Hi Jamie, Great find, I completely restored this exact machine and it will soon be installed in my everyday home laundry room.

This earlier version did SIX recirculated spray rinses, the next version did Five RSRs after WP found that 5 were more than enough.

We sold around 100 of these washers over the several years WP produced them and customers really liked this machine [ I did a service call on one yesterday that needs a transmission and clutch and the customer after looking at what is available today said he would spend $350 fixing a 15 YO machine ]

I think you will enjoy this washer, post some videos of the cool rinsing action. I our testing of this washer the 6 RSRs rinse at least as well as two deep rinses and only use about `1/4 the water of TDRs.

The reason they allowed a hot prewash was so you could fill the washer on prewash with hot water and reset the timer for the regular cycle if you wanted a really hot wash.

Hi Jamie, Glad you got this washer and put in back into use, as many of you remember we were big fans of this machine back when it was introduced and our company sold over 100 of these cool efficient washers. And customers loved this washer, many still have them and are still having us repair them, I just put a rebuilt transmission, clutch and water pump in one a week ago.

One of the cool things about the rinsing is the washer uses more or less water for each fill according the the amount of clothing in the tub, if you have say just two shirts in there it will only fill for about 5 seconds each time and a huge load of towels will fill for more than 20 seconds each time. The machine does need to use the fast spin speed however because this not only improves the final water extraction, but also increases the rinsing performance by spinning more of the soapy water out through out the spin-rinsing process.

This washer would [ like most DD washers with a few miles on them ] do neutral drains if you were using the fast agitation speed, as it warms up the transmission better. And while the big KA agitator is cool the orignal WP agitator really does a better job cleaning in this washer.

These washers were splashy during the rinse cycle, there was a splash guard attached to the top and a splash guard attached to the edge of the outer cover, and some foam barriers inside of the cabinet to stop spray and splatter from leaking on the floor, be sure all these barriers are in place. We never had a leak complaint on one of these washers [ we did see a lot of badly rusted washer tops however ]and also replaced a lot of rusted tops, WP should have used a porcelain enameled top on this model.

We have one of these washers now in our warehouse in good condition if someone wants one.

John L.

Means the washer pays for itself in about 7 years and then you save enough to buy a new washer in the next 7-10 years of the remaining life of the machine, sounds like a great deal to me.

John L.

The Resource Saver Spray Rinse washer is designed to successfully wash clothes with approximately 35% to 47% less water by using a series of "spray rinses" rather than a "deep rinse" commonly used in other conventional washers.

As water is sprayed onto the spinning clothes, they become saturated.  The rinse water is then extracted from the spinning clothes and diverted from the basket where it is recirculated and once again, sprayed back onto the spinning clothes.  Each spray rinse cycle recirculates the rinse water for thirty seconds, after which the detergent laden water is drained from the basket.  This occurs six times.  Each spray rinse cycle uses approximately one (1) to two (2) gallons of water.

In addition, these models are equipped with an Automatic Temperature Control system to minimize the amount of hot water used throughout the wash and rinse cycles.

The spray rinse cycle is accomplished through the use of a unique recirculating system, dual vacuum break [spray flume], a diverter valve, a second pressure switch and an extra pressure dome mounted to the inside back panel of the washer.