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Unimatic washers use a 6 pole AC induction motor, most other washers of that time use a 4 pole AC induction motor. The gear reduction...

According to the math a 6 pole motor spins at 1140rpm on 60hz and around 950 on hz, which includes motor slip.

All of the Aline Frigidaires shown in Louis's ads have the lid offset to one side. Would that be correct? it looks odd. I wonder, were...

That translation is correct. Amazing!

I found another ad with an older model Unimatic. I hope you don’t mind I post this here… This ad is from March 17th 1956.

Thanks for the replies everyone! I’ve been using it for the last couple of weeks or so, and have been loving it. It wound up needing...

Robert’s thread about the introduction of automatic washers in the newspapers made me have a look again at the Dutch archives. I have...

My paternal grandma had this same model O’Keefe and Merritt stove.  I also had one like this in an apartment I rented in the 1973.  I...

Here is the best thread ever on Keymatic repair information: https://automaticwasher.org/threads/hoover-keymatic.99436/ It includes...

Hi Louis That white plastic ring is a spacer, not a seal. In your second photo there is a stainless steel cap at the tip of the...

Hey everyone! Hope you’re all well. Today, I stopped in Goodwill, and had to do a double take when I saw this sitting on the shelf...

Make is General Electric, like it says across the top. Where are the controls for the top elements? Does the top lift up or something...

24" wide is a w-i-d-e stove in Australia, not narrow. Most stoves here are 54 cm (21 inches) or 60cm (24 inches.) Back when this stove...