Recent content by cfz2882

Probably not-model # shows this as a GE Hydrowave, and those can be complex to change bearing on and there is likely to be worn and corroded parts that will need replaced. 12 years is actually a halfway decent run for a modern machine...

sometime around 1992 an appliance shop rigged a new Maytag orbital to constantly run through it's cycles until it stopped many years later-wonder how many cycles that ended up being and what-if any-washload was run. Also what went wrong with that washer.

Reading comments on online videos and forums about outdoor LED fixtures and the night sky, quality of life , safety, and vision enshitification these LEDs facilitate, found many people think LEDs are all that is avalible-looked in latest Grainger catalog and there are still HPS and halide...

Reply 3, seems there was quite a bit of EV battery research done between about 1965-67, then interest seemed to taper off after that. GE i think had an electric riding mower avalible around that time too. Some of the mid '60s experimental EV batteries had quite high performance, but very short...

cord sockets/interlocks have been an arc-fault fire hazzard for decades-the two energized points are too close together should the socket get wet a few times too many, bad design, or some residue that becomes conductive on it . The regular FD refrigerator compressor start device burning up...

Found some pics of these micro fridges and it looked like the detachable power cord socket at back are arc-faulting out. While looking, discovered recent full size Frigidaire are "catching fire": emitting smoke when PTC device/start cap plugged onto compressor burns up...

Micro fridges actually-little peltier cooled plastic desktop toy fridges that hold a few cans of soda. Hundreds of thousands of these chinese made things under recall...

LOL thanks, it took quite a bit of looking, starting with Cushman,until i found Nordskog had about the same front suspension then discovered Nordskog bought the vehicle division from Westinghouse.

Trying to identify the little red 3-wheel scooter ridden by the coach in "Revenge of the nerds", discovered the vehicle was made by Westinghouse around 1962 :) Way overbuilt, 36v runs the 4.5 HP motor. I might build a loose replica of this commercial utility trike once I finish my other...

I love it when a vintage washer rescue plan is coming together !

probably from around 1976 ?

I looked and that rubber blade fan is Samson model 1046 with 2/51 date stamp,not Gilbert. Blades have fairly aggressive pitch and move air real well-especially with no guard. I looked at new Superlectric fans for sale in 1982 and most looked like they could have been from around 1960 mostly...

nice fans-that Superlectric probably one of the last as they quit about 1982. I don't really collect fans,but somehow have around 50 household type fans from around 1910-87 and a bunch of industrial/commercial fans too. One house type that is set up on display is i think a Gilbert : 4 dark brown...

nice marathon set-probably ~ mid-80s

The curved agitator vanes is a detail that makes me think this washer is a few years into Westinghouse "1-18" design-I am used to 3 straight vanes on this era of WCI westy, but could be wrong on that. The burning odor noticed could be the lid lock solenoid coil burning up-In that case washer...