All this Westy talk got me thinking...

[combo52]

EARLY WH FL WASHERS

WH had three different drive systems inn thier slant front washers. The first with the speed changer had just two belts the next two designs had three belts and these both had an idler pulley. All of these used a 1/3 HP 1725 RPM non reversing motor.

 

[foraloysius]

Wow! Awesome looking set!

 

[syndets2000]

also....

...the motors on the machines that had speed changer units had a "High Torque" winding during the first 60 seconds of spin, then it went back to the regular Run winding- I was wondering if anyone that has replaced a motor on these machines were able to use a newer style motor with out the "High Torque" on it-( the newer styles had only three terminals, not four)  I am not sure how I am interpeting the schematic, but it looks like an extra length in series with the run winding...

[this post was last edited: 5/18/2011-11:28]