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That's almost 49*C! Good heavens! The humidity level is rather low as it seems. Does that make it a bit more bearable?
Lawdy. Makes you want a cold overflow rinse just thinking about it!
Stopped by my laundry yesterday to pick-up some drycleaning and got the owner to take me for a tour.
He has four ancient (installed 1949) "Prospect" washers that look like 20# units and one 50# unit.
There are also one large (?) Huebsh "cold-dryer, and three that use steam-heat to dry with. These were very kool looking and obviously from a "different world". Clearly their longevity says alot about the level of quality built-in. Everything looks like THICK steel. (I had never seen steam-heated dryers before).
The washers had a large moving "player-piano roll" on top that seemed to control the cycle. Their were also a few toggle switches.
The place is a mess however and I was kind of surprised by it. Looked like a toxic waste dump from the copious amounts of powdered detergent/bleach/etc. that had been spilled around the detergent chutes----and left----for what looked like-----years!!! Its a wonder it hasn't eaten away the steel!!!!! Of course, I didn't say a word, but am surprised inspectors don't require a clean-up. Then again, we are in Virginia where "anything goes".
I asked if I could come back some day and take photos and the owner said it fine. So someday soon I'll send over a few photos.
Stopped by my laundry yesterday to pick-up some drycleaning and got the owner to take me for a tour.
He has four ancient (installed 1949) "Prospect" washers that look like 20# units and one 50# unit.
There are also one large (?) Huebsh "cold-dryer, and three that use steam-heat to dry with. These were very kool looking and obviously from a "different world". Clearly their longevity says alot about the level of quality built-in. Everything looks like THICK steel. (I had never seen steam-heated dryers before).
The washers had a large moving "player-piano roll" on top that seemed to control the cycle. Their were also a few toggle switches.
The place is a mess however and I was kind of surprised by it. Looked like a toxic waste dump from the copious amounts of powdered detergent/bleach/etc. that had been spilled around the detergent chutes----and left----for what looked like-----years!!! Its a wonder it hasn't eaten away the steel!!!!! Of course, I didn't say a word, but am surprised inspectors don't require a clean-up. Then again, we are in Virginia where "anything goes".
I asked if I could come back some day and take photos and the owner said it fine. So someday soon I'll send over a few photos.
The weather is almost like in my region.
With some efforts you can reach our "50 something" degrees Celsius during the summer....
With some efforts you can reach our "50 something" degrees Celsius during the summer....
Yes, the heat is relentless here. Weeks of 100+ degree weather. Under a heat advisory until 7:00 pm our time Sunday or Monday.
Yeesh! I don't know how you guys deal with the heat and humidity. We get a couple of 100+ degree days during the summer, and that's more than enough for me. Take care!
I've seen 113 in the shade when I worked a summer field job in Davis, California, at the University "farm"... And hotter in the Mohave desert and Death Valley... but not 120 and not at work...
It can get into the 90's for a few weeks each summer here, and occasionally tops 100, but it usually cools down overnight.
I'm wondering... with humidity so low, would a giant swamp cooler help to bring down the temps? How about photovoltaic solar panels on the roof to generate enough juice to run conventional A/C?
Anyway, I'm glad in a way that this is just a heat related shutdown. When I saw the title I thought that you'd gone out of business...
It can get into the 90's for a few weeks each summer here, and occasionally tops 100, but it usually cools down overnight.
I'm wondering... with humidity so low, would a giant swamp cooler help to bring down the temps? How about photovoltaic solar panels on the roof to generate enough juice to run conventional A/C?
Anyway, I'm glad in a way that this is just a heat related shutdown. When I saw the title I thought that you'd gone out of business...
This year and last year have been BRUTAL. That's really the only word for it. We desperately need rain, and we've had "August in June" two years in a row with no relief. A lot of our trees are giving up and dying.
I remember we all had "I survived the Heat Wave of 1980" T-shirts back when...these last two years have made *that* particular episode seem like a picnic.
(old codger shakes head and walks off muttering) "It jest ain't right, ah'm a-tellin' ye...t'ain't right..."
I remember we all had "I survived the Heat Wave of 1980" T-shirts back when...these last two years have made *that* particular episode seem like a picnic.
(old codger shakes head and walks off muttering) "It jest ain't right, ah'm a-tellin' ye...t'ain't right..."
Ahh, truly weird weather this summer. To date I have not turned on the air or the lawn sprinklers. The furnace was running in June! Nights have been in the 40s and 50s and the last week of June and the first few days of July the high temp was 62!
Don't get me wrong there have been a number of nice days and mid to upper 70s are perfect, but this is not summer as I have experienced it. Odds are we will get some warm weather up here in MI, but it sure has kept the electric and water bills down.
Don't get me wrong there have been a number of nice days and mid to upper 70s are perfect, but this is not summer as I have experienced it. Odds are we will get some warm weather up here in MI, but it sure has kept the electric and water bills down.
Prosperity-------
yes, you can tell I was not awake when I was typing this morning.
That 100# machine is just a bigger version of what I saw. They all look the same except for their size.
yes, you can tell I was not awake when I was typing this morning.
That 100# machine is just a bigger version of what I saw. They all look the same except for their size.
Suds---
BTW on your reccomendation I bought a box of that Sears detergent and am very pleased.
It is perfect for my prone-to-sudz-lock machines such as the 1-18,'Kenmo's, Whirly's,Collapse-O, and the FL's.
The Bendix Combo loves it!
Thanks for the tip!
BTW on your reccomendation I bought a box of that Sears detergent and am very pleased.
It is perfect for my prone-to-sudz-lock machines such as the 1-18,'Kenmo's, Whirly's,Collapse-O, and the FL's.
The Bendix Combo loves it!
Thanks for the tip!
Steve
Glad It does well for you too. I have so far not found any home detergent better and most commerical ones it cannot beat either. Esp. for the Price. if you watch you can get it 2 for one a lot of the time. The plumbing here is very old and just cannot handle suds at all, without backing up in the other machines. The ultra plus stops all that. but I cannot get it to work well at home.Fd Gallery machine. So I use sa8 in it.
A bit more on Prosperity. They were built until 1963 when Troy Laundrite bought them out and made them in East Moline for a year or so. Then dropped the line entirely.. They also made laundry presses and shirt units and flatwork ironers.. Many many of them still running today. Parts not a real problem for any of them. Very simple machines and ez to keep running. Hammond Washers were almost the same they were made in Waco Texas . Also around and about the same time frame. but died a awful death when Ecolab bought them out and ran it into the ground. in the mid 70s. Then they were known E L. The Laundry laundry division was Frasier Laundry Systems and had a big foot up Holiday Inns ass in Memphis.(Home office) Almost all Holiday Inns at that time had Hammond Laundrys. ANd ecolab had the chemical side in all of them.
Glad It does well for you too. I have so far not found any home detergent better and most commerical ones it cannot beat either. Esp. for the Price. if you watch you can get it 2 for one a lot of the time. The plumbing here is very old and just cannot handle suds at all, without backing up in the other machines. The ultra plus stops all that. but I cannot get it to work well at home.Fd Gallery machine. So I use sa8 in it.
A bit more on Prosperity. They were built until 1963 when Troy Laundrite bought them out and made them in East Moline for a year or so. Then dropped the line entirely.. They also made laundry presses and shirt units and flatwork ironers.. Many many of them still running today. Parts not a real problem for any of them. Very simple machines and ez to keep running. Hammond Washers were almost the same they were made in Waco Texas . Also around and about the same time frame. but died a awful death when Ecolab bought them out and ran it into the ground. in the mid 70s. Then they were known E L. The Laundry laundry division was Frasier Laundry Systems and had a big foot up Holiday Inns ass in Memphis.(Home office) Almost all Holiday Inns at that time had Hammond Laundrys. ANd ecolab had the chemical side in all of them.
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I've been using the Sear's Ultra Plus in my Maytag 806 and Frigidaire Gallery front loader. No suds at all in the Maytag, and very little if any in the Frigidaire. I think I'm sticking with the Sear's from now on.
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Texas Heat...
It's been HELL around here as well. I live just north west of San Antonio and it's been awful. Usually the 100 degree days don't show up until mid August, then quickly go away! It's been topping 100 for the past TWO WEEKS here and I'm sick of it! We have a computer out in our un airconditioned warehouse that committed suicide because of it.
Regarding swamp coolers....
With the slow humidity they work wonders! We have one of the massive 48" General Shelters models at work for the warehouse. Because of the heat and the reflected sunlight from the other buildings and concrete, it's not uncommon to see 115+ in the back area. The exhaust air from the swamp cooler is a balmy 80 degrees. You basically point it wherever you're working and it works miracles!
The catch-22 with a swamp cooler is that you HAVE to exhaust the air. They require constant displacement. If you don't (like if you're running it in a closed building) the humidity will build up to the point that it doesnt' work anymore. Then you get the same temp you had before, but with like 80% humidity! We had an idiot do that at work before........oh it was ABSOLUTELY MISERABLE!!!!
It's been HELL around here as well. I live just north west of San Antonio and it's been awful. Usually the 100 degree days don't show up until mid August, then quickly go away! It's been topping 100 for the past TWO WEEKS here and I'm sick of it! We have a computer out in our un airconditioned warehouse that committed suicide because of it.
Regarding swamp coolers....
With the slow humidity they work wonders! We have one of the massive 48" General Shelters models at work for the warehouse. Because of the heat and the reflected sunlight from the other buildings and concrete, it's not uncommon to see 115+ in the back area. The exhaust air from the swamp cooler is a balmy 80 degrees. You basically point it wherever you're working and it works miracles!
The catch-22 with a swamp cooler is that you HAVE to exhaust the air. They require constant displacement. If you don't (like if you're running it in a closed building) the humidity will build up to the point that it doesnt' work anymore. Then you get the same temp you had before, but with like 80% humidity! We had an idiot do that at work before........oh it was ABSOLUTELY MISERABLE!!!!
The weather in our part of Calif matches Matt's in Michigan. We had a freakishly cold spring, and summer so far hasn't been any warmer.
Regarding swamp coolers, in L.A. we used to put a few large blocks of ice in our water reservoir. The ice lasts just a few hours, but the cool air is great.
Regarding swamp coolers, in L.A. we used to put a few large blocks of ice in our water reservoir. The ice lasts just a few hours, but the cool air is great.
