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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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Check out the fan-shaped spray on the Blackstone 150! The flash photo makes the spray rather weak and dribbly looking, but this water is coming out with some tremendous force. Steve (gyrofoam) said it could roll the clothes over in the tub without even agitating!




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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Here's a good example of the power of the fan spray, when it hits the clothes just right, it becomes a garden water-feature! Now we know why there is a rubber gasket on the lid...

Post# 122286 , Reply# 2   4/15/2006 at 02:41 (6,557 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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The spray rinse and the overflow rinse are incredible!!! Find a bar of soap and ya get your weekly bath all in one efficient process!!!

Post# 122291 , Reply# 3   4/15/2006 at 06:39 (6,557 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Wow, that's amazing! I wonder why they chose to make the spray so forceful?

Side bar: I love how teeny the openings seems compared to today's TL washers, in which the lid is sometimes the entire top of the machine.


Post# 122298 , Reply# 4   4/15/2006 at 09:00 (6,557 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Looks like it's time to have a piece of Lucite cut. How many minutes of this rinsing does the cycle give?

Post# 122301 , Reply# 5   4/15/2006 at 09:51 (6,557 days old) by tlee618 ()        

Greg I am so glad that you have the Blackstone running. I too was amazed at that spray when I saw Rogers' running. I have always said that Omaha and Tucson both have the best water pressure I have ever experienced. Terry

Post# 122312 , Reply# 6   4/15/2006 at 11:40 (6,557 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
Here's a question on this line of thought....

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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# 122320 , Reply# 7   4/15/2006 at 13:16 (6,556 days old) by westytoploader ()        

WOOHOO!! Glad to see it working in full glory; I was SOLD on the Blackstone when we were in Tucson! There's just something about it that's FUN, and I thought it was very Kenmore-like in operation (with the clicking, clunking, neutral drain, etc.). That fan spray does like to throw water out of the tub but I thought it gave one hell of an overflow rinse! I can only imagine what a spin-spray would be like...

Hope y'all are having fun--wish I could join the festivities! :)

--AMPissoil


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# 122333 , Reply# 9   4/15/2006 at 14:59 (6,556 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        
air gaps

Believe it or not, in our 6th grade health class when we studied about infectious diseases and characters like Typhoid Mary, one of the safety measures shown as well as mentioned in our text book was to hold the fill hose above the water and never let the fill hose fall down into the wringer washer or the wash/rinse tubs while filling them. I guess the book was a little out of date; it was the early 60s, after all, but I had to know why. The teacher explained that if there were a drop in water pressure, admittedly rare and assuredly a huge drop, some of the water from a questionably sanitary situation could be drawn back into the water supply. This would be more of a threat in an apartment building where the pressure on upper floors could be weaker and more likely to be subject to sudden drops if other tenants were to suddenly start using great amounts of water. New outside faucets in our area have to have a vacuum breaker valve, but it's between the normal threaded end the threads onto which the hose is attached.

Post# 122346 , Reply# 10   4/15/2006 at 18:04 (6,556 days old) by rogera608s (Tucson,AZ)        

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 ()        

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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Talk about wash-drama!! I love the splashing the Blackstone does. Lovely pictures, thanks!

Post# 122469 , Reply# 13   4/16/2006 at 17:05 (6,555 days old) by golittlesport (California)        

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SPLASHY!!!

Post# 122605 , Reply# 14   4/17/2006 at 06:25 (6,555 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        
way cool

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way way cool! looks like to much fun to me..glad you boys had a good time, wish i could have been there. hugs

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)        

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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Greg, the pics of the action are great. You will certainly have fun with unique maching as well. Congrats on another super find!

Post# 123035 , Reply# 18   4/18/2006 at 20:49 (6,553 days old) by drmitch ()        

I like it! :) Just keep an umbrella handy!


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