FRIGIDAIRE/GM AGITATION

[laundromat]

I will never understand why nobody (APPLIANCE MANUFACTURERS) has come up with a new and improved version of the FRIGIDAIRE vertical pulsating agitation in their laundry line.If GE,L.G.,Fisher Packell,Whirlpool,Maytag,and Kenmore have machines that use the impeller to move the clothes in water,why can't somebody come up with a vertcle axis type of agitation? I rememeber,when I had the solid and perferated Jet-Action and Jet Action 1-18's,They did more clothes using a considerably less amount of water per pound of clothes.My Whirlpool Design 2000 and Lady Kenmore (belt driven)units used a lot more water and held a smaller load size than my FRIGIDAIRE JET-ACTION 1-18 did.I realy believe it CAN be done. One of the manufactureres needs to step forward and take them on.

 

[mark_wpduet]

I agree

I always wondered the same thing. My grandma had a GM Frigidaire from the early 70s to I think 1984 when it died. It was used when she got it. She ended up getting a Kenmore cruel action agitator machine. My grandfather was a mechanic at the time and his uniforms were greasy! She sprayed Shout on them and used Purex( I was little but I remember the waterfall on the front of the box) laundry detergent and they came out sparkling clean with the Frigidaire. The thing was so LOUD though, I remember it scared the crap out of me.

I've asked this question before and someone replied saying that that type of agitation required special mechanics that tend to be louder and more expensive was the reason. I don't know.

 

[qsd-dan]

"I will never understand why nobody (APPLIANCE MANUFACTURERS) has come up with a new and improved version of the FRIGIDAIRE vertical pulsating agitation in their laundry line."

Obviously you have never worked on one. If a manufacture can make one using as little parts as a Maytag and have the reliability of a Maytag, I would consider one. But after doing a few repairs on my 1963 Multi-Matic, there's no question why these disappeared and never returned. FAR too complicated and not so reliable.

The Unimatics are pretty stout and probably had the fewest parts, not to mention the simplest design out of all of the pulsating Frigidaires. That would probably be the design to work with and implement. I just don't see top loaders hanging around for another 5 years.

 

[laundromat]

FRIGIDAIRE JET-ACTION 1-18

In my experiences with these fabulous gems,I noticed that they were a lot quieter during the wash cycle from the suds becoming a noise reducer. The clear rinse water made the agitation a lot noisier.However,I still feel the pace of the beat caused by their up and down agitation. Three different B.P.M.'s. The original pulsator,the Deep Action agitator and the Jet Cone agitator.The Jet Cone being the fastest and the Pulsator (or 3 Ring Agitator type)being the slowest.Even so,the Pulsator or 3 Ring Agitators had a flatter base cone or ring that was a lot more turbulant and gave much better turn over than the otheres but also caused a lot of tangling in the clothes. On their lid underside,the 3 Ring Agitator models had a diagram where they illustrated how to properly load them seperating the load in to 4 indidual,evenly distributed piles.It did cause less tangling but their 1320 Rpm Rapidry spin made Permanant Press become permanantly wrinkled!!