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Thread Number: 82686
/ Tag: Classified Ad Finds
Thomas Duettomatic, a German twintub |
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Post# 1068098 4/19/2020 at 08:41 (1,467 days old) by foraloysius  (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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On German eBay Kleinanzeigen is a Thomas Duettomatic for sale. It's a twintub with agitator, automatic washing (washing start after selected temperature is achieved). Thomas is still in business and is I believe the only company that still makes spindryers.
www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de... | ||
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Post# 1068099 , Reply# 1 4/19/2020 at 09:03 (1,467 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Post# 1068141 , Reply# 2 4/19/2020 at 12:31 (1,467 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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British Twintub Washing Machines 1959 - 1990 | ||
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Post# 1068145 , Reply# 3 4/19/2020 at 12:54 (1,467 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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I might have missed the question then. lol
Here is the Thomas website. Apparently they make all kind of vacuums too. www.robert-thomas.de/elek... | ||
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Post# 1068250 , Reply# 4 4/20/2020 at 03:25 (1,466 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Stockviis Brunlec | ||
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Post# 1068264 , Reply# 5 4/20/2020 at 04:59 (1,466 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1068285 , Reply# 6 4/20/2020 at 10:11 (1,466 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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A few more thoughts.
1. The Erres/Stokvis was not made by Thomas, Erres didn't make them themselves, but most Erres washing equipment was made by the Dutch company Menkema. 2. Both the Brunlec and the Thomas have a 3 kWh heater, the one in the Thomas is even variable. But 3 kWh heaters were rather rare I believe. 3. Is there a picture of the agitator or the inside of the Brunlec available? | ||
| Post# 1068310 , Reply# 7 4/20/2020 at 13:41 (1,466 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
 I apologize for what might seem like a stupid question, but what is the processing for using a twin tub machine? I know the tub on the left washes and tub on the right spins, but what is the order in which all that happens? I'm guess the tub on the left washes and rinses. I guess it might be a little like the order in which clothes are laundered in a wringer washer. | ||
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Post# 1068419 , Reply# 8 4/21/2020 at 01:34 (1,466 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Bill
Rinsing is most of the time done in the spinner. There are several methods for that. One is that you put the washed laundry into the spinner, spin it dry and then do multiple rinses by filling it with water and then spin the water out again. Some models have a rinse/spin function. My mother's twintub had a pipe with small holes in the center, rinsing was done by letting the machine spin and let water spray on the laundry. I think some of the American Easy models had a similar design.
Here's one of Mike's twintubs. | ||
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Post# 1068423 , Reply# 9 4/21/2020 at 01:45 (1,466 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Mike
I found a Dutch lookalike of the Duettomatic. It's the FAM Twin-O-Matic. FAM however made it's own machines. They made machines with pulsators and agitators. Heater is 2000 Watts, spinspeed 2600rpm. The Deluxe models had automatic heating and washing. It had automatic rinsing too, three rinses done automatically, apparently programmed on the timer of the spinner.
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| Post# 1068466 , Reply# 10 4/21/2020 at 08:41 (1,465 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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@ Louis | ||
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Post# 1068655 , Reply# 11 4/22/2020 at 13:33 (1,464 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1068656 , Reply# 12 4/22/2020 at 13:39 (1,464 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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In the Netherlands the H-axis twintub took on at an early stage. These were automatics in the sence that washing and rinsing (5 rinses) were performed automatically. No spins between rinses so it took a lot of water to get the laundry rinsed well, but water was cheap back then so nobody cared. When the laundry was done, all you had to do was spin the laundry in the separate spinner. Here is a later model from the 1990's. The original model was introduced late 1950's IIRC.
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