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Thread Number: 77793
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
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Post# 1018270 12/17/2018 at 11:45 (1,948 days old) by Washerlover  (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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Post# 1018274 , Reply# 1 12/17/2018 at 12:01 (1,948 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 The specifications say fill is controlled by a pressure switch to ensure the proper level is reached before the timer starts ... and also that fill is automatically controlled by the pressure switch for a full load or selective to any level for partial loads. That probably means the timer could be manually turned out of the "Fill" range to start agitation at a lower level. WP didn't have any time-filled machines far as I know. | ||
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Post# 1018277 , Reply# 2 12/17/2018 at 12:27 (1,948 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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Post# 1018310 , Reply# 3 12/17/2018 at 15:31 (1,948 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Post# 1018319 , Reply# 4 12/17/2018 at 17:11 (1,948 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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ALSO, 
sounds to me like only one incoming hose from your faucet, you choose the temp for wash, then you later decide on rinse temp by turning the sink faucets.
Also, I bet you could get as long a wash at low water level as you want as long as you let it run three minutes, stop, turn the dial back to three more minutes, etc. So a VERY basic machine, but better than carrying stuff to a laundromat! | ||
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Post# 1018320 , Reply# 5 12/17/2018 at 17:31 (1,948 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 1018321 , Reply# 6 12/17/2018 at 17:44 (1,948 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Comical description of Damp Dry as a "safe" 500 rpm. Safe compared to what? Safe why? Is 510 rpm "unsafe"? Westinghouse Washand Dry would be "very safe" I suppose. Not a bad machine for a one-dial -wonder. | ||
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Post# 1018329 , Reply# 7 12/17/2018 at 18:37 (1,948 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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whirlpool!
I myself remember these machines when I was a kid. That Fill marking was confusing and one may assume it is timed fill! It was explained to me by a friend that had a time line Imperial from 58 that it was a range than I understood. Perhaps they could have used the word Start instead of Fill and maybe it would have been less confusing! Their was a thread awhile back about this!
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Post# 1018362 , Reply# 8 12/17/2018 at 21:13 (1,948 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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Post# 1018364 , Reply# 9 12/17/2018 at 21:21 (1,948 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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I guess this was a thing on the earlier WP machines... The 51 Kenmore and the 56 Whirlpool Imperial both have a 'Fill' section on the timer dials. I don't have the user manual to either of these, but I'd have to guess that the intent was to permit the user to run a partial tub load of water into the machine, then advance the timer into wash. Hmmm... both of these are currently not hooked up. Guess what I'm gonna do on my Christmas vacation?? LOL
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Post# 1018397 , Reply# 10 12/18/2018 at 04:20 (1,947 days old) by Easyspindry (Winston-Salem, NC) |
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On the 1951 Kenmore . . . . . . dial that is pictured, if you turn the dial to 10 minutes or lower, it would start agitation no matter how much water was in the tub. At the time I realized this, the only experience I had had was with a Thor, a Maytag AMP, a Bendix front load, and the Kenmore. Jerry Gay | ||
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Post# 1018398 , Reply# 11 12/18/2018 at 05:06 (1,947 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Jerry is right---- My '55 Kenmore has a fill period anywhere from 20 down to 10 minutes----then agitation begins. So no matter what the water level you could get 10 minutes of wash time. | ||
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Post# 1018409 , Reply# 12 12/18/2018 at 07:38 (1,947 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Some models had the labeled fill range on the timer but did not agitate directly outside the range. Our 1962 WP had selectable high/med/low levels, with Fill marked on Normal from the beginning to (I think) 6 mins but the pressure switch was in control for the entire wash time. Delicate had Fill marked also but I don't recall for how much of the wash period, which was only 4 mins total. | ||
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Post# 1018420 , Reply# 13 12/18/2018 at 12:20 (1,947 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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