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Thread Number: 50551
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| Post# 727778 1/15/2014 at 02:18 (3,753 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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First time I took notice of this POD. What year did GE first introduce "Filter Flow" filtering? Today's POD is dated 1954. alr | ||
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| Post# 727784 , Reply# 1 1/15/2014 at 04:24 (3,753 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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| Post# 727786 , Reply# 2 1/15/2014 at 04:56 (3,753 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
1954... | ||
Post# 727789 , Reply# 4 1/15/2014 at 05:32 (3,753 days old) by Tomturbomatic  (Beltsville, MD) |
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GE was onto Greg's "Piece-by Piece" washing in this ad campaign with the "not washed in a wad" terminology. I guess that targeted the Bendix and Westinghouse tumble action washers and maybe the Frigidaire as well. | ||
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Post# 727793 , Reply# 5 1/15/2014 at 06:05 (3,753 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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I think doctrine teaches 1955 was when Filter Flo was introduced, I'll check that to be sure. The 1955 was identical to the 1956 model year except the push buttons were black like on my 1955 Combination, the 1956 carried turquoise buttons.
They had such trouble with the oil seals on the 1954 machine, it would wear out and the lady would find oil spots on her clean clothes,thats how I got my 1954 machine top for my avatar.
I love how they advance the activator as some new washing action when GE used it for years in their wringers.
Those are a nice set, I 've never seen that badge on one of these machines, I wonder if it didn't make it into production?
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Post# 727797 , Reply# 6 1/15/2014 at 07:12 (3,753 days old) by coldspot66 (Plymouth, Mass) |
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That is the exact washer my mom had....her 1st automatic washer. It did have that round crest and no filter-flo. My aunt's machine was a 55 with filter flo with black buttons and a clear dial with serrated edges that did not light up. | ||
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Post# 727798 , Reply# 7 1/15/2014 at 07:28 (3,753 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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 I believe this may be a Canadian GE ad, the U.S. models didn't have that GE badge on the front of the machine. Perhaps they changed this during production runs. I have the users manual for this washer & dryer in the GE box downstairs, no badge pictured in the illustrations and I've seen other ads without the badges.
I'd have to dig out some other GE doctrine to see for sure, but this should have an over-flow rinse. They make no mention of it in the ad and IIRC, very little mention of it in the manual either. The only model GE had with a true "down the drain" overflow cycle before the Filter-Flo system was introduced. | ||
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Post# 727804 , Reply# 8 1/15/2014 at 08:17 (3,753 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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 Jon is right, Filter-Flo was introduced in 1955. I remember this because I was introduced in 1956 and I was disappointed that one of us was off by one year.
GE promoted "float-away rinsing" on some of its lesser models after Filter-Flo was in production. Now I have to go look at that "badge" yer all talking about. And my coffee is getting cold. | ||
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Post# 727805 , Reply# 9 1/15/2014 at 08:24 (3,753 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Do y'all mean that round badge on the front of the machi | ||
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Post# 727807 , Reply# 10 1/15/2014 at 08:35 (3,753 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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