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Retro automatic washer |
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Post# 735341 , Reply# 3   2/15/2014 at 00:21 (3,695 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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New "Retro" washer-the Speed Queen TL ones are the closest things you are going to find to meet your standards.No bouncing drum,but how bout settling for an agitator. |
Post# 735353 , Reply# 4   2/15/2014 at 01:47 (3,695 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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But a solid tub would theoretically use less water , especially a tub like in the old Frigidaires. |
Post# 735448 , Reply# 6   2/15/2014 at 14:11 (3,694 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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Still take a brand new Unimatic over anything built today, about all that ever broke was the torque spring, and that not often, and I never heard of one of those Delco motors going out!LOL |
Post# 735463 , Reply# 10   2/15/2014 at 15:06 (3,694 days old) by kitty ()   |   | |
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I was wondering about Delco motors. Does anyone know how many HP those are? |
Post# 735470 , Reply# 11   2/15/2014 at 16:18 (3,694 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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1956 Unimatic motor model tag. 1/3 HP.
I agree with the idea that a solid tub wouldn't be practical for most user's expectations of using a washing machine these days. Honestly, the art of doing laundry has just about died. Today, most people lead lives that don't leave much time to do honest household chores. For laundry, it's stuff, fill, wash, and dry.
I've helped many friends fix or diagnosis a broken appliance. To them, all they want is a machine that cleans clothes. They don't really care how it is done, just as long as they believe what they pull out is clean.
Ben |
Post# 735489 , Reply# 12   2/15/2014 at 17:59 (3,694 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona )   |   | |
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Post# 735557 , Reply# 15   2/15/2014 at 22:32 (3,694 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 735576 , Reply# 16   2/16/2014 at 00:20 (3,694 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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But I do love dealing with our local furniture store, the owner will not allow a computer on the premesis...when you buy something they fill out a card and put it in the filing cabinet...it drives his son NUTS!!LOL |
Post# 735642 , Reply# 17   2/16/2014 at 12:10 (3,693 days old) by frontloaderfan (Merrimac valley, MA)   |   | |
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"no computer"
You're both right, but without the computer, we wouldn't know that the rest of us exist. I mean, when I was a kid, I used to be mortified when my mother would tell her friends "he loves washing machines". That was so embarrassing because I thought I was the only one on earth who was into that stuff. Turns out it's not quite as rare as I thought. |
Post# 735645 , Reply# 18   2/16/2014 at 12:32 (3,693 days old) by countryford (Phoenix, AZ)   |   | |
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On a couple other sites that are into "Vintage" and "Retro", it appears that they forget about the washer and dryer. Some have the vintage stove and refrigerator or the new ones that look retro, but the washer and dryer are typically in a seperate room, so they don't focus on them. A vintage set to them would not be effecient and difficult to find parts for. And since they are in a seperate room, they wouldn't want to spend the extra money to keep the retro look in the laundry room.
Just my two cents, and of course doesn't apply to here. |
Post# 735699 , Reply# 21   2/16/2014 at 19:14 (3,693 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 735711 , Reply# 24   2/16/2014 at 19:43 (3,693 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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@cornutt:what is a "large stepper motor"? I've never heard of that.Example, disassembled. The piece on the right (with multiple copper-wound poles) is the stator. The gray disk on the left is the rotor. It has magnets around the periphery and rotates in response to a the field generated by the stator. The drive shaft mounts into the rotor. The white piece mounted on the stator is a rotor position sensor by which the control board monitors the rotational speed and position of the rotor, and can precisely control the RPM and arc of movement. |
Post# 735719 , Reply# 27   2/16/2014 at 20:00 (3,693 days old) by kitty ()   |   | |
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Is it variable frequency or volts? |
Post# 735856 , Reply# 29   2/17/2014 at 13:41 (3,692 days old) by kitty ()   |   | |
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I think those have the large external rotor motor. Do you think you like the modified Mayg wringer washer ? |
Post# 735861 , Reply# 30   2/17/2014 at 14:04 (3,692 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Kitty, If I'm properly aware of the history, Fisher & Paykel pioneered the use of stepper motors in washing machines circa 1990/1992 with their SmartDrive toploader. Whirlpool used the SmartDrive motor and design for introduction of the Kenmore Oasis, Whirlpool Cabrio, and Maytag Bravos. Some Cabrio and Bravos toploaders still use it ... as do frontloaders from Whirlpool and others that you have mentioned. |
Post# 735867 , Reply# 31   2/17/2014 at 14:33 (3,692 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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todays solid tub.....well, not exactly today, but is it possible to convert a GE FilterFlo back to a solid tub design?.....
granted it would not be fool proof......and most likely wash full loads....but in reality, didn't GE just add a perforated tub to their machine to change it over?....I mean the outter tub never changed, and most of the mechanism should be the same..... all you would need to find or create would be to make the perforated tub solid again..... you would need a MiniBasket water level machine.....once the machine filled, and enough water overflowed into the outter tub, to trigger the pressure switch and allow for the filter flo to function..... it would still be able to operate at two speeds, if available, and the plus side is the pump operates at full speed at all times... would this actually be possible?....or is it to farfetched?... |