As I said in a nearby thread, UK is THE place for interesting washers. The Pana may have been 3600. Back then they didn't say. A 'typical' induction motor runs 1800 (little below, slip rate) on 60Hz but with different construction can double that. My FL spins 800 but of course the basket radius is much greater than a TT spinner. 800 is 'not that fast' by current standards and indeed it only spins enough where you can't wring out more water but by no means "dry".
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| Post# 525704 , Reply# 15 6/20/2011 at 01:16 (4,962 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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you could have the pump running whilst the spin can was stationary so there was virtually no strain on the motor - unique??
============================================================================== The Pana would drain the spin tub without the spinner running. So would a 1951 Easy. So no, I wouldn't say "unique". "Strain on the motor" is an issue. Many TTs utilize a mechanical or hydraulic clutch. The Pana utilized a motor which wasn't abused at startup from zero speed. Such design is not the least exotic but somehow manages to be rare in application. | ||
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Post# 525718 , Reply# 16 6/20/2011 at 05:18 (4,962 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Unique.. | ||
| Post# 525847 , Reply# 18 6/20/2011 at 14:28 (4,962 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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Wish I still had that Pana. Piece of work. Wash and spin dual speed, independent motors including pump. The only thing it wouldn't do was sudssave directly from the spinner back to the washer, you had to move the hose. All that, and I could carry it by myself (younger then obviously) and it fit in the passenger spot of a VW bug with the seat removed.
Not sure they sold in continental US. Panasonic Hawaii was a separate business from Panasonic USA. Can't find any such offering today. The Frigilux has a shaded pole pump motor and a DC motor for the drum so it can switch directions and vary speed. | ||
| Post# 525907 , Reply# 19 6/20/2011 at 19:39 (4,962 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
FnP | ||
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Post# 525966 , Reply# 20 6/21/2011 at 01:45 (4,961 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Lavalux | ||
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Post# 525967 , Reply# 21 6/21/2011 at 01:57 (4,961 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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AEG Lavalux | ||
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