Thread Number: 9611
Tappan Front Load Washer-Ever Seen One |
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Post# 177882 , Reply# 2   12/24/2006 at 10:21 (6,333 days old) by oxydolfan1 ()   |   | |
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No, but I was startled to see that Inglis had one.... Bet if Best Buy would carry it, they'd be walking out of the showroom, at the right price... |
Post# 177892 , Reply# 3   12/24/2006 at 11:24 (6,333 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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I had a Gibson FL'er (circa '92) which had controls that looked just like the ones in the manual for the Tappan. It had all the Westy/WCI front-control/stackable characteristics: Came with a big plastic pitcher to dilute bleach and add manually to the wash water. It had no fabric softener dispenser; in lieu of that, it would buzz when the cycle hit the final rinse so you could go add softener manually. Had the weigh-to-save door and a tub light. The only mechanical difference I noticed between it and my circa '87 rear-control Frigidaire FL'er was that the solenoid CLANK going into a spin was gone. I'm trying to remember if it reversed tumbling during agitation....I know the '87 didn't. Huh. Can't recall for sure, but I don't think it did. The '87 had a dispenser on top for fabric softener. I don't think there was a bleach dispenser, because I remember being quite surprised (and initially skeptical) of the bleach being dispensed into the first rinse on '96 FrigiLux. At any rate, it was the last old-tech FL'er. Next came the '96 Frigilux, which seemed SO advanced at the time----Reverse tumbling, detergent dispenser, timed bleach/fab soft. dispensers, larger tub, fast final spin speed.... Now they seem almost quaint compared to the high-tech LGs and Hetties. |
Post# 177933 , Reply# 4   12/24/2006 at 14:19 (6,332 days old) by exploder3211 ()   |   | |
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Thanks..I'd love to find one |