Thread Number: 67596
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Whirlpool Washer (Asheville, NC) |
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Post# 903267 , Reply# 1   10/16/2016 at 07:45 (2,721 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 903272 , Reply# 2   10/16/2016 at 08:24 (2,721 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 903343 , Reply# 3   10/16/2016 at 21:37 (2,720 days old) by toploadloyalist (San Luis Obispo, CA)   |   | |
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It was either 1972 or '73 when WP added the Knit cycle with the single-stage cool-down, as opposed to Permanent Press's double-stage cd and Gentle's lack of it. |
Post# 903352 , Reply# 4   10/16/2016 at 22:54 (2,720 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Here's a lightened pic of the timer from his other posting in Shopper's Square. Has a "Washable Knits" designation in the Perm Press cycle. Note that the arrow and index mark are positioned a little before 6-mins, between 6-mins and what would be 4-mins. There's a speed shift from high agitation to low at 4 mins. Tagging Knits at that position possibly is intentional to catch the low speed but 6 mins of agitation if the timer cams fall exactly right. Super on Normal but not on Perm Press (which was a step-up feature for the TOL Imperial Mark 12).
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Post# 903428 , Reply# 6   10/17/2016 at 18:30 (2,719 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Whirlpool changed the lid switch design several times. Mercury switch attached to the right lid hinge. A cup-like actuator set in the rear edge of the lid. A plunger on right edge of the lid. Switch under the top deck near the console triggered by the right-rear lid hinge. Maybe some I missed. Now locking lids. |