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Post# 597516   5/19/2012 at 11:19 (4,331 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        

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Too Much Coffee!






Post# 597519 , Reply# 1   5/19/2012 at 11:20 (4,331 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Parte Trois

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Avec Cafe


Post# 597521 , Reply# 2   5/19/2012 at 11:21 (4,331 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Sze

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Wo he Kafe


Post# 597528 , Reply# 3   5/19/2012 at 11:36 (4,331 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Nice videos! Quite the saturday!

BTW, what's up with the Schenectady thing? Has Scotty beamed up your laundry room?


Post# 597559 , Reply# 4   5/19/2012 at 15:28 (4,331 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        
Red wash water

Something is wounded and bleeding in the Frigidaire. Please rescue it.

That is obviously not your no-suds miracle detergent in the Duomatic.


Post# 597564 , Reply# 5   5/19/2012 at 15:53 (4,331 days old) by jaxsunst ()        

What does "Sanitize" do in the Frigidaire?

I guess I need to wear more clothes. I just don't have have much laundry. Maybe 3 loads a week in the Samsungs.


Post# 597569 , Reply# 6   5/19/2012 at 16:31 (4,331 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Busy day in the testing lab at the RNSD factory! 


Post# 597580 , Reply# 7   5/19/2012 at 17:33 (4,331 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Sanitize was a cycle where you put in chlorine bleach and run it through the rinse with no load to sanitize it.

Post# 597586 , Reply# 8   5/19/2012 at 17:53 (4,331 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Yes Tom is correct

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The Duo is testing a new formula for me today definitely NOT Rosalies!

Sanitize as Tom pointed out was supposed to kill the flu when it was going around the house. Just like the anti-polio bulbs in the '50s dryers.



Post# 597618 , Reply# 9   5/19/2012 at 21:03 (4,330 days old) by A440 ()        

Fun Videos Jon!
Brent


Post# 597625 , Reply# 10   5/19/2012 at 21:33 (4,330 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
Videos!

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Great videos Jon!

Post# 597637 , Reply# 11   5/19/2012 at 22:22 (4,330 days old) by badgerdx ()        

Is that the duomatic with the pinkish ring around the window? I like the styling of the controls.

Post# 597651 , Reply# 12   5/19/2012 at 23:45 (4,330 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

Our GE 250Kw SW transmitters were built in Schenectady-and their transformers were built in Pittsfeild,Mass.Lucalox---The GE High pressure sodium lamp with ceramic arc tube!for you HID light fans.The Pittsfeild place is gone is the GE Schenectady plant still operating?

Post# 597655 , Reply# 13   5/20/2012 at 00:22 (4,330 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon)        
Jon!

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Please put one or two large rubber bands around the top of the jetcone agitator just under the locking tabs. It will help keep that dispenser from rattling off and creating a washday nightmare. Not to mention it will be much quieter.

And you call yourself Dr. Frigidaire.

Really!

Oh, almost forgot. Very nice laundry session you had going today. Were you dying your unmentionables red again?

Patrick


Post# 597717 , Reply# 14   5/20/2012 at 06:47 (4,330 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Patrick Found Slapped and dazed

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Film at Eleven!
Patrick, I found the actual snap on cover is what is making all the noise, I'm gonna try a bell jar gasket under the lid.
Rex, the Schenectady plant is still operational as of the last time I was back there. They have torn down one of the three original buildings but the big sign still glows at night.
My Dad holds one of the patents on the Lucalox light. Those lights have lit the world for the last 35 years. But now I see their replacement is coming, I saw street lights that are LED's in Los Angeles!


Louis, Schenectady is where I grew up.




Post# 597728 , Reply# 15   5/20/2012 at 07:49 (4,330 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
And

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Down in the testing lab we have...a fun time had by all with the washers, was that an overdose of testing powder in the duomatic or a regular dose??

have fun..now dont forget whats required after a day of busy testing!!!


Post# 597729 , Reply# 16   5/20/2012 at 07:53 (4,330 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
always love that snap Mike!

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I was testing a new all soap formula in the Duo Mike! Will try to get some powder over to you this week!

jon


Post# 597878 , Reply# 17   5/21/2012 at 00:16 (4,329 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon)        

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Well, I'm glad you got to the bottom of that rattling. We heard it all the way out here on the West Coast.

You seem to have a thing for the color red as evidenced by the photo above. LOL
Have to admit though, you look pretty dapper there!

Happy sudsing, or in your case - No Sudsing.


still reeling from the slap - Patrick

PS- when did you get those avocado Whirlpool's?


Post# 597888 , Reply# 18   5/21/2012 at 01:55 (4,329 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa)        

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Jon it looks like your having a lot of fun and what great
machines to use .
As Patrick says you do look very good at Mikes place there.
And Patrick I thank you are going to really get it now lol.
Jon do you have a new formula lets just say your making  
for SudsHead Robert lol.. Sealed

Darrren k


Post# 597891 , Reply# 19   5/21/2012 at 02:15 (4,329 days old) by badgerdx ()        

Charming photo of you, Chestermikeuk...Look at all that fruit, are you making smoothies in your Hoover?

Post# 597906 , Reply# 20   5/21/2012 at 04:13 (4,329 days old) by chris74 ()        
@ Jetcone

It is washer's paradise at your site... Interessting, that all your machines use quite a lot of water, even the modern Samsungs. I like the GE duo with the rectangular door best...

Post# 597907 , Reply# 21   5/21/2012 at 05:25 (4,329 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Fruit....

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Hi Bob, when Jon jetcone and the gang are around you need all that fruit and more,...smoothies for breakfast in the Kenwood and dont forget "Pims-o-Clock time!!!....

Here`s a few pics from his visit!!


CLICK HERE TO GO TO chestermikeuk's LINK


Post# 598108 , Reply# 22   5/21/2012 at 22:52 (4,328 days old) by badgerdx ()        
Chestermikeuk

I'm going to have to make a large pitcher of Pimms when I have company over, and toast in your honour. (I had to look up what the heck a Pimm's cup is. Looks good. I have gluten free gin, so that's all good~ celiac. Ugh. Let me tell you, I would have crawled through the monitor if I could eat your battered fish, chips and mooshy peas... sigh...

Post# 598125 , Reply# 23   5/22/2012 at 00:59 (4,328 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

Jon: thanks for the info on the GE Schenectady site-glad its still alive.and its interesting that your Dad worked on the GE Lucalox light!But---HID Vs LED-beleive it or not--Metal Halide and HP Sodium STILL have higher lumens per watt than LED-so bet the Lucalox lamp will still be with us for awhile.So I can think of you and your Dad whenver I use any of my HP GE Lucalox lamps-have many in my collection-Will light some for you!!

Post# 598262 , Reply# 24   5/22/2012 at 15:51 (4,328 days old) by joefuss1984 (Little Rock, AR)        

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jetcone, what is the machine in the first video with the red, white and blue lights?


Post# 598285 , Reply# 25   5/22/2012 at 17:25 (4,328 days old) by AutoWasherFreak ()        

Great videos Jon, especially the vintage front loaders.


Post# 599224 , Reply# 26   5/27/2012 at 07:29 (4,323 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Rex

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thank you Dad would be proud to hear that! Wherever I go I say the way is lit by Dad-lights.

Joe that machine with red,white,blue lights is the 1958 Bendix Duomatic _ economy model. Very rare BOL Duomatic. It has pink trim on the door to match the control panel. It does not have the water heater, and only has warm or hot for wash selection and has no water level control.

Mike I am craving more mashy peas and F&C!! Remember we had them with "nappies and butter"?


Post# 599260 , Reply# 27   5/27/2012 at 12:56 (4,323 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)        
LED streetlights

My community (a town of about 5000) recently installed new LED streetlights throughout the town. Previous lights were a mix of mercury vapor and high pressure sodium. The new lights seem to have a different light distribution pattern, and some places are better lit than before, some not as well.

Interesting to hear that metal halide & HPS have higher lumens per watt than the LED. As usual, this town probably didn't investigate very thoroughly before proceeding with their project.


Post# 599405 , Reply# 28   5/28/2012 at 03:12 (4,322 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

The lumens per watt can be seen on the Venture Lighting website-there was a client wanting a new lighting system-they were going to use LEDS,but Venture proved their Metal Halide lights could give better lumen per watt-and indeed they did!so the customer went with Venture.They make excellent products-and good to deal with-I can order anything I need from them!The high lumens per watt with HPS can be gotten with premium quality ballasts such as Constant wattage auto transformer,magnetic regulator and best----Digital switching ballasts.And often digital ballasts c an be used with other HID bulbs-such as metal halide-I have a couple digital ballasts-They run 400w HPS or metal halide bulbs-probe start and pulse start.Unlike magnetic ballasts-digital ones have a "feedback" system that monitors the arc current and voltage and adjusts these as the bulb ages or type of bulb.Some digital ballast can run combination bulbs-they contain two arc tubes- a HPS one and a metal halide one.Greenhouse users love these types of bulbs.Gives the wide range spectrums of light plants like to grow efficiently.
Mercury and High pressure sodium bulbs are favorites for street lighting--long life,constant light output over the age of the bulbs-and the least color shifting.I think someone went too far in "banning" Mercury lights-they are efficient,economical,and have long life.The amount of mercury in the arc tubes is tiny--not worth worrying over.And phospor coated outer bulbs give them a white or warm white color-like flourscents-Mercury bulbs beat incandescent and halogen many times over for efficiency and bulb life.Stupid regulatory folks!!!Many lighting fans are up at arms about this.Its pretty dumb.clear mercury bulbs are the ones thart give the bluish-greenish light-arechetecturral lighting is what these are used for.I was shocked to see the lumen per watt figures for LED vs HID-HID can still win!!But LEDS are getting better-note the types of LED portable lights on the market-there is a portable one that can generate 15,000 lumens!!What a raccoon light that would make!!!Shine that sucker into the trees and the 'coons will drop out of them from blindness!I am trying to remember the maker-It can be seen on the Candle Power forums.I like 35W Xenon-xenide HID bulbs for portable lights---These are essentually HID car headlights in a hand held form.



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