Frigidaire Rapidry thoughts.......

[maytagbear]

I have a thought.. Unlike today's front loading washers,  which ramp up to the speed selected.. this is just a "scientific wild-ass guess, as one of my funnier friends says, Did Rapiddry lead to the somewhat(to me, at least, reduced life of the brake?  My SWAG is "possibly,"  What is your take on the thing?  Also, please use this thread for your Rapidry questions or thoughts.  TO  me it wasa a good idea, which might have been a little more thought out. 

 

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[tomturbomatic]

I don't understand how the rapid acceleration to 1140 RPM would lead to brake wear. The way the mechanism slammed into spin, slowing down the motor into its start windings, required the machine to be on a circuit with what used to be called a "slow blow fuse" because of the high current draw, but, as I remember the solid tub Norges had the same requirements according to Consumer Reports.

As far as FLs ramping up to spin speed, the solid state motor controls are a very recent development. The difference between the speed control of the motors in the Miele W1918 and the Miele W1986 is vast and can be discerned by listening to the machines' spinning operations. Some old washers used the belt as a clutch to bridge the difference between the motor speed and the mechanism and others like the Beam-made machines used that fluid drive to do the same thing.

 

[qsd-dan]

I'm not familiar how the braking system works on a Frigidaire Rollermatic or if it even has one, but I'm sure deceleration of 1010 RPM's from a Rapiddry would increase brake wear overtime compared to its slower brethren.

 

Robert had to shoot additional oil inside the brake package of his modified Maytag 107 since the higher spin speeds were literally cooking the brake material upon deceleration.

 

[combo52]

Faster Spinning Washers With A Brake

Yes these early fast spinning washers all had a tub brake, but wear on the brakes was not much or any problem, most of these machines had brakes inside the transmission so the oil kept wear to a minimum.

 

The brake is one of the last things that wears out on most automatic washers so in any case the fast spinning machines did not have extra problems because of the spin speed.

 

John L.