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

[DADoES]

Oh, if only to have a machine with an overflow rinse. I watch my Maytag start spinning and pumping out…. And I watch all of that scum just settle right in to what used to be my clean laundry. Sigh. Everything degrades.

That's odd. I heard that spin-drain prevents lint/scum problems. ???

Signed: Goofy Glenn

 

[washerlover]

Robert, thank you for putting together yet another creative and informative video. Even my husband enjoyed it even though he isn't into vintage appliances!

 

[cadman]

What an exceptional job...that was a TON of work and it absolutely paid-off. There were a couple of times in the video I completely forgot it was AI and lapsed into thinking it was a period announcer reading from a script.

 

[realvanman]

That's odd. I heard that spin-drain prevents lint/scum problems. ???

Signed: Goofy Glenn

Maybe, to some degree? But I’m not sure how any machine that does not overflow rinse could prevent the stuff floating on the rinse water from settling on to the laundry as the water is drained.

I also have a Whirlpool from the same year- 1984- and it essentially does the same thing, just without spinning at the same time. Water level drops, and the stuff on the surface settles on to the load.

Keith

 

[tomturbomatic]

That's why the spray rinse in the slightly curved pattern starts while everything is sitting in the bottom of the tub with the shmutz resting on it.

 

[realvanman]

I suppose it is possible that the spray rinse could rinse that stuff clear through the clothes and out of the basket..,

 

[DADoES]

I recall an advertising graphic that illustrates Whirlpool's premise for neutral drain reducing lint/residue atop the load is that the drain port in the outer tub has the water level in the outer tub drop slightly faster than the level in the spin basket, which has an effect of pulling water through the perforations of the spin basket which in turn has effect of pulling floating lint/residue out through the perforations to minimize it from settling onto the clothes.

Signed: Goofy Glenn

 

[Chetlaham]

In my experience neutral drain leaves scum rings around the agi and tub, and anything floating on top of the water is strained through and thus redeposited on the clothes. Spin drain has always provided me with the best results.

 

[DADoES]

In my experience neutral drain leaves scum rings around the agi and tub, and anything floating on top of the water is strained through and thus redeposited on the clothes. Spin drain has always provided me with the best results.

Which brings up the interesting point that the original WP direct-drive design was spin-drain, and the question of why'd they go to the effort to develop the Rube Goldberg neutral-drain mechanism if spin-drain is superior.

Signed: Goofy Glenn

 

[Chetlaham]

Which brings up the interesting point that the original WP direct-drive design was spin-drain, and the question of why'd they go to the effort to develop the Rube Goldberg neutral-drain mechanism if spin-drain is superior.

Signed: Goofy Glenn

I remember being told by a repair tech it has to extend the life of the clutches. Not sure if its true. Ultimately, I'd like to know Whirlpools thinking, I wish I could have been the one listening to engineering decisions being made.

 

[Chetlaham]

I suppose it is possible that the spray rinse could rinse that stuff clear through the clothes and out of the basket..,

You now, you've gotten me thinking again. When should the spray rinse begin? I've actually been thinking about having them start just as the clothes start being pulled up against the basket wall vs after the machine has reached full spin speed for some time.

Spray starts at 13:01:



Kenmore Ultra Rinse System:

15:34: