Frigidaire 1-18 filter

[philr]

Oh, and BTW, your name sounds French, do you speak French? French is my first language...

Frigidaire also had many factories worldwide where they produced appliances that were specific to the local markets.

Here's a Frost-Proof fridge ad from 1966 for France.



And a Cycla-Matic from the same year.



Another French ad from 1967 (I wish they had made stainless dishwashers here too!)

One from 1974


Pulsamatic washers in France (some automatic, others semi-automatic).




[this post was last edited: 2/10/2013-14:19]

 

[joelippard]

Bed of Nails

it is much easier to clean these filters if you shake them up and down under free running water, that's how I do it and I have no trouble.  I do have to tap it a little bit, but not much shaking it under the water does most of the work.

 

[Soap-n-Suds]

wow Phil. That's for all the info. I love all the French ads. I've never seen the washer before. They look amazing. I also love the Miele's that had the back board control panels. They just don't make anything fun or good-looking anymore.

I don't remember any aerosol fabric softener? Do you? All I remember are: of course liquid, those foam rubbery Cling Free sheets, bounce dryer sheets that came on roll, Then Bold and Fab had the pouch you threw in the washer and transferred to the dryer. Fab One Shots. Can't remember the bold. The you had some little pouch you stuck inside the dryer. Was a pain in the butt to get off when it was empty. And I think that's it.

And yes, I am part French. Used to know a tiny bit when I was a kid because my great grandfather spoke it. I know I won't spell it right.. fem'may laboush, jermipel Laurent, come see come sa. LOL pretty lousy I know.

Thanks again for all the reading and great ads. I can't understand why the stove had fuses and right on top where you could see them.. strange

 

[Soap-n-Suds]

Thanks for the tip Joe. I'll run it under water (when I get one. lol) and see if that works. I still don't know why the would ever make suck a thing. Should have been a little tray with holes in it, like the GE's had.

Laurent

 

[philr]

The fuses on ranges are normally hidden by the top cover. Here it was removed so I could take a picture of the fuses. Some older Canadian Frigidaire free-standing ranges had their fuses under the oven, on the left side of the storage drawer or below the controls behind a removable panel (see other pics below, panel also removed in the first one). Built-ins, Flairs and cooktops had a separate fuse panel that could be installed in the cabinets or in the Flair base cabinet. The Canadian Compact 30 drop-in ranges had a removable panel below the oven door for the fuses.

 

[pdub]

1-18

Phil-
Thanks for those great French ads. I too wish Frigidaire had made a SS interior dishwasher over here. There might be more of them still around if they had.

Laurent-
On the bed of nails lint filter. They are easiest to clean right after you are done washing while they are still wet. If you let them dry and then try and clean them the lint kind of glues itself in and it takes either hot water or another wash cycle to loosen it up again. I know I've rapped them a little too hard once or twice and chipped a corner off.

When comparing the 2 types of filters Frigidaire used in the 1-18's my opinion is the bed of nails was more effective. It seems to catch more lint than the sieve type since the little holes plug up pretty fast and then most of the water tends to flow through the back of the overflow indent pretty much bypassing the filter completely. Just my opinion!

Your machines look to be in nice shape. One of my favorite designs. Enjoy!

Patrick

 

[Soap-n-Suds]

Ah,Mister Patrick. Always the helpful one. I will TRY not to slam my new filter on the garage floor. And a BIG thank you for finding a new filter on ebay for me. That was awesome! If you're ever in Sacramento, dinners on me. Can't wait for my filter to get here. Can't wait for my filter to get here!! This is worse than Christmas.

L

 

[Soap-n-Suds]

It came today! I came today! YIPPY! Doing first load now. Thanks again Mr. Patrick for the tip.