GE Agitator

[brettsomers]

seen it several times, any good?

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[mayken4now]

I have never, and wonding the same, is it good. Cannot imagine, but you never know.

Steve

 

[gansky1]

Hotpernt!

Good for a very small load of woolen socks. The larger agitator that went over this made lots of water noise and suds but was an OK agitator. I always thought this was more of a gimmick than a real value.

 

[tomturbomatic]

This was the gentle agitator that lived inside or underneath the regular agitator in Hotpoint and Pencrest washers and was the driver for it. For washing very delicate and hand washable items, the outer agitator was pulled out and this was used on gentle speed. In the 50s, Norge offered the "Ripplet" for gentle washing. The regular agitator had to be removed and the Ripplet installed on the agitate shaft for gentle washing of blankets and such. I think it was made for single speed machines, but maybe not. The Norge agitator in that small tub was pretty vigorous and took up a lot of room. The Ripplet took up almost no room with its narrow shaft, flat skirt and a couple of bumps instead of fins so it would leave more room for a blanket to wash without having the agitator in contact with it.

 

[knitwits1975]

This is off a GE/Hotpoint similar to the one my mother bought in 1986. It was called the "handwash agitator". It was great for the very delicate washables. It was popular on machines purchased between 1983 (I think)until 1995 when the machines were re-tooled.

 

[spiralactivator]

Didn't Westinghouse have a hidden "hand-wash" agitator as well?

 

[appnut]

yep