Does anyone have videos of the complete cycle or pictures of the agi tub laundry center? Surprisingly I've never seen one in person and there isn't a whole lot on the internet about them.
Frigidaire Agi Tub Washer Laundry Center
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cfz2882
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dig back in the archives 
somebody on here bought one and played with it when they came out.I have never seen one either.
somebody on here bought one and played with it when they came out.I have never seen one either.
cfz2882
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"skinny mini"?
Do you mean the 1970-79 GM agitub?-initially i thought you meant the "immersion care"agitub machines,but those are "delux" era.
Do you mean the 1970-79 GM agitub?-initially i thought you meant the "immersion care"agitub machines,but those are "delux" era.
Yes, the ones from the 1970s. I found the service manual to one of those, fascinating machine.
cfz2882
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Not much out there.
I looked around and could not find much either-found one agitation video-looked like a fairly fast ~170* stroke.Have only seen two of these in person-one at the dump in 1983,another at a used shop in 1990,sold in about a day...
I looked around and could not find much either-found one agitation video-looked like a fairly fast ~170* stroke.Have only seen two of these in person-one at the dump in 1983,another at a used shop in 1990,sold in about a day...
It is sad to think the machine you saw in 1983 is probably long gone and no longer in existence.
Here is the service manual I found. The mechanism is fascinating to say the least like nothing I've seen before. I wonder if this could've been done on a full sized machine. The fills are timed, also something which peaks my interest. I wonder if that could've been a hold over from the solid tub days of Frigidaire or if there is simply no risk of clothing damage if someone accidentally advanced the machine into dry agitate so a simpler control system could've been afforded.
Considering how few seem to have existed these might have either been trouble prone or just didn't clean well.
BTW the 120 volt electric model seems to have a relay that turned off the heater when the washer's motor ran.
http://www.uncleharrywizard.com/nep...ux-frigidaire/frigidaire---laundry-center.pdf
Here is the service manual I found. The mechanism is fascinating to say the least like nothing I've seen before. I wonder if this could've been done on a full sized machine. The fills are timed, also something which peaks my interest. I wonder if that could've been a hold over from the solid tub days of Frigidaire or if there is simply no risk of clothing damage if someone accidentally advanced the machine into dry agitate so a simpler control system could've been afforded.
Considering how few seem to have existed these might have either been trouble prone or just didn't clean well.
BTW the 120 volt electric model seems to have a relay that turned off the heater when the washer's motor ran.
http://www.uncleharrywizard.com/nep...ux-frigidaire/frigidaire---laundry-center.pdf
Impressive for an agi tub washer.
Sounds a bit noisy or is that just the background?
Sounds a bit noisy or is that just the background?
These were noisy. They were sometimes part of a prize packagee on The Newly Wed Game show or Let's Make A Deal.
Doesn't Thomas have one?
Wouldn't it be nice if everybody would just film their very rare washers from start to finish ? I mean now that we've had YouTube for the last 20 years it would be a great way for people to see machines they otherwise never saw or only heard about.
golittlesport
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The Skini Mini in the video has made its way around the club. I acquired it from Gary Ball and added the rare SM fabric softener attachment from another member, Don. I then passed it along to RevinKevin, where Red Carpet Drew filmed it at a wash in at Kevin's years ago. From Kevin it went to Thomas a couple years ago and as far as I know is still with him.
It was an interesting design from GM Frigidaire and had a bigger washtub than the WCI stacked version which used the same cabinet. You can easily tell the GM design by looking at the control panel, as the GM version has two washer control knobs and the WCI has three. GM had no water level control knob. It was a solid tub with a timed fill. It had an overflow rinse.
It was an interesting design from GM Frigidaire and had a bigger washtub than the WCI stacked version which used the same cabinet. You can easily tell the GM design by looking at the control panel, as the GM version has two washer control knobs and the WCI has three. GM had no water level control knob. It was a solid tub with a timed fill. It had an overflow rinse.
Do you know if the version with the pressure switch was GM or WCI? Did the pressure switch trip in the cycle? And where did it sense water?
WCI, redesign from the GM version. That's how to tell if a given specimen is GM or WCI. WCI has a water level selector, GM does not ... as Rich details above in Reply 11. GM version being timed-fill has no need for a pressure switch.
The pressure switch version also has a timed fill, the timer motor is energized regardless of the pressure switch being opened or closed. Thats what makes me so intrigued.
That sale has been up for at least six months. I have the pics saved on 10/23/2024 from a previous share of it.
frigidaire agitub
I wish there were more videos of these.
I wish there were more videos of these.
That really does look like a solid tub. The cycle sequence appears to indicate a continuous overflow rinse if I am reading it correctly.
Thread #5
Beware Chet's link......"this connection is untrusted". Re the comment about could be used in full size machines AW.org picture of the day brochure has a Frigidaire model lineup from top of the line to economy washers, including the skiny minny combo. The lower end lists and shows a full size washer with the wire driven synchro mechanism as a stand alone machine.
Beware Chet's link......"this connection is untrusted". Re the comment about could be used in full size machines AW.org picture of the day brochure has a Frigidaire model lineup from top of the line to economy washers, including the skiny minny combo. The lower end lists and shows a full size washer with the wire driven synchro mechanism as a stand alone machine.
GM Frigidaire agittub washer
These were interesting machines, they were engineered and built to be as cheap to build as possible, they were extremely trouble prone I remember Frigidaire dealer I knew here in Maryland. They sold 48 skinny minis the first year and ran 52 service calls under warranty to give you an idea of the horrible reliability of that machine. The dryer also had a lot of problems.
This machine did have a water level switch to protect against flooding, but it did not water level that the user could control.
The agitation was reasonably effective, if you loaded it lightly, or if the items weren’t very dirty, they would appear to have been freshened up when they came out.
We have a first year 1969 machine in the museum in avocado, through the help of other members I found an entire brand new washer mechanism that I installed in it because I did not wanna have to go through trying to repair or rebuild one of these washer mechanisms, Frigidaire used to sell the entire washer mechanism because they were so difficult to repair once water got into them.
John L
These were interesting machines, they were engineered and built to be as cheap to build as possible, they were extremely trouble prone I remember Frigidaire dealer I knew here in Maryland. They sold 48 skinny minis the first year and ran 52 service calls under warranty to give you an idea of the horrible reliability of that machine. The dryer also had a lot of problems.
This machine did have a water level switch to protect against flooding, but it did not water level that the user could control.
The agitation was reasonably effective, if you loaded it lightly, or if the items weren’t very dirty, they would appear to have been freshened up when they came out.
We have a first year 1969 machine in the museum in avocado, through the help of other members I found an entire brand new washer mechanism that I installed in it because I did not wanna have to go through trying to repair or rebuild one of these washer mechanisms, Frigidaire used to sell the entire washer mechanism because they were so difficult to repair once water got into them.
John L
Do you know if the water level switched opened under normal operation or just emergency conditions?
Water level switch kicked in if the outer tub was filled with water to prevent an overflow. Had one for awhile. I believe this was the first one piece stack unit.
Neat, so it only opens if the outter tub gets to full and not normal operation. I take it the pump does not extract water out of the outter tub with the motor running in agitate mode? How does the over flow rinse work?
Reply 19- neat, so they did make a stand alone agi tub. Though, after what John said about their reliability I take back what I said. Perhaps these snycro drive washers are better off being left to history.
Reply 19- neat, so they did make a stand alone agi tub. Though, after what John said about their reliability I take back what I said. Perhaps these snycro drive washers are better off being left to history.
golittlesport
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How does the over flow rinse work?
The outer tub is big enough to hold the overflow water during the short agitated rinse.
The outer tub is big enough to hold the overflow water during the short agitated rinse.
And if the outter tub gets to full, the pressure switch kicks out. Neat and interesting.
Question- how does heavy/normal/light work on the knobs? Is the user supped to advance them there manually? It just feel confusing, someone could start the cycle at the point not realizing a fill period is necessary.
Question- how does heavy/normal/light work on the knobs? Is the user supped to advance them there manually? It just feel confusing, someone could start the cycle at the point not realizing a fill period is necessary.
"Wouldn't it be nice if everybody would just film their very rare washers from start to finish ? I mean now that we've had YouTube for the last 20 years it would be a great way for people to see machines they otherwise never saw or only heard about."
Youtube limited clips to 10 minutes until July 2010 when it was extended to 15 minutes. I think it was 2011 when they became unlimited by jumping through registration and security hoops.
Youtube limited clips to 10 minutes until July 2010 when it was extended to 15 minutes. I think it was 2011 when they became unlimited by jumping through registration and security hoops.
golittlesport
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Question- how does heavy/normal/light work on the knobs?
User would manually advance the timer knob after fill if a shorter wash is desired
User would manually advance the timer knob after fill if a shorter wash is desired
<blockquote>Beware Chet's link......"this connection is untrusted".</blockquote> Reason being it's not SSL-encrypted for https, which isn't a large concern if it's not a shopping site, no credit card info involved or user log-in, etc.
Rich, thanks!
Though I can see a user setting it straight to light/normal/heavy from the beginning as was typically done with most washers in the 70s/80s/90s. Fascinating to see how things have changed and evolved.
The link is from a site with free service manuals in pdf form. Save and download, the washer is fascinating.
Though I can see a user setting it straight to light/normal/heavy from the beginning as was typically done with most washers in the 70s/80s/90s. Fascinating to see how things have changed and evolved.
The link is from a site with free service manuals in pdf form. Save and download, the washer is fascinating.
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