Hand Crank Dishwasher

[philr]

It would be great to have a gas-powered Maytag Automatic! The only complicated thing to figure would be the reversing direction! Or maybe try that with a Whirlpool belt drive, as long as the motor can also deliver some electrical power for the timer and the solenoids! And having a variable speed adjustment would be cool!

 

[tolivac]

Guess the gas Maytags should be revivied-I sure the "gas automatic" could be designed to work around the non reversible gas motor.VFD's shouldn't be a problem now-only thing is they won't work with cap start motors with the centrifical switches.The VFD should work with of course 3Ph motors(the VFD can double as the phase convertor)and could be used with cap start-run motors that dont have centrifical switches.You won't have as wide a speed range,though-but probably enough for washer.I also thought Speed Queen made a gas wringer washer that used a vert shaft B&S gas motor mounted on one side.You used clutch levers for shifting to agitate or wring.The vert shaft B&S motor would really be the same as used on most rotary lawn mowers.

 

[qualin]

You know, I'm just thinking.. Wouldn't it make more sense to use water pressure to drive the dishwasher instead of a hand crank? After all, a lot of city water systems deliver water at about 40 PSI, should be enough to drive the thing.

As well, why use a special tablet when every building is mandated to have hot water? (Unless it is somewhere in Europe where they don't always have that?)

 

[cleanteamofny]

Phil you are right, 5 minuets I would be too through!

 

[whirlcool]

What the hand cranked dishwasher doesn't show is how you can get clean water into the machine for the rinse cycle. I guess you have to dump the old dirty water out of the bottom part, refill with fresh clean hot water for the rinse and repeat until you are satisfied.

 

[tomturbomatic]

This will fit in small spaces which will be helpful when people are living in cars like in Soylent Green with the little flues coming up through the roofs.