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Thread Number: 91524
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
POD 9-26-2022 Easy Golden Regent Automatic Washer |
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Post# 1160472 9/26/2022 at 21:00 (575 days old) by Tomturbomatic  (Beltsville, MD) |
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Checked rating of Easy Automatic Washer in 1964 Annual Buying Guide for Consumer Reports and they did not have much good to say about the Easy Automatic Washer. I will check with John and Jeff about servicing reputation. | ||
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Post# 1160968 , Reply# 1 10/2/2022 at 18:53 (569 days old) by lotsosudz (Sacramento, CA) |
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POD Easy of the 70s | ||
| Post# 1161018 , Reply# 2 10/2/2022 at 22:41 (568 days old) by DannyBoy (Texarkana) | ||
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POD Please pardon my ignorance, but where does one find the Picture of the Day? | ||
| Post# 1161027 , Reply# 3 10/3/2022 at 01:25 (568 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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Post# 1161043 , Reply# 4 10/3/2022 at 11:47 (568 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1161049 , Reply# 5 10/3/2022 at 13:58 (568 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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I should have mentioned, because it will be of great interest to many here, that when Easy talked about no belts, they were alluding to something they came up with that was not seen until Whirlpool's Direct Drive mechanism where the pump and transmission were mounted on the motor. | ||
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Post# 1161085 , Reply# 6 10/3/2022 at 21:39 (567 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1161123 , Reply# 7 10/4/2022 at 13:23 (567 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Unfortunately the Velvapower had a terribly designed clutch for transmitting power to the spin shaft. It simply used a drive spring that was loosened when the motor turned counterclockwise for spin. This transmitted the motor torque in a very similar fashion that you see with "indexing" washer tubs. The result was it took nearly two full minutes for the tub to come up to full speed spin and with the final spin being only four minutes on all models that made for some really poor water extraction even at a 650rpm spin.
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Post# 1161142 , Reply# 8 10/4/2022 at 18:02 (567 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Seems like if they cared, they could have lengthened the final spin by a few minutes. | ||
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