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Post# 150857   8/27/2006 at 11:43 (6,423 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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We've tried to caputure the very "energetic" Frigdaire Pulsamatic Washer on video before but because of frame rates it always looked like the agitator was standing nearly still. Well will my new digital hard drive video camera it appears it has no problem capturing the Pulsamatic in action if you record it in very high resolution!!! Here are two video (they are exactly the same) one in high res the other in medium res (for dial-up modem users) The Pulsamatic in High Res 22mb for Cable/DLS users The Pulsamatic in Medium Res 8mb for slower dial-up connections. |
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Post# 150860 , Reply# 1   8/27/2006 at 12:01 (6,423 days old) by hoover3060 ()   |   | |
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Thats FANTASTIC Robert!!!! What a fab wash action. Its really great you can now film it.Am very impressed with the camera. A real treat indeed sir. Thank you very much! Mark |
Post# 150865 , Reply# 2   8/27/2006 at 12:32 (6,423 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 150868 , Reply# 4   8/27/2006 at 12:44 (6,423 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 150869 , Reply# 5   8/27/2006 at 12:50 (6,423 days old) by compwhiz128 ()   |   | |
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Wow, I remeber seeing this on someones webpage, and it looked like it was vibrating rather than pulsating up and down. |
Post# 150872 , Reply# 6   8/27/2006 at 13:20 (6,423 days old) by customline (pennsylvania)   |   | |
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I know that timer sound anywhere. Thanx Robert. |
Post# 150887 , Reply# 8   8/27/2006 at 15:02 (6,423 days old) by nickuk (chelmsford UK)   |   | |
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Thanks for this video, what a great wash action! I loved watching the water grow murkier as the soil was gradually and very effectively being removed over the duration of the wash. Nick |
Post# 150899 , Reply# 9   8/27/2006 at 16:37 (6,423 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 150903 , Reply# 10   8/27/2006 at 16:58 (6,423 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 150904 , Reply# 11   8/27/2006 at 17:29 (6,423 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 150917 , Reply# 12   8/27/2006 at 17:53 (6,423 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 151007 , Reply# 13   8/28/2006 at 00:35 (6,422 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)   |   | |
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those magnificant men with their washing machines that go upity-up-up and go down-deda-down-down... |
Post# 151016 , Reply# 14   8/28/2006 at 03:29 (6,422 days old) by sudsman ()   |   | |
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How neat I love it. Never Seen such good turnover. Sudsman |
Post# 151020 , Reply# 15   8/28/2006 at 03:46 (6,422 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 151066 , Reply# 17   8/28/2006 at 09:00 (6,422 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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The Pulsamatic mechanism evolved into the Multimatic mechanism. This mechanism was GM's way to try to produce a less expensive machine. The Pulsa/Multimatic transmission is belt-driven and designed to be fixed while still in the home, while the Unimatic was direct drive and usually needed to be removed to a shop to be repaired. Both are oil filled. I beleive the evolved Multimatic allowed better multi-speed use than the Unimatic. I think the Pulsamatics are by far the most interesting and captivating machines to watch. Thanks for the video, Robert! |
Post# 151067 , Reply# 18   8/28/2006 at 09:06 (6,422 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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, is that the same "tranny" as the regular Unimatic ? oil-filled tranny? but just engineered/designed for a faster and shorter stroke ? why didn't they stick with that mechanism ? seems like it turns over VERY well yet would not tangle or roll sheets as badly or quickly as a regular unimatic would Greg, it’s not a Unimatic transmission it’s a Pulsamatic Transmission, it looks very similar to a Mutlimatic, but only one belt and no clutch. I have almost no tangling in my Three-Ring agitator Unimatic when I take an extra moment to load it properly, but with the Pulsamatic even with properly loading it can tangle more. But really tangling can be eliminated by proper sorting and loading. What you really have to be careful with is not to wash all long sleeve shirts together in on wash load, I just sort and mix other things together. Sheets need to be picked up from the center and loaded into two sections of the washtub, intermixed with the pillowcases. Really the only Frigidaire washer I have found that is difficult to stop the tangling in is the 1947 Frigidaire and that's because of the bowl shape in the wash tub that they changed in 1950. Even consumer reports said in 1958 "Special care required in loading to avoid tangling". Obviously the people at CU figured out how to prevent tangling or they would not have been so kind. Which Pulsamatic do you feel performs better, this one with a 3 Ring agitator and the rubber "Energy Ring" or the earlier one with the solid black Bakelite agitator. Hi Tom, I don't know what you mean by the solid black Bakelite agitator, the earlier Pulsamatic agitator had a rubber pulsator as well, but the upper section was black bakelite. I think the '57 performs a bit better with the redesigned wash tub, but I find there really is very little difference. |
Post# 151172 , Reply# 19   8/28/2006 at 17:17 (6,422 days old) by hoover1060 ()   |   | |
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How fast does it spin? as fast as a Unimatic? |
Post# 151178 , Reply# 20   8/28/2006 at 17:55 (6,422 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 151271 , Reply# 21   8/29/2006 at 00:35 (6,421 days old) by scott55405 ()   |   | |
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Unfortunately Jeff that's one of the drawbacks, I think the spin is only in the 600s range, as compared to 1140 for the Unimatic. The wash action is sure fun to watch though! Oh Bob A.... |
Post# 151325 , Reply# 22   8/29/2006 at 09:08 (6,421 days old) by westyslantfront ()   |   | |
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Hi Robert. Great video. Enjoyed the waves created by pulsamatic action. Ross |
Post# 151327 , Reply# 23   8/29/2006 at 09:35 (6,421 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 151328 , Reply# 24   8/29/2006 at 09:40 (6,421 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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It would be interesting to have that video looked at by a physicist. The continuous "bumps" of water on the surface of the load indicate that there might be a lot more going on in that washbasket than simple "turnover". I wonder if the cleaning ability of the Pulsmatic wasn't augmented by some low-level sonic wave activity. Pity that the spin speed wasn't anywhere near as vigorous and the wash action.
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Post# 151329 , Reply# 25   8/29/2006 at 09:51 (6,421 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Hi Jeff, the pulsamatic pulsates and spins at the exact same rate, 630ppm and 630rpm respectively. Consumer Reports nor Consumer Research Bulletin never tested a Pulsamatic as far as I ever found. It is a very fun machine to watch to say the least and after the White Perforated Double Tub early Unimatic its the next most rare Frigidaire washer. |
Post# 151333 , Reply# 26   8/29/2006 at 10:14 (6,421 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 151334 , Reply# 27   8/29/2006 at 10:14 (6,421 days old) by hoover1060 ()   |   | |
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That pulsator is smaller too than the Unimatic's right? Thats a belt drive mechanism too? |
Post# 151337 , Reply# 28   8/29/2006 at 10:38 (6,421 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Peter I think there are three surviving models in the USA and two in Australia if I remember correctly. Jeff the rubber Pulsator is the exact same size between the Unimatic and Pulsamatic (same part number), but the plastic agitator column above the rubber pulsator is slighly smaller on the Pulsamatic. |
Post# 151368 , Reply# 29   8/29/2006 at 16:08 (6,421 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 151369 , Reply# 30   8/29/2006 at 16:12 (6,421 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 151373 , Reply# 31   8/29/2006 at 16:26 (6,421 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 154722 , Reply# 32   9/15/2006 at 14:38 (6,404 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)   |   | |
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Post# 154745 , Reply# 33   9/15/2006 at 16:32 (6,404 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 154761 , Reply# 34   9/15/2006 at 18:29 (6,404 days old) by sudsman ()   |   | |
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Was the Pulsamatic sold in all markets? I never saw one here in Texas |
Post# 154767 , Reply# 35   9/15/2006 at 18:55 (6,404 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 154771 , Reply# 36   9/15/2006 at 19:02 (6,404 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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As you know, the Tower unimatic, which we had at home thru most of my childhood, has a hidden lid switch which I was too young to figure out how to bypass. But on the weekends at my grandmother's I could not get enough of her pulsamatic which had NO LID SWITCH at all. YAY ! I played with it for hours, and one summer when i was about 10 or 11, the fill selenoid broke and I got to fill the machine with the hoses, each one hooked at the sides of the lid. I'm sure you can read my mind: overflow rinses of course, but killer SPRAY RINSES as long as I wanted--and long before Frigidaire wanted them too,haha. It became a semi-automatic automatic. We waited the whole summer for that part, and i was so sad when it came. Your machine with the aqua/turk dials is the same model as Grammy's. I really like the slower, steadier throw of the water in the pulsamatic; the sound is way cooler, don't ya think? So nice to be back, Robert--missed everyone.
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Post# 154792 , Reply# 37   9/15/2006 at 20:50 (6,404 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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OK, I see what you're talking about, now. That must have been fun, mickeyd! I wanted a Frigidaire washer so badly when I was a kid. Ours was a Kenmore/Sears household. Much to my delight, my Dad worked for Miller-Meteor in Minneapolis for the last year of his life. They sold/leased/serviced hearses and ambulances. I spent the summer of 1971 with him and worked in the garage washing vehicles ( I was 12). A horrible job, you say? Yes, you're right. Ever had to clean the interior of an ambulance that's just come from the scene of a car accident? But there was a '58 Frigidaire washer/dryer pair in the garage to wash all the towels/rags. Guess which lucky kid got that job? Over the freakin' MOON, I was. I got to wash several loads every day all summer. |
Post# 154796 , Reply# 38   9/15/2006 at 21:16 (6,404 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Post# 154871 , Reply# 40   9/16/2006 at 10:11 (6,403 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 154969 , Reply# 41   9/16/2006 at 20:15 (6,403 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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I think I caught my mother's stroke, or maybe Gizmo, Frigi, and I are all tripping on LSD. The pulsamatic in the video is the tower twin to the unimatic. But Robert has another pulsamatic with matching turquoise knobs, left and right on the back of the machine, just like may grandmother's. I watched the video in the summer one night running back and forth to my Mother's, and when I responded so late I forgot which pulsamatic was in the video. Also when the fill valve broke on the machine in question, we unscrewed the hoses and filled it manually; hence the first spray rinse on a Frigidaire, at least for me. I'd let it spray all the way through the "DRY" setting, then spin again. Thank you for making me shake and quake in my belly with laughter; it was great. Frigi and Gizmo, thanks for your empathy. I sure can use it; LSD wouldn't hurt either. Later, Dudes. |
Post# 155011 , Reply# 42   9/16/2006 at 23:55 (6,402 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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Post# 155292 , Reply# 43   9/18/2006 at 07:10 (6,401 days old) by irishwashguy (Salem,Oregon.............A Capital City)   |   | |
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That is amazing.i think that I have found another dream machine for my upcoming collection. The turnover on that was just amazing. My Rollermatic woluld tie things together. It sounds like i needed to attend the ' Unibatic Institute for higher Laundry' .when I had mine I was only 19.BTW, these machines outertub, the cabinet? What is the top spin speed? One more, How many strokes per minute does it do?
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Post# 155617 , Reply# 44   9/19/2006 at 20:01 (6,400 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 155619 , Reply# 45   9/19/2006 at 20:05 (6,400 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 155665 , Reply# 46   9/19/2006 at 23:05 (6,399 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 155864 , Reply# 48   9/20/2006 at 20:47 (6,399 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia)   |   | |
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I enjoyed that video very much. Thanks. I enjoy all the videos posted on this site. |
Post# 156272 , Reply# 49   9/22/2006 at 07:40 (6,397 days old) by irishwashguy (Salem,Oregon.............A Capital City)   |   | |
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