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Thread Number: 82758
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Interesting mid 60s GE washer ad |
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Post# 1069160 4/25/2020 at 09:30 (1,062 days old) by bradfordwhite  (West Coast, U.S.) |
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Never saw this model. It must have been short lived.
The mini-basket is familiar but that auto-advancing timer controlled panel looks like it's from another planet.
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Post# 1069189 , Reply# 1 4/25/2020 at 10:55 (1,062 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1069199 , Reply# 2 4/25/2020 at 11:11 (1,062 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 1069201 , Reply# 3 4/25/2020 at 11:13 (1,062 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) |
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You are right Ben! | ||
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Post# 1069207 , Reply# 4 4/25/2020 at 11:27 (1,062 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1069211 , Reply# 5 4/25/2020 at 11:46 (1,062 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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Post# 1069216 , Reply# 6 4/25/2020 at 11:56 (1,062 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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It's an Australian model. Still I'd love to get my hands on one.
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Post# 1069237 , Reply# 8 4/25/2020 at 13:58 (1,062 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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 Ken and I could have a wash-in with just this GE! Wish they had done this here. | ||
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Post# 1069247 , Reply# 9 4/25/2020 at 14:57 (1,062 days old) by bradfordwhite (West Coast, U.S.) |
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We obviously have/had the technology in the U.S. for a self-advancing timer console.
Who hasn't seen or even used a GE coin-op? It's probably safe to say they used the same timer. That looks fun, I have to admit. It even has a sudsaver feature and Panel lights that scream PARTY TIME ! Have you noticed the three switches under the panel? Any ideas what they do?
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Post# 1069250 , Reply# 10 4/25/2020 at 14:59 (1,062 days old) by bradfordwhite (West Coast, U.S.) |
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Don't know who's this is but it's an avocado beauty.
I want to get the key to the coin box, get some quarters, and have fun.
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Post# 1069252 , Reply# 11 4/25/2020 at 15:23 (1,062 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1069253 , Reply# 12 4/25/2020 at 15:24 (1,062 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1069269 , Reply# 13 4/25/2020 at 16:57 (1,062 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Cool alternate universe machine! | ||
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Post# 1069270 , Reply# 14 4/25/2020 at 16:58 (1,062 days old) by bradfordwhite (West Coast, U.S.) |
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Bob, even if they are using just one cycle, it still has to self advance at some point, wouldn't it?
Unless you're saying there is a continuous timer cycle for the wash actions AND another timer that only allows the machine to run for a certain period of time once the coins are inserted with that time being the amount of time it takes for the cycle timer to revolve through one cycle. I've only helped a relative to service a 'front servicable' mid 70s GE FF coin-op, similar to the one in the photo, once in 1981 but we had to replace the motor and clutch. Didn't do anything with the timer. When one looks at where the console lights are on the non-coin-op model vs. the home model, it looks like they're in the same place. I'm thinking they deleted some of the features for the coin-op, like the suds return and other cycles, then wired it to only use the one cycle. Then when you put the coins in it auto advances to that cycle and completes. | ||
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Post# 1069288 , Reply# 15 4/25/2020 at 19:35 (1,062 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Coin-Op GE Washers [ And Most Other Brands ] Did not have or need a rapid advance timer with an extra motor to start the cycle, this machine would not have used the same timer or one even close.
Bib is correct, on a Coin-Op machine when you put the coins in and push the slide in you actually are pushing the timer ahead to start the washer.
It looks like this cool machine is a full sized 27" model, GE also built 24" wide models in the US around this time, and they built and sold a lot of 24" models in other countries.
John L. | ||
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Post# 1069308 , Reply# 16 4/25/2020 at 21:30 (1,062 days old) by bradfordwhite (West Coast, U.S.) |
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" Coin-Op machine when you put the coins in and push the slide in you actually are pushing the timer ahead to start the washer."
That would make sense. I simple one cycle timer with a break at the end. I'm sure GE, or who ever made the change box/timer combo, wanted to make it as simple and maintenance free as possible. Thanks Bob and John | ||
| Post# 1069310 , Reply# 17 4/25/2020 at 21:36 (1,062 days old) by agiflow3 () | ||
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I never knew until recently that GE made 24" washers. I thought that was a Whirlpool/Kenmore thing. Never saw one in my life. Was that short lived ? | ||
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Post# 1069311 , Reply# 18 4/25/2020 at 21:45 (1,062 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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I had a GE with the timer but had holes in the back console where the coin box would go, The timer went just past the top to fill and back around to the top to stop. Plugs covered where the temp and level switches would be. 1 cycle, 1 speed. Last I knew my old tenant was still using it. The coin box pushing the timer to on makes sense.
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Post# 1069375 , Reply# 19 4/26/2020 at 08:11 (1,061 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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We have a 1967 24" Wide GE FF Washer In The Museum It is a fairly nice model, it has 2 speeds, Mini basket and even a florescent light.
In the 80s we saw a number of 24" GE FF Washers that were built in Venezuela, they were neat because they were built like the coin-op GE where the motor and clutch were in the left front of the machine and the cabinet was all steel [ no cheap flammable fiberboard back ] with a removable front for easier service, it was neat because the FF water came in at the 7 o'clock position.
John L. | ||
| Post# 1069438 , Reply# 21 4/26/2020 at 18:44 (1,061 days old) by mielerod69 (Australia) | ||
All push button GE | ||
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Post# 1069442 , Reply# 22 4/26/2020 at 19:35 (1,061 days old) by bradfordwhite (West Coast, U.S.) |
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Post# 1069451 , Reply# 23 4/26/2020 at 20:28 (1,061 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia) |
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Mine doesnt have the switches, but I would assume the ability to force a cold rinse, plus ability to turn the heater on and off and then also select whether to do a cold only fill, or fill with cold plus hot. | ||
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Post# 1069461 , Reply# 24 4/26/2020 at 20:59 (1,061 days old) by bradfordwhite (West Coast, U.S.) |
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| Post# 1069472 , Reply# 25 4/26/2020 at 22:16 (1,061 days old) by agiflow3 () | ||
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What agitator did the Australian version have ? | ||
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