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Thread Number: 83409
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
POD 6-16-2020 WP Line Up |
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Post# 1077339 6/16/2020 at 08:57 (1,402 days old) by Tomturbomatic  (Beltsville, MD) |
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I guess "Fawn" was WP's name for the Kenmore color "Doeskin." I notice that all the way down the line the Suds Miser system is available. That's nice. Did any of these washers or any WP washers have a drain/save switch like Maytag and some other brands? | ||
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| Post# 1077342 , Reply# 1 6/16/2020 at 09:35 (1,402 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
That's really interesting. High-end Kenmores offered the option, but I just realized that I haven't seen or read about it on a Whirlpool. The Mark XII's sported a SUDS button as a cycle option to return the suds, but not to save. Another grand Award query afoot.
For people unfamiliar, the drain/save function allows you to have all discharged water to come out of the regular or rinse hose, and nothing out of the suds hose. It seems weird though that Whirlpool would not include the design in one of their own, so I'm probably mistaken about its availability. | ||
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Post# 1077352 , Reply# 2 6/16/2020 at 11:07 (1,402 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 Wash water automatically / always drained out the suds hose into the storage tub. Unstopper the storage tub to not save it. W-n-W / Perm Press didn't save the wash water due to it being tempered and diluted by the cool down. (And presumably Knits if Suds Saver was available on models with that cycle.) | ||
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Post# 1077407 , Reply# 3 6/16/2020 at 19:07 (1,402 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Some features were exclusive to Kenmore for a definite period of time, as Sears was the one who was footing the bill for research and development. This was the case for the Dual-Action agitator. At that time, well over half of Whirlpool's laundry equipment production was Kenmore brand. | ||
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Post# 1077471 , Reply# 5 6/16/2020 at 22:56 (1,401 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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WP-KM Suds-Saver Washers Whirlpool never bothered putting an extra switch on their SS washers to turn off the two-way valve to allow the wash water to just go down the drain via the rinse water drain hose and neither did Sears Kenmore except for about 5 or 6 belt drive models out of several hundred WP built Kenmore's built from 1947-1986.
It simply was not necessary for 99% of users, you simply did not plug the save tub if you did not want to save the wash water. It would have be super simple to add a switch for the suds-valve by the owner to turn off the TWV if it was necessary for situations like Toms family had.
Only the 1957, 58, 59 and 60 LKM models had this additional switch AND the 1986 Kenmore Limited edition washer.
When WP started building washers with built-in SSers again in the early 90s WP models still did not have a switch to turn off the two-way valve, the Sears KM model did and they allowed for the first time ever for any SS washer to allow you to save the rinse water to be used for the next wash.
Did anyone notice that this brochure for WP washers only featured gas dryers ? It must have been prepared for distribution by gas companies.
John L. | ||
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Post# 1077473 , Reply# 6 6/16/2020 at 23:11 (1,401 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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