Are these Late 60s Maytags?

[appnut]

wonder why maytag didn't give a 2nd rinse option?

This was one of the reasons why I didn't buy a 606 or 806 pair in April 1978. That was a requirement. I believe center dial Maytags were the only brand that didn't offer a 2nd rinse even on their TOL model. 2nd rinse buttons did not appear until the redesigned control panel when the timer dial was moved to the right. And not all of the "806" equivalents in this redesigned panel offered a 2nd rinse option button. But it did happen. And definitely on the Dependable Care two TOL mechanical models offered 2nd rinse option.

 

[hippiedoll]

ahhh....

so maytag did offer a 2nd rinse option but, not on any of the "center dial" models, only on the later models.
ah shucks!!!
oh well....
hm hm hm.....

i still like & prefer the look of the 2nd generation "center dial" maytags, 2nd rinse option or not.

;o)

 

[SQueenJJ]

I wish I had them

I never see center dial Maytags around here in North Alabama. I hope one day I'll run up on one on Craigslist or an Estate Sale.

 

[danemodsandy]

Second Rinses....

....Have their uses, but if someone is regularly needing second rinses, I would have to wonder if they're not overdosing with the detergent.

My late partner insisted that second rinses were essential. He was so hell-bent on them that he'd crank the timer dial of the machines I owned at the time (a Whirly Design 2000 pair) back around to the rinse cycle while they were running. Obviously, this was not good for the washer; it did not take this abuse long before deciding it had had a nice life and refusing to work any more.

I found that he was using enormous amounts of detergent. Efforts to get him to cut back were only partially successful. I did put a stop to the timer-cranking, though.

 

[combo52]

Double Rinsing

Maytag and all other manufactures did not have a setting for extra rinses when they originally designed and built their automatic washers, because not only is it seldom necessary, but it is a bad idea in general.

As Sandy suggested if you always feel that you need to do an extra rinse you are likely doing something worng. Extra rinses not only are a huge waste of water but they damage your clothing, the washer and they leave the clothing less soft and filled with mineral deposits unless you have perfectly soft water. I have almost never felt the need to subject my clothing and machines to this wasteful abuse.

John L.

 

[hippiedoll]

combo52....

thank you for sharing that bit of information about the damaging effects, that 2nd rinsing has on, not only your clothes, but also, the washer too. your message gave me a different way of thinking about 2nd rinsing. although, i don't do it all of the time, i just do it with towels cuz i hate to pull towels out of the washer and when you pull them into shape, you can hear the soap in the towels still. i don't like to hear the "crackling" sound of the soap still in the fabric. so, i use 2nd rinsing on towels only.

i don't think i use too much detergent when i'm washing clothes but with towels, maybe cuz i know where the towels go & rub, when we dry our bodies. maybe i MIGHT use a little extra detergent in the load of towels, just to be sure that they get clean. i might be guilty of doing that?
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[e2l-arry]

Again I remember being at the store

When my Mom bought her Maytag in 1965. The salesman showed her the 30 second spin rinse between the wash and rinse cycles. He called that the first rinse. Instead of the 3 shorter spin rinses her old Kenmore had the Maytag had the 1 longer 30 second rinse prior to the tub filling for the "deep" rinse. My Mom was convinced that it had an adequate rinse. At least on a par with, or slightly better than, the washer she was replacing, so no need for a 2nd full rinse.

The only machines I remember from the 60's that had more than 1 rinse was the Westinghouse front loaders and our neighbors Bendix Economat. Since that washer had the squeeze tub, no spin rinse for that one. So I remember that washer having a dial on the front for either one or two rinses. The neighbor, Mrs. Graf, always had it set for two, which for a machine like that was probably needed. But I agree, no point in wasting the water or the time if you don't need to

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Hmmmmm... Just now glanced at the 2nd Rinse Disadvantages...

Good thing I'd gotten out of the habit of 'em; only used 'em on my daughter's baby clothes when she WAS a baby! (She's FOUR now...)

Now, the all-pushbutton A-906: Doesn't that have a RINSE ONLY selection? Is it for using as a Second Rinse, or could it be?

-- Dave

 

[arbilab]

Confessions of a rinseaholic

My (somewhat newer but still mechanical) FL has one spray and 3 fill rinses with a switch option for another for a total of 5. Which I ALWAYS used. You could almost drink the final rinse water, and that's the way I LIKE it.

 

[appnut]

Maytag 806 in mid-cities James!!!

A TOL 806!!! woah!!!

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/app/4371515762.html

 

[hippiedoll]

Maytag 806 in mid-cities...

appnut:
are you sure that's an 806??
it doesn't look like the panel lights up?? i mean, i could be wrong, but it kinda looks like maybe either a 208 or 608. but i could be wrong??

 

[appnut]

Christina, you are correct, it is a 606. The upper portion of the panel at initial glance did look like it was backlit. The initial washer in the thread only has 3 water temp buttons and this one has 4--meaning the added button is hot wash and cold rinse where the 3 button models were only hot wash warm rinse.

 

[goatfarmer]

Easy way to tell from that picture, an 806 will have a small chrome divide above the timer, where the two pieces of glass meet.

 

[hippiedoll]

appnut.....

hey bob!!

i was wrong too though!!! LOL.....
but we were both close!!!
ha ha ha.....
;o)

 

[70series]

I don't think that is a 606 either. Looks like 4 temperature buttons and 3 level buttons. That would make it a 208. It's difficult to be sure as the smaller details of the photo are somewhat blurry.

 

[hippiedoll]

70series...

GOOD!!!
i'm glad i'm not the only one having trouble trying to see the details of the buttons!!! it is soooo hard to tell whether there are 3 or 4 buttons cuz I THINK the space filled up by the buttons is the exact same size on all the control panels. just the sizes of the buttons changed from 3 to 4, 4 being smaller buttons to fit into the same size of space that the 3 buttons fit into.

so, to me, sometimes it's hard to tell how many buttons there are, especially when the picture is taken far away, is blurry, or there isn't good lighting.

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