GE Combo Spin Speeds
There is basically no suspension on these combos, O Keefe & Merritt Norge and Easy combos also had no suspension so fast spinning was out of the question.
The OK&M did not spin at all, but was only made in gas and had a 9,500BTU burner, the Norge only spun around 200RPMs and the Easy did a surge spin where it surged to a little over 200 RPMs for just a few seconds at a time. And in spite of these poor water extraction rates anyone of these early combos will seriously beat probably any combo built anywhere in the world today in capacity and speed of the complete cycle [ maybe not total energy consumption however ].
I have long predicted that the return of a REAL combo is going happen again soon, one that can wash and DRY more than 10 pounds of clothing in under an hour and half.
There is basically no suspension on these combos, O Keefe & Merritt Norge and Easy combos also had no suspension so fast spinning was out of the question.
The OK&M did not spin at all, but was only made in gas and had a 9,500BTU burner, the Norge only spun around 200RPMs and the Easy did a surge spin where it surged to a little over 200 RPMs for just a few seconds at a time. And in spite of these poor water extraction rates anyone of these early combos will seriously beat probably any combo built anywhere in the world today in capacity and speed of the complete cycle [ maybe not total energy consumption however ].
I have long predicted that the return of a REAL combo is going happen again soon, one that can wash and DRY more than 10 pounds of clothing in under an hour and half.
