Thread Number: 36438
POD 9/10/11: Frigidaire Commercial Laundry |
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Post# 542772   9/10/2011 at 13:05 (4,582 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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So where are the controls?
Are they on the vault box? How would they work? They look fairly tight... Nice that the washer has the back-opening lid w/ the Whirlpool-type handle (& wonder why it wasn't used on the residential models)... Lastly: Would this machine have the up/down-pulsator or be an Agi-tub model? -- Dave |
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Post# 542805 , Reply# 1   9/10/2011 at 16:04 (4,582 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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All the electronics are in the top of the coin vault.
If the back opening lid was on the home models, it would block the control panel. If the coin-op had the side opening lid, it would bang into the coin vault of the machine next to it, the wall, or hang in the middle of the aisle or across a folding table.
The mechanics under the hood were 1-18, but some early models had Jet-Action agitators (original Rollermatic) and later had 1-18 Jet-Cones. I remember the Jet-Cone ones, but I don't remember the layout of the pushbuttons. |
Post# 542822 , Reply# 2   9/10/2011 at 18:01 (4,582 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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This washer was in the laundry room of the very first apartment I moved into in college (fall 1974). they weren't there for very long. when I had looked at the complex in the spring of 1974, there were still turqoise FFs in there. So I odn't know when the Frigidares came in. My apartment was right next to the laundry room building and my bedroom was at that end of the apartment. It was nice to go to sleep with the 1/18 thumper noise. they were also the same harvest gold. the old turqoise large dryers (2 of them) were still in the laundry room with the 4 washers. the controls had the H/W, H/C, W/C, and C/C temp buttons and the N/N, N/S, and S/S speed buttons. One or two of the machines kept breaking down and one of them seemed to have a water valve lead that would allow the water to slowly come in where the circle spray came in. They were replaced with SQs in early winter. I really liked the Frigidaires over the SQs, but the queens were 2-speed.
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Post# 542880 , Reply# 4   9/10/2011 at 23:50 (4,582 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Nice that the washer has the back-opening lid w/ the Whirlpool-type handle (& wonder why it wasn't used on the residential models)...
I think one of the reasons to use a side opening lid on the residential models was not to block the light from the console fluorescent when unloading the washer (and avoid having a tub light light Whirlpools did) and to see the controls with the lid open. And the washer's handle seems to be the same as the 1-18 dryer's door handle. The crease to open side opening lids is still present on Frigidaire commercial washers, even on older ones like the turquoise ones in the following link Also look at the gold (newer) covers with a rectangular window lid, they seem to have the same dryer door handle as the one on the POD, are they later solid tub models or perforated tub models? CLICK HERE TO GO TO PhilR's LINK |
Post# 542929 , Reply# 5   9/11/2011 at 08:23 (4,582 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 542932 , Reply# 6   9/11/2011 at 08:26 (4,582 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 543035 , Reply# 7   9/11/2011 at 15:41 (4,581 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 543058 , Reply# 8   9/11/2011 at 16:51 (4,581 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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nice site you are building over at Flickr!
Phil I think the yellow machines with the square lids could be one of two versions I've seen. In the 1970's GM made a commercial machine with a solid tub but it was set in the 1-18 mechanism. They also made I'm told but never have seen a 1-18 perforated model. I think the yellow machines with the square windows are one of these two styles.
Love all the vintage graphics. |
Post# 543068 , Reply# 9   9/11/2011 at 17:51 (4,581 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 543103 , Reply# 10   9/11/2011 at 19:49 (4,581 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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commercial Frigidaire washers were definitely solid tub as stated in this brochure, with timed fill and overflow rinsing |
Post# 543107 , Reply# 11   9/11/2011 at 19:51 (4,581 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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kind of a hybrid between the old and new. Notice the belt drive |
Post# 543111 , Reply# 12   9/11/2011 at 19:54 (4,581 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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seems to offer the solid tub and the perforated tub. Notice how the WC-M model is 14#, pressure fill and lighter weight than the other one. Plus the cycle is longer and there is no option for a gravity drain |
Post# 543114 , Reply# 13   9/11/2011 at 19:57 (4,581 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 543115 , Reply# 14   9/11/2011 at 19:58 (4,581 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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many similarities |
Post# 543124 , Reply# 15   9/11/2011 at 20:33 (4,581 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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that WA sure is a BOL model,never seen that one.
I had one of the solid tub commercial machines for years, it was a gravity drain too. It was weird that heavy balance ring inside that 1-18 mechanism tub! It had a long extension post under the tub to take up the difference in height between the outer 1-18 tub and the earlier 60's solid tub.
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Post# 543134 , Reply# 16   9/11/2011 at 21:11 (4,581 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 543135 , Reply# 17   9/11/2011 at 21:15 (4,581 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)   |   | |
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Post# 543148 , Reply# 18   9/11/2011 at 22:40 (4,581 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)   |   | |
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looks like a round delco motor was used on the commercial machines-i have always seen square emerson motors on the"normal" 1-18 mechanism... |
Post# 543202 , Reply# 19   9/12/2011 at 08:51 (4,581 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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maybe this is a clearer pic |
Post# 543203 , Reply# 20   9/12/2011 at 08:53 (4,581 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 543205 , Reply# 21   9/12/2011 at 08:57 (4,581 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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solid tub pulsator in perforated tub! I suppose the capacity is less because the pulsator is shorter |
Post# 543238 , Reply# 22   9/12/2011 at 11:02 (4,581 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 543242 , Reply# 23   9/12/2011 at 11:35 (4,580 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 543477 , Reply# 25   9/13/2011 at 21:13 (4,579 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 543504 , Reply# 26   9/14/2011 at 00:08 (4,579 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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The problem is that you have to be careful with the water level. I put a Jet Action into my 1-18, and it wasn't too good. If the level is too high, stuff will get stuck on top of the cone and just loop around there in kind of a reverse turnover. The rest of the load just sunk to the bottom and didn't move around much. |
Post# 543612 , Reply# 27   9/14/2011 at 19:11 (4,578 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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