Betty is Back with another Full Cycle Video the '49 ABC-O-Matic

[Unimatic1140]

I've invited Betty, Gladys and Washerman to help film a load in the '49 ABC. Enjoy everyone...

 

[phillymatt53]

I've invited Betty, Gladys and Washerman to help film a load in the '49 ABC. Enjoy everyone...

Thanks Robert, for that highly amusing video.
Amazing how you managed to create those voices... Betty, Gladys, etc.
Did you use some sort of A.I. to accomplish that?

 

[Unimatic1140]

Thanks Robert, for that highly amusing video.
Amazing how you managed to create those voices... Betty, Gladys, etc.
Did you use some sort of A.I. to accomplish that?

Yes I sure did use AI for the voice narration, and it seems to have advanced quite a bit in quality since I did my last video about 4 months ago.

 

[qsd-dan]

Well done!

Is it normal to agitate and spin at the same time, at least during its ramp up to spin?

 

[Unimatic1140]

Well done!

Is it normal to agitate and spin at the same time, at least during its ramp up to spin?

Thanks Dan. Yes with the early clutch design it did that. When they changed the clutch and put it on the motor around 1953 it prevented the agitator from doing that during spin start up.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Yesterday, I watched the 1935 film Magnificent Obsession, a treacly, over wrought film and BETTY FURNESS plays the doctor's daughter. I never knew she starred in anything except Westinghouse commercials and that fraudulent cookbook that was really written by Julia Keine. Anyway the Westinghouse commercials are more substantive than her role in this pot boiler.

 

[phillymatt53]

Yes I sure did use AI for the voice narration, and it seems to have advanced quite a bit in quality since I did my last video about 4 months ago.

All I can say is.......
"You can be SURE............... if it's Robert's Video!"
LOL!

 

[tomturbomatic]

Neighbors told me that they did not trust anything Consumer Reports published after buying the top-rated ABC-O-Matic and getting a machine full of birth defects.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Frankly, I preferred the Splash Shots from Catalina Studios and Bel Ami in the 80s and early 90s, but your splash box in ingenious, Robert. That warm rinsing sure is thirsty. It would be hell on your power bill with an electric water heater. THANK YOU ROBERT!

 

[peteski50]

Thanks Robert what a great machine! You cant compare it to anything made today!
The washing process is outstanding. I wish kelvinator would have made a bigger one (1/18)
Peter

 

[gelaundry4ever]

Thanks Dan. Yes with the early clutch design it did that. When they changed the clutch and put it on the motor around 1953 it prevented the agitator from doing that during spin start up.

How did the washer agitate?

 

[foraloysius]

Wonderful video! Every wash day can be a party now!

 

[Chetlaham]

Does the washer drain the outer cabinet during agitation? I ask because at starting at 34:50 the machine appears to oveflow about 12 (?) gallons of water and then at 37:05 starts gyrating. IIRC I remember members a while back telling me these machines pumped out water in both motor directions but unsure if that holds true with this machine.

 

[christfr]

awesome video... absolutely love it ...

 

[akronman]

It popped up on my YouTube last night and was wonderful. Excellent work, Robert. I wonder if that 2.5 minute neutral overflow is a bit wasteful, maybe they should have just done 2 agitated rinses instead? Amazing turnover of a full load, and excellent film-making! One of the cooler machines around, thanks for the washer history lesson. Did ABC have a drier at the time?

 

[Unimatic1140]

Does the washer drain the outer cabinet during agitation? I ask because at starting at 34:50 the machine appears to oveflow about 12 (?) gallons of water and then at 37:05 starts gyrating. IIRC I remember members a while back telling me these machines pumped out water in both motor directions but unsure if that holds true with this machine.

Yes the pump runs in either direction so as long as the motor is running it is pumping out water. It's about 6 gallons used during the overflow. The water valve has a flow washer regulated to only fill 2.4 gallons a minute.

 

[Unimatic1140]

It popped up on my YouTube last night and was wonderful. Excellent work, Robert. I wonder if that 2.5 minute neutral overflow is a bit wasteful, maybe they should have just done 2 agitated rinses instead? Amazing turnover of a full load, and excellent film-making! One of the cooler machines around, thanks for the washer history lesson. Did ABC have a drier at the time?

Actually the machine uses just under 30 gallons per load total even with the neutral overflow, just about 1 gallon more than a Unimatic (28.5 gallons) so compared to other machines of the same time it's not really using any more water. In 1950 a GE AW6 uses 34 gallons, the Whirlpool used 36 gallons, the AMC used 46 gallons and the Maytag AMP used 29 gallons as well.