Thread Number: 92424
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
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Post# 1170402   1/26/2023 at 14:02 (463 days old) by rpms (ontario canada)   |   | |
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Post# 1170407 , Reply# 1   1/26/2023 at 15:24 (463 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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I believe the round piece is the water level trigger. The top of the agitator rises up to actuate a mercury switch in the lid. The Water Level Control dial varies the pressure required to engage the mercury switch. The lever is the off-balance trigger, engaged by the agitator top bumping it to trip and break the circuit through another mercury switch in the lid. I'm sure someone will provide a correction if any of those details are wrong. |