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Post# 122280   4/15/2006 at 02:04 (6,557 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 122281 , Reply# 1   4/15/2006 at 02:05 (6,557 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 122286 , Reply# 2   4/15/2006 at 02:41 (6,557 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 122291 , Reply# 3   4/15/2006 at 06:39 (6,557 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 122298 , Reply# 4   4/15/2006 at 09:00 (6,557 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Looks like it's time to have a piece of Lucite cut. How many minutes of this rinsing does the cycle give? |
Post# 122312 , Reply# 6   4/15/2006 at 11:40 (6,557 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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The water injection on GE washing machines, or flume ( I learned that word from you guys, and I love it) made up to 1960 was extremely powerful and came directly from the water intlets. Starting in 1961, the water came in with much less force, owing to, I assume, the anti-siphoning gizmo? Why were those put on? I always thought that the force of the water on the early GE's made the spray rinses very effective ( on our 1960 GE you could easily watch the whole spin cycle; the safety switch didn't engage until you had the lid lifted more than 45 degrees). And how did they do the circle of spray on the 1-18 Frigidaires that I covet? |
Post# 122323 , Reply# 8   4/15/2006 at 13:42 (6,556 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Hi Greg, fabulous pictures! You should put a dishrack over the top and have a combo washer/dishwasher. Glad getting the Blackstone up and running didn't take that much initial effort. Bajaespuma, those vacuum break water fill flumes became plumbing code in the 1947 in many localities. The only GE washers built without them, with the water going directly into the flume without an air gap, was the 1947 models. By 1950 any washer built without an air gap in the fill stream couldn't be installed (and pass code) in most areas of the US. |
Post# 122346 , Reply# 10   4/15/2006 at 18:04 (6,556 days old) by rogera608s (Tucson,AZ)   |   | |
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Greg, Very cool-don't you just love it! The 150 looks perfect. I am dying to see it. Roger |
Post# 122362 , Reply# 11   4/15/2006 at 20:59 (6,556 days old) by brent-aucoin ()   |   | |
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Greg! This is great! I bet this machine is so much fun to watch! What did you have to do to it to get it working? Does not seem like too much. I bet the mechanical timer is so darn cool! Thanks for the pictures! Brent |
Post# 122413 , Reply# 12   4/16/2006 at 06:10 (6,556 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 122469 , Reply# 13   4/16/2006 at 17:05 (6,555 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Post# 122605 , Reply# 14   4/17/2006 at 06:25 (6,555 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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Post# 122615 , Reply# 15   4/17/2006 at 07:56 (6,555 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Thanks guys, I'm going to move it downstairs this week and will post more pics of it in place, doing some real washing. I can't wait to see how it does with a full load and some steamy hot water! Steve and I had a great time playing with it and cleaning it up this weekend in the garage. It's really in remarkable condition for it's age. Tom, the Autotrol moves in 2 1/2 minute increments so the agitated overflow rinse is also that long. It would be nice to be able to double that time, but alas, no dial-pushing with this washer... We were using the Sears HE detergent and cold water in the garage so we ended up with lots of foam in the rinse water but since we were doing rags, it didn't make much difference. |
Post# 122631 , Reply# 16   4/17/2006 at 09:47 (6,555 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Sears HE detergent produces suds all through the rinse cycle. |
Post# 122680 , Reply# 17   4/17/2006 at 13:42 (6,554 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)   |   | |
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Post# 123035 , Reply# 18   4/18/2006 at 20:49 (6,553 days old) by drmitch ()   |   | |
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I like it! :) Just keep an umbrella handy! |