Thread Number: 3699
The business end of the agitator |
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Post# 90083 , Reply# 2   10/22/2005 at 06:25 (6,754 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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I believe the bottom of an agitator is the "power-house". The dual-action "corkscrew" models appear to be an attempt to increase rollover to get the clothing to the bottom of the basket/agitator to be near the main water action. Sadly many mannys shortend the stroke and increased the speed to make the TOP portion of a dual-action agitator look like it is moving constantly. IMHO--I much prefer 210* and a slower speed. Interestingly the NorgeTag appears to have a nice old-fashioned slow-wide oscillaiton, as I saw on Ross' "real" machine in Tucson, AZ. |
Post# 90277 , Reply# 4   10/23/2005 at 11:47 (6,753 days old) by coldspot66 (Plymouth, Mass)   |   | |
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Dual action agitators are available for the extra large tub. Part # is 285558. Rollover is much better. The bottom vanes of the agitator are higher up and not at the very bottom of the tub.Hope this helps! |
Post# 90572 , Reply# 6   10/25/2005 at 01:44 (6,751 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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Most agitators with blades going from the top of the agitator to the skirt provides the best washing action because the clothes are gently being scrubbed at the top until it gets to the bottom where the actual washing occurs. Since I seen what a Kenmore three vane agitator can do, it cleans well because its about three inches high at the end off the skirt. But the Whirlpool has more power because it has waves in the blade leading from the top to the bottom causing massive water currents that has different points of suction during agitation! When Whirlpool introduced the Double Duty Surgilator, I was very disappointed in the design because the wings was mounted in the wrong spot, the wings should have been mounted dead center on the blade than in between the blade. The rollover rate would have increased 10% more since the water being deflected off the blade before it had a chance to bounce off the basket! If you have a belt drive washer, place your hand in the washer during the wash cycle and feel the water current, though you feel the water current strength between the blade, but the power of the currents is where the agitation begins and end at each stroke. This is why I was disappointed in the Double Duty Surgilator's design! The Maytag agitator is unique, the flex fins does three thing that a standard agitator could not do. The blades flexes so the clothes are washed without being over scrubbed, the lint filter in the agitator provides more water through the clothes action and drag on the agitator is reduced because the blade is not mounted on the skirt causing extra wear on the transmission and motor. (This the reason Kenmore copied the fins on the DAA) I can go on and on but my time is up! So who's next to stand on the soap box? |
Post# 90579 , Reply# 7   10/25/2005 at 04:06 (6,751 days old) by kenmore1978 ()   |   | |
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So woul these theories apply to the skirtless KM RotoFlex agitator of the 60's? |
Post# 90630 , Reply# 9   10/25/2005 at 11:24 (6,751 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 90826 , Reply# 10   10/26/2005 at 16:51 (6,750 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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Juane, I believe that it does. I think that it would have a little more power than the Maytag's powerfin since two more blades are added to the equation, but too much can be a bad thing! If the load is large it can bottleneck and it would not circulate well especially when the water level is set on extra high doing jeans or towels. Most people will try to do more in one load than to break the load in two and do them separately. |
Post# 90844 , Reply# 12   10/26/2005 at 19:15 (6,749 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 90903 , Reply# 13   10/27/2005 at 07:43 (6,749 days old) by kenmore1978 ()   |   | |
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I went through the entire members photo collection, and believe it or not, there's not one shot of a Roto Flex agitator |
Post# 90904 , Reply# 14   10/27/2005 at 08:05 (6,749 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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"F&P agitation is interesting in that there is indexing in both directions by way of the strokes being progressively longer one direction than the other, which occasionally changes." How can it index in both directions while one stroke is longer than the other? Does this mean that the agitator slowly rotates so every "right" stroke is longer than every "left" stroke and the whole thing cranks around in a complete circle after several agitations? Or does the tub index around the agitator? -confused in boston............... |
Post# 90939 , Reply# 15   10/27/2005 at 13:28 (6,749 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Jon, the stroke moves progressively around in one direction for a while, then switches and moves progressively around the other direction. The effect is very subtle. I believe it's an effect of both the stroke itself being slightly longer one direction than the other, and also due to intertia of the moving load at the end of the stroke. I've haven't tried this on my IWL12, but I know on my GWL08, when the agitator is oscillating one can grab it at the end of a stroke and push it further along. The SmartDrive motor senses the motion and doesn't trigger a reverse stroke until movement has stopped at the end of the stroke. Thus, agitation action responds and changes to a small degree according to the motion of the load. I recall a couple years ago washing a single small item, I believe it was cotton throw, in my GWL08. A couple times when the lower fins got a good 'grip' on the item, interia kept it moving further at the end of the stroke, and it was rather odd and interesting to see. The wash basket is completely free-spinning during agitation, as it floats up off the drive cog when the tub fills with water. |
Post# 90948 , Reply# 16   10/27/2005 at 16:23 (6,749 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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RotoFlex at low speed. You may need to log into yahoo if you cannot view. CLICK HERE TO GO TO cleanteamofny's LINK |
Post# 90951 , Reply# 17   10/27/2005 at 16:42 (6,749 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 90973 , Reply# 18   10/27/2005 at 20:28 (6,748 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 90993 , Reply# 19   10/27/2005 at 22:06 (6,748 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 90994 , Reply# 20   10/27/2005 at 22:08 (6,748 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 91150 , Reply# 21   10/28/2005 at 21:46 (6,747 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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I see how it works like alot of other Oz washers I saw over there. My cousin had one , I was so suprised to see it in action. I had never thought you could clean clothes with a sweeping agigitator motion before. But why not??!! Her's would swirl around and create big eddy currents, it was a very quite operation as I remember no sloshing sounds like a reversing agigtator. I am falling for the top load dryer! Everytime I go to Gray's I keep lingering longer and longer over it. |
Post# 91178 , Reply# 22   10/29/2005 at 01:19 (6,747 days old) by kenmore1978 ()   |   | |
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I only see two pictures in Cleanteamofny's album, and neither is the inside of a washer. |
Post# 91197 , Reply# 24   10/29/2005 at 06:07 (6,747 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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I have been looking for a "Roto-Flex" to put im my '65 LK "on steroids". Jason changed the pulley's and the agitation and spin speeds are VERY fast for a Kenmore! Envision a large "Vita-Mix"! |
Post# 91235 , Reply# 25   10/29/2005 at 14:07 (6,747 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 91807 , Reply# 26   11/1/2005 at 16:53 (6,744 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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Let's try it again...... There should be 4 items in the folder. Two pics of my DD washer and dryer and two Mpegs Please let me know if its working this time! Larry CLICK HERE TO GO TO cleanteamofny's LINK |
Post# 91810 , Reply# 27   11/1/2005 at 17:01 (6,744 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 91812 , Reply# 28   11/1/2005 at 17:20 (6,744 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 91819 , Reply# 29   11/1/2005 at 17:49 (6,743 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 91994 , Reply# 30   11/2/2005 at 21:51 (6,742 days old) by kenmorepeter5 ()   |   | |
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I'm deaf. It's post #91819....I didn't find this movie, I don't know which is. Any help about find this movie? ~ Peter |
Post# 92013 , Reply# 31   11/2/2005 at 23:03 (6,742 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 92031 , Reply# 32   11/3/2005 at 06:25 (6,742 days old) by kenmorepeter5 ()   |   | |
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Post# 92045 , Reply# 33   11/3/2005 at 07:35 (6,742 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 92160 , Reply# 35   11/3/2005 at 22:26 (6,741 days old) by bostonwash ()   |   | |
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excellent kenmores in that apartment. look right at home in NY! |
Post# 92225 , Reply# 36   11/4/2005 at 06:58 (6,741 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 92333 , Reply# 38   11/4/2005 at 22:28 (6,740 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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But some LKs had the Cold Wash option, yes? Didn't all the electronic machines allow that? For the pushbutton/rotary dial models, there's always dial-pushing / Selective Dialing. Electro-mechanical pushbutton Maytags *were* restrictive. Some of them had the hidden 'advance' button, but it was't intended for consumer use, and one would have to figure out how to read the timer clicks. |
Post# 98989 , Reply# 41   12/19/2005 at 10:28 (6,696 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Said: Here's another vote for gentle agitation and fast spins. And I haven't seen an auto TL that provides this option either. Further on ...This could be a marketable feature for whatever company wants to be first to do it. Response: It's already been done. I remember this on my GE washer circa 1981, I'd also like to see it..come back. HINT HINT (This is one reason why I like to see birth years, gender, first name in profiles..helps us get a feel for the writer), and perhaps see the world from their eyes time-frame. |