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Thread Number: 8764
Frig "multimatic" whats this ? |
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| Post# 164463 , Reply# 1 11/1/2006 at 16:55 (6,379 days old) by captainmoody () | ||
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Well, the green thing is a power resistor. Not sure about the box.. | ||
| Post# 164468 , Reply# 2 11/1/2006 at 17:23 (6,379 days old) by nasadowsk () | ||
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Tha'ts a power resistor. They can get pretty hot, though if it glows, there's something wrong :) If it has a rating in watts, that'll give you an idea, though it looks to be on the order of 25 - 50 watts. | ||
Post# 164470 , Reply# 3 11/1/2006 at 17:28 (6,379 days old) by gansky1  (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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It's the Rapidry delay resistor. The black box is the relay switch. On the "Normal" speed selections, the washer will empty the tub and start to spin at low speed, after a 60 second (approx.) delay, the resistor gives power to the high speed solenoid and shifts the mechanism into 850 rpm spin. Rapidry was removed from all multitragic washers by late 62. The whole shifting mechanism was just a disaster that they never could make reliably. | ||
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Post# 164527 , Reply# 5 11/1/2006 at 21:43 (6,379 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 164531 , Reply# 6 11/1/2006 at 22:10 (6,379 days old) by pturo (Syracuse, New York) | ||
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Green Skinny Thing Perhaps the Jolly Green Giant's appendix? It is a strange set up to be sure. | ||
| Post# 164553 , Reply# 7 11/2/2006 at 01:30 (6,378 days old) by spinout (Phoenix) | ||
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I think that the reality is that spins of around 700+ RPM are generally adequate for most users--even in a solid tub. (And that given that fact, rapid dry probably wasn't deemed as adding much value, or at least the cost-benefit wasn't there.) | ||
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