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Regarding water usage, Consumer Reports 1956 Buying Guide says ABC/Kelvinator washers used 19 gal hot water, 29 gal total. Norge/Hamilton also used 19 gal hot water, but the Maytag AMP used only 18, Easy and Frigidaire 17, andAMC/Beam only 16. At the other end of the scale, Whirlpool used 24...

Haven’t done a word by word comparison of the ingredients, but I notice that the EC30 tiles list zeolites, commonly found in powders, and the Tiles do not. They seem to just rely on sodium citrate for water softening, like a liquid detergent. Thanks for all the tests!

That’s interesting, Stefan. There’s often a feeling among posters here that European detergents are better than what we have here, so it’s good to get another perspective.

Low fan speed for “meditation or sleeping.” I wasn’t expecting a meditation setting!

Not a million miles removed from this. I guess these earlier efforts failed because of cost and inflexibility.

With all the PR blather and buzzwords in that press release, it’s hard to tell what it actually even is.

I was wondering how you'd fix the bent evaporator, but you handled it brilliantly. And I agree, it's important to keep the original sounds of these machines if possible. Imagine the luxury of having all that freezer space in the Thirties. You'd have room for not only ice cubes, but perhaps a...

It’s fun to try new things, and the cost is modest compared to dinner in a nice restaurant. Thanks for the report, volvoman.

Well, it’s certainly a relief if hospitals are moving away from chlorine bleach for this purpose. I can see no evidence of this in the links provided, and curiously Launderess’ last link is to an EPA document which includes sodium hypochlorite on its list of approved substances for dealing with...

...according to a peer-reviewed study in the journal Microbilogy. "One of the primary chlorine disinfectants currently being used to clean hospital scrubs and surfaces does not kill off the most common cause of antibiotic associated sickness in healthcare settings globally, according to a new...

We've been very lucky to have a site owner with Robert's combination of collecting/restoration knowledge AND his friendly, even temperament. If the sites are for sale, that implies they're profitable, which is a big plus. Nobody will have to take them on at a loss.

There were 44,496 Chrysler Newport Royals made in 1971, according to this article, which has a picture of one still in existence. The author doesn’t think too highly of it...

Just to complete the series...I don't suppose anybody remembers seeing this in the flesh?    

It seems to have nothing special: It isn't concentrated (1 and 1/4 cups was a standard starting dose for most brands at the time) or low sudsing, and makes no claims about enzymes or bleach. Why would the average person buy it? Who knows? This was a period when a lot of new brands were being...

I'm guessing its from the late Sixties because it has no statement of phosphate content, but contains the standard language of the time about using more detergent rather than a packaged water softener (i.e., Calgon).

This might be interesting to half a dozen people on this forum, anyway.   Omo is a brand name used by Unilever for its top-of-the line detergent in many markets (Australia, Brazil, South Africa, parts of Europe.) Apparently they took a shot at marketing it in America in the late Sixties and...

Admiral bought Stewart-Warner's refrigerator business in 1944. They, and Montgomery Ward, were all Chicago-based -- which proves nothing, but is perhaps suggestive...

I used 856 kWh.

77 now; sometimes it's on 76 or even 75 depending on activity levels. I recently visited a friend for the weekend. He normally keeps his AC at 75, which is fine, but he was gun-shy because his sister demands it be put on 68 when she stays there. I kept telling him it was okay, but he was so...

Double Cola is headquartered in Chattanooga, and got its name because you could get 12 oz. for the price of a 6 oz. Coca-Cola. My dad joked that it was because it caused twice as many burps as Coke. Anyway, it’s a niche product these days, although you can buy it in grocery stores around here.