Thread Number: 95148
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
1953 whirlpool, today’s picture of the day, energy star |
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Post# 1197977   1/26/2024 at 13:18 (382 days old) by combo52 ![]() |
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Interesting how even back in the 50s people were very concerned about saving energy just as they are today. I suppose we could put an energy star sticker on this machine.
Just as then energy efficiency sells new appliances, the great majority of US consumers want energy star appliances as the climate gets worse and worse in every single state The numbers have gone way up of people wanting energy saving machines. It’s interesting how things all come back around. John |
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Post# 1197985 , Reply# 1   1/26/2024 at 15:00 (382 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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Post# 1197987 , Reply# 2   1/26/2024 at 15:27 (382 days old) by combo52 ![]() |
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Hi Sean, you could be right I know the year before they had a dark almost black glass control panel. I thought those were 53s and this was 54 but it also could be a 54 and this is a 55 model.
There was very little difference between the white and the black control panels just a styling change I believe probably a few mechanical improvements John |
Post# 1197988 , Reply# 3   1/26/2024 at 15:43 (382 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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I believe there may have been a few mechanical improvements as well. I believe these earlier Whirlpool machines had some sort of way of lubricating the main center post bearings but am not certain if that’s correct since I’ve only dealt with my ‘63 Whirlpool which used a later design.
Speaking of that machine, still trying to sort out the timer and hopefully (hopefully) the repair attempt I am going to make soon works. Would like to try to find a timer for it and I believe you mentioned you may have one, but just don’t want to pester you about it since you are quite busy with work and life. |
Post# 1197991 , Reply# 4   1/26/2024 at 15:57 (382 days old) by combo52 ![]() |
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Post# 1197995 , Reply# 5   1/26/2024 at 16:26 (382 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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Hi John, looked at the thread I created last summer. You mentioned it was 84243 in reply #19.
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Post# 1198119 , Reply# 7   1/28/2024 at 07:37 (380 days old) by lovestowash ![]() |
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Post# 1198175 , Reply# 8   1/28/2024 at 18:31 (380 days old) by ea56 ![]() |
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When we moved to our home on the Northern Sonoma coast in ‘63 it had the washer in the kitchen and right next to it an insulated laundry tub with a cabinet built around it. The home was built in ‘61 and the washer was a TOL Kenmore with a suds saver. The reason for the suds saver is because we had a well and water was scarce. In ‘69 we got a new Maytag EL wringer washer and the laundry tub in the kitchen made doing the laundry very convenient.
I know a lot of folks are very put off about reusing wash water for more than one load of laundry, but we never had clothes that weren’t nice and clean reusing the wash water. The heavy soils settle to the bottom of the tub and you do your laundry by washing the whites first, light colors next and darks or dirtier loads last, adding additional detergent as needed with each successive load. I think that it was an excellent way to save energy, conserve water and save on detergent and bleach. Eddie |
Post# 1198336 , Reply# 9   1/31/2024 at 09:23 (377 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy ![]() |
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Post# 1198377 , Reply# 10   2/1/2024 at 11:50 (376 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho)   |   | |
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My mom said the best suds saver washers were wringer washers. She would start with hot water with bleach for all of the cotton whites, which included white towels. As the water cooled and the bleaching action was gone, subsequent loads of clothes in the same suds would be washed. When dad bought her a Maytag AMP, she was shocked at the amount of water it used and wasted. A suds-saver was purchased when dad could afford it.
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Post# 1198378 , Reply# 11   2/1/2024 at 12:07 (376 days old) by ea56 ![]() |
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Eugene,
My mom always said this too. And I agree with her and your mom. Using a wringer washer correctly as you explained in your post achieves beautifully washed and rinsed laundry, and in record time too. If I had the proper setup for a laundry tub I’d have another Maytag wringer as my daily driver. But alas, the closet dedicated for the laundry equipment in our town home has no room for a laundry tub and the area in our bathroom doesn’t have enough room to use a wringer washer at the bathtub either. Eddie This post was last edited 02/01/2024 at 12:42 |