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Thats cool.. I washed mine 3 times and it croked... You definatly have the ultimate toy <br
I like how delicate that is and how quickly it goes
 
Hi Theo, ooops I forgot DivCab. That is the third water diverter that fills water directly into the outer cabinet. The nozzle for the cabinet fill is pointed directly at the edge of the tub. <br
As for Clear Window segement, during the Spinning Pre-Wash the cabinet's see-thru window is completely covered in the sudsy/soapy/water mixture. So for 5 seconds right at the end of the Pre-wash before the tub brake is applied (by removing Solenoid in the next command line) I spray water onto the spinning tub which is then thrown onto window and completely clears away the suds so we have a nice clear view for the wash cycle. The five seconds of spray isn't wasted water as it is the same temperature as the wash water and it will then be used during the upcoming wash cycle <br
This is what the window looks like during the pre-wash and why it needs to be cleared after
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So many colors

Why is the wash fill metered, taking only 120 secs. and the rinse fill nearly 4 min and not metered? What's going on there--what are you up to <br
So the blanket gets a full 30 second spray after the wash, a cooldown of sorts, but the usual 7 sec sprays in the rinse. Just the fun of variety or is there a reason <br
Love to know. Very interested. I love this stuff <br
Also the video that Louis was kind enough to post--is that an edited version and does a longer version or set of photos exis and if so would you please post <br
What does the pump sound like without agitation or spin--impossible in all unimatics except but Super . Be so cool and satisfying to hear it. Wondering if the '47 GE's "Empty" gave you the idea for "Remove Ballast Water" cycle!
 
More questions...

Looking more closely at the status screens I see several options in the bottom right corner that are also not evident for me. What is "In Start Winding" and "Satf Pressure" and what will happen when you select "HE Detergent". Will that set off the emergency alarm?
 
Shweeeeettt!!!

Robert, you RULE <br
That’s amazing that the “Hot Suds White Towel” cycle only uses 32.08 gal. of water and only takes 46:06 to complete! The CR top rated agitator washer uses 58 gal. of water, takes 50 minutes, doesn’t do a pre-wash, and its wash performance was only mediocre. Other modern top loaders use 45 gal. and don’t get the clothes clean either.

Imagine if the world used Robert’s program to turn old washers into efficient cleaning machines that work better than the new ones rather than crushing them and putting them in land fills <br
You are soooooo SMART; what a GREAT invention and you created it without waving a wand! It’s no wonder that everyone LOVES YOU, Robert <br
Will you please post the “HUGE load of Colors” cycle? What happens if you click “Manual Control?” <br
 
I'm glad you guys find this interesting.. <br
<I>Oh boy, you have thought of everything!</I
Well once I started writing cycles, I constantly see room for improvement, so it’s easy for me to modify the program and try different things. The “Hot Suds White Towels” Program has already changed a bit since I posted the steps (above in post #224174). I'm constantly playing around with the cycles and trying different things <br <br
<I>Why is the wash fill metered, taking only 120 secs. and the rinse fill nearly 4 min and not metered? What's going on there--what are you up to? </I
Mike, all Fills are now metered, the “Metered Fill” is just left over wording from back before I installed Water Flow-Meter, my Rinse fills used to be timed but no more, YAY. The times for the fills are all estimated and can probably use some adjustment now. The reason for the shorter wash fill is that all of the water from the pre-wash is used in the wash cycle, and since 2.5 to 3.5 gallons are already in the system when the Wash Fill begins the wash fill is going to be shorter <br
<I>So the blanket gets a full 30 second spray after the wash, a cooldown of sorts, but the usual 7 sec sprays in the rinse. Just the fun of variety or is there a reason? </I
Since I need to be really gentle in the Electric Blanket cycle, I combine the usual four 7 second spray rinses into one 30 second spray rinse and then immediately stop the spinning. As for the spray in the final spin, I only add two of those in every cycle just to be sure any fabric softener scum is washed away <br
<I>Also the video that Louis was kind enough to post--is that an edited version and does a longer version or set of photos exis and if so would you please post? </I
That is the only video so far <br
<I>What does the pump sound like without agitation or spin--impossible in all unimatics except but Super . </I
The Unimatic is by far Frigidaire’s quietest washer, but without the pump running (I removed the impeller and replaced it with a tiny shaft) the washer is almost completely silent when the recirculation pump isn’t running. The pump was the loudest part of the mechanism <br
<I>What is "In Start Winding" and "Satf Pressure" </I
Theo those are check boxes I used for testing. Clicking start winding makes the computer think that the washer motor is not running at full speed yet. Clicking SatfPressure makes the computer think that the recirculation pump pressure switch has been satisfied <br
<I>what will happen when you select "HE Detergent". Will that set off the emergency alarm?</I
The detergent police come and add a cup of vintage Tide LOL. No Unimatics generally make a lot of suds to begin with and unlike many other washer they rarely if ever have any issues with getting rid of the suds. But when you add high-volume recirculation to the system and because the outer cabinet is so big, there is now a lot more room to grow the suds cake and it creates triple the amount of suds than a standard Unimatic washer would. So if HE is unchecked, before the first spin I have the washer drain the cabinet for 10 seconds, spin out 2/3 of the water from the tub which mixes wash water with the mountains of suds in the outer cabinet and helps knock them down, stop the tub, pump out the water suds mixture and then continue and rev the wash tub up to 1140rpm. If HE is checked it just goes right into spin like a regular Unimatic (without recirculation) would. You can’t see these steps in the Blanket cycle because it never needed in this quick, gentle cycle <br
<I>Will you please post the “HUGE load of Colors” cycle? What happens if you click “Manual Control?” </I
Hi Jeff, sure this post is getting so long I will post “Huge load of Colors” in a separate post in a little bit. Manual Control simply allows me to operate all the components of the washer manually. This is what the screen looks like, when you click on a component’s button, it energizes that item, when you click it again it stops it. Sometimes I used it when I take a wash load out of a slower spinning washer and want to spin it out. I throw the load into the Super Unimatic, I press Motor and Solenoid. I go away for 10 minutes and come back and the clothes are ready for their insta-dry LOL.

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As Jeff asked for here is the "HUGE Load of Colors" Cycle. This cycle is meant for washing about 125-150% of the capacity of the tub, because of the recirculation keeping the water level at it's highest it works extremely well and raises the usable capacity of this washer greatly. Again in the paraens are the following parameters that are passed to the washer <br
Motor = Agitatio
Solenoid = Tub Brake Released/Tub Coas
Motor + Solenoid = Spi
DivCab = Cabinet Water Diverte
DivJet = Jet Circle Spray Water Diverte
DevDet = Detergent Dispenser Water Diverte
Heat = Water Heate
RPump = Recirculation Pum
DPump = Drain Pum
Hot = Hot Fil
Warm = Warm Fil
Cold = Cold Fil <br
When you are reading the "Four Minutes of Magic" my pre-wash, see the footnote at the bottom for one important explanation <br
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Function Name", "Operation Name", Time to run in seconds, Components Energized)<font color=black <br
Public Sub ButtonHUGE_Load_of_Colors_Click(
SuperUnimatic.Caption = "Super Unimatic - Cycle Selected: HUGE Load of Colors&quot
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Hot Water Line Flush", "Line Flush", 30, Hot + DPump + DivCab
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Wait", "Gently Engage Spin Solenoid", 1, Solenoid
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Spin", "Rotate Wash Tub", 5, Motor + Solenoid
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Fill", "1 Gallon Fill", 60, Warm + Solenoid + DivJet
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Pre-Wash Gain Speed", "Gain Speed", 25, Motor + Solenoid + RPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Four Minutes of Magic", "Concentrated Spray", 24, Solenoid + RPump)
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Four Minutes of Magic", "Pulse Motor", 8, Solenoid + Motor + RPump)
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Four Minutes of Magic", "Concentrated Spray", 22, Solenoid + RPump)
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Four Minutes of Magic", "Pulse Motor", 7, Solenoid + Motor + RPump)
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Four Minutes of Magic", "Concentrated Spray", 23, Solenoid + RPump)
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Four Minutes of Magic", "Pulse Motor", 8, Solenoid + Motor + RPump)
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Four Minutes of Magic", "Concentrated Spray", 22, Solenoid + RPump)
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Four Minutes of Magic", "Pulse Motor", 7, Solenoid + Motor + RPump)
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Four Minutes of Magic", "Concentrated Spray", 24, Solenoid + RPump)
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Four Minutes of Magic", "Pulse Motor", 8, Solenoid + Motor + RPump)
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Four Minutes of Magic", "Concentrated Spray", 23, Solenoid + RPump)
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Four Minutes of Magic", "Pulse Motor", 8, Solenoid + Motor + RPump)
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Four Minutes of Magic", "Concentrated Spray", 24, Solenoid + RPump)
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Four Minutes of Magic", "Pulse Motor", 8, Solenoid + Motor + RPump)
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Four Minutes of Magic", "Concentrated Spray", 24, Solenoid + RPump)
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Fill", "Clear Window", 5, Hot + Solenoid + DivCab
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Fill", "Charge Tub", 30, RPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Fill", "Cool Fill", 120, RPump + Warm + Cold + DivDet
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Wash", "Start", 3, Motor
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Wash", "Wash", 168, Motor + RPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Wash", "Soak", 58, RPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Wash", "Wash", 168, Motor + RPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Wash", "Soak", 58, RPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Wash", "Wash", 168, Motor + RPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Wash", "Soak", 58, RPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Wash", "Wash", 168, Motor + RPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Wash", "Soak", 58, RPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Wash", "Wash", 168, Motor + RPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Water Drain", "Drain Cabinet", 10, DPump + Solenoid
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Suds Kill Expel Wash Water", "Expel Wash Water from Tub", 10, DPump + Solenoid + Motor
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Suds Kill", "Suds Kill Drain", 89, DPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Wait", "Gently Engage Spin Solenoid", 1, Solenoid + DPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Spin", "Wash Water Spin Off", 42, Motor + Solenoid + DPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Spin", "Seven Second Spray Rinse", 7, Motor + Solenoid + Cold + DPump + DivJet
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Spin", "Spin", 7, Motor + Solenoid + DPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Spin", "Seven Second Spray Rinse", 7, Motor + Solenoid + Cold + DPump + DivJet
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Spin", "Spin", 7, Motor + Solenoid + DPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Spin", "Seven Second Spray Rinse", 7, Motor + Solenoid + Cold + DPump + DivJet
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Spin", "Spin", 7, Motor + Solenoid + DPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Spin", "Seven Second Spray Rinse", 7, Motor + Solenoid + Cold + DPump + DivJet
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Spin", "Spin", 100, Motor + Solenoid + DPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Fill", "Rinse Fill", 215, Cold + Warm + DPump + DivJet
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Rinse", "Overflow Rinse", 60, Motor + Cold + DPump + DivJet
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Rinse", "Softening Rinse", 70, Motor + DPump
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Pause", "Pause", 1, 0
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Wait", "Gently Engage Spin Solenoid", 1, Solenoid
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Spin", "Rinse Water Spin Off", 35, Motor + Solenoid
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Spin", "Seven Second Spray Rinse", 7, Motor + Solenoid + Cold + DPump + DivJet
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Spin", "Spin", 7, Motor + Solenoid
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Spin", "Seven Second Spray Rinse", 7, Motor + Solenoid + Cold + DPump + DivJet
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Imperial Rapidry", "Spin", 375, Motor + Solenoid
<font color=green>Call CreateCycle<font color=blue>("Drain", "Remove Ballast Water", 75, DPump
<font color=black>End Su <br
Estimated Cycle Time: 44:3 <br
*What is not obvious in the cycle list is that in the program code there is a special sub routine that watches out for the following condition <br
If <font color=Purple>Function Name = <font color=blue>"Four Minutes of Magic" <font color=black>and <font color=Purple>PressureSwitch = <font color=blue>Not Satisfied<font color=black> then continute to fill through the detegent dispenser until the pressure switch is satisified <br
and for the Suds Kill
If the first 9 characters of the <font color=Purple>Function Name = <font color=blue>"Suds Kill" <font color=black>and <font color=Purple>HE Detgergent Box = <font color=blue>Checked<font color=black> then skip this line and goto the next line. (This will Skip the two Suds Kill lines) <br
Clear as Mud LOL?
 
Too Coool! I wanna bring my laundry and pla <br
And trust me i can find pleanty of nasty greasy laundry, my husband runs a Moes Southwest Girlle
 
In the famous words of Gansky1...

...you just ain't right. LOL...

I think it's all been said. I'm speechless. You are the automatic washer guru. Bravo! Bravo! I can't wait to see this in action.

And, I'm so excited to find a fellow "Bewitched" fan-atic. Hmmmm.... the Super Unimatic 2.0 and Bewitched... is there a connection? Because, it appears that you are a wizard.... I used to feel the strongest bond with Samantha. But, the older I get, the more I can relate to Endora... lol...

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Samantha:

Y R U not *writing* cycles/programs for today's modern(Sh**ty) computerized washer?

Lawd knows some of the cycle sequences given are bizarre,and written by those that have NO insight/clue as to how to do laundry.
 
Cool washer Robert! Will the Super Unimatic 2.0 have sound effects and ring tones?

Unbalanced load = Whoooop Whoooop "RED ALERT" "RED ALERT"

Jim
 
Y R U not *writing* cycles/programs for today's modern(Sh**ty) computerized washer?
Now that would be a fun job! Although I would only do it if I didn't have to leave Minnie. Who am I kidding, not only would I have to leave Minneapolis, I would have to leave the US to do it LOL.

Cool washer Robert! Will the Super Unimatic 2.0 have sound effects and ring tones? Unbalanced load = Whoooop Whoooop "RED ALERT" "RED ALERT"
It already does :)

The next step in the ever changing SU 2.0 is installing a Fabric Softener Dispenser. I've made the decision to use the Asko Softener Dispenser over the Kelvinator version. I'm going to mount the Asko Dispenser under the top and drill a 1.75 inch hole to pour in the liquid. I'm going to insert a small fill tube through the sides of the dispener that will overflow the softener onto a rubber slide that will dump the liquid into the pulsating wash tub from the 4:00 position. Next stop my Ace Hardware Store to pick up the necessary hoses and stainless steel hardware.
 
Will Big red from the Coronado fit in the super unimatic? That should make for a spalshy wash. If you ever do a video of the 57 Speed Queen I hope you use Big Red for that!
 
a gift for Roberto Clemente

You want the incoming hot water , reallyhot . How about getting the wash tub and the agitator hot, too, for your Hot Sudsy Towels?
So, instead of just flushing the water line, use the DivJet with the pulsator on for 30, to heat and wet the tub, then spin for 30 . Yes? simultaneously with your outer tub maneuver.

About 'CLEAR AS MUD' : I got it and I'm a bit of a technotard. It's just this short sequence that i don't fully "get" :

"Water Drain", "Drain Cabinet", 10, DPump + Solenoid)
Call CreateCycle("Suds Kill Expel Wash Water", "Expel Wash Water from Tub", 10, DPump + Solenoid + Motor)
Call CreateCycle("Suds Kill", "Suds Kill Drain", 89, DPump)
Call CreateCycle("Wait", "Gently Engage Spin Solenoid", 1, Solenoid + DPump)
Call CreateCycle("Spin", "Wash Water Spin Off", 42, Motor + Solenoid + DPump

Looks like you're throwing the water twice: Expel,10....Spin off 42, WHY, Buddy?
 
washed in space

Totally groovy washer Robert,you're brilliant! BTW,having the robot's voice from Lost in Space "Danger!Warning,Danger" as an unbalanced load alert,would that not be fab-u-lous?
 
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