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Thread Number: 67620
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
POD 10/18/2016 |
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Post# 903459 , Reply# 1 10/18/2016 at 05:19 (2,747 days old) by appnut  (TX) |
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Post# 903469 , Reply# 3 10/18/2016 at 07:12 (2,747 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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interesting life of the lint filter.....
as consumers complained with the wringer, a few added some sort of lint filter.... jump into an automatic, people insisted on it, yet complained they had to clean it.... then introducing the self-clean version......leading up to a filter that doesn't exist..... it was the agitation that was causing the excessive lint in the first place..... front loaders found a blank reputation for ejecting lint better, only because it didn't create lint by it unique agitation process.... I always found viewing the flowing water from a manual filter major drama to watch.....as machines changed to the self clean type, seemed something was missing from the process....it was working, you just couldn't see it... one model of Kenmore had a self clean, yet still showed a water flow returning to the tub....as an indication it was working! that Magic Mix was a unique perspective to Whirlpool.....and a part of creative design, to allow the brush to be removed, and witness a continuous swirling pool of water.....a trademark to their name..... Norge had a filter pan as well.......and I recall my neighbor had a GE similar filter pan and flowing water, it was a large pan, with the softener dispenser built into the center....it wouldn't cross over to fit the GE.....I want to say it was a Hamilton, but not sure....she bought a new machine almost every two years, don't know how, but she could tear up some appliances....have found spare filter pans like this, but not the machine it belonged to.... | ||
| Post# 903478 , Reply# 4 10/18/2016 at 07:43 (2,747 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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Newspaper advertisements from the 1970's for television and appliance stores most always showed the water flowing in WP and GE ads. I have to agree with reply #3 the visual of the water added something extra to the drama. A | ||
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Post# 903491 , Reply# 6 10/18/2016 at 09:21 (2,747 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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seems filters phased out, manual or self cleaning, only as a matter of production cost....
look at Whirlpools undertub filter ring, or Maytags attempt at a self clean filter screen.....at some point they work, or rather gather and clog with lint.....self clean?, well that remains to be puzzling, after taking a few apart from years of use, it turns into a major scrub and cleanout.... you have to mainly look at the time period, and of fabrics available, cottons that would release lint like crazy, and fabrics like PermPress that would hold on to one spec of lint like its life depended on it....not to mention soaps and detergents....I always thought the over-flo rinse was best for this time, as soap, scum, and lint floated to the top of the load.....skimming off the top was the best removal of such.... a lot of interesting designs for capturing lint was created by many manufacturers, some more effective than others...... | ||
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Post# 903495 , Reply# 7 10/18/2016 at 09:41 (2,747 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Post# 903553 , Reply# 10 10/18/2016 at 19:49 (2,747 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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Post# 903561 , Reply# 11 10/18/2016 at 20:45 (2,747 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 903563 , Reply# 12 10/18/2016 at 21:45 (2,747 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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