Holiday Morning Wash
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christfr
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what a fun way to start the day..
Nice One!!!
Just think all that time saved for soaking in the sun!!! athough if you where a real Laundress you would have spent all day washing that amount and gotten your suntan from pegging out your loads...LO <br
Cheers, Mike, p.s. How was Lake Calhoun?
Just think all that time saved for soaking in the sun!!! athough if you where a real Laundress you would have spent all day washing that amount and gotten your suntan from pegging out your loads...LO <br
Cheers, Mike, p.s. How was Lake Calhoun?
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Oh we were "pegging" out Mike, just not with a clothesline : <br
<i>Now I get the impression that there is very little water in the tub during washing. That is an interesting fact for a washer that is almost fifty years old. Were low-sudsing detergents already available at that time?<b <br
Actually Theo in the Whirlpool Combo there isn't very little water in the tub during washing and rinsing, there is NO water in the tub, the water level does not come above the bottom of the tub. The washing is done entirely with a recirculating filtered stream of water. The machine only uses 13 gallons of water per cycle and it's 29" diameter cylinder makes for some huge wash loads if you are not planning on drying all of it at once. The Whirlpool Combo really is a very fun machine, when I have time I will shoot another quick video to show its operation <br
There is really very little that is truly new in the world of washing machines, almost every thing you see today you was first tried between 40 and 70 years ago. The big difference today is transistors which were not around then so the washers are much smarter now with all these electronics, but the vintage machines get the job done almost as well in many cases better than the modern machines <br
Yes low sudsing detergents have been around since about 1950, again this is nothing new. Back then All and Dash were the two leading brands...
Oh we were "pegging" out Mike, just not with a clothesline : <br
<i>Now I get the impression that there is very little water in the tub during washing. That is an interesting fact for a washer that is almost fifty years old. Were low-sudsing detergents already available at that time?<b <br
Actually Theo in the Whirlpool Combo there isn't very little water in the tub during washing and rinsing, there is NO water in the tub, the water level does not come above the bottom of the tub. The washing is done entirely with a recirculating filtered stream of water. The machine only uses 13 gallons of water per cycle and it's 29" diameter cylinder makes for some huge wash loads if you are not planning on drying all of it at once. The Whirlpool Combo really is a very fun machine, when I have time I will shoot another quick video to show its operation <br
There is really very little that is truly new in the world of washing machines, almost every thing you see today you was first tried between 40 and 70 years ago. The big difference today is transistors which were not around then so the washers are much smarter now with all these electronics, but the vintage machines get the job done almost as well in many cases better than the modern machines <br
Yes low sudsing detergents have been around since about 1950, again this is nothing new. Back then All and Dash were the two leading brands...
mayken4now
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Oh my, very entertaining. Bet you had more towels to do after the sun bathe.
Thanks for posting such interesting multi-task washing.
I love doing that too. I can keep up with three machines, thats it.
Steve
Thanks for posting such interesting multi-task washing.
I love doing that too. I can keep up with three machines, thats it.
Steve
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Wow! I love that Whirlpool Combo, fascinates me so much! 5 loads? That would have taken me half a day!!!
I am stunned
Robert, I found two videos of the Whirlpool Combo in your Cyber Museum and they are very interesting. You are right, whole concept of all these modern efficient washing machines is not new at all. The washing action looks terrific. I've never seen anything like it in a front loader before. The spinning action seems rather slow or is this an artefact of the recording? Also new for me is that this washer/dryer combination looks to me as a dryer that can wash too. The washer/dryer combinations that I know of are more like washers that can also dry. This has the disadvantage that one needs to remove half of the load before the drying cycle can start. My neighbour has a Siemens washer/dryer (1979) that I tried once and I was disappointed with the results of the drying: clothes very creased and an unpleasant smell of singed lint. The Siemens machine doesn't circulate the air but condenses the moisture on the tub wall that is cooled with cold water during drying. The whole process takes a long time. The timer can be set to 120 minutes and you have to do the drying in two cycles making 240 minutes for drying one full wash load!
Robert, I found two videos of the Whirlpool Combo in your Cyber Museum and they are very interesting. You are right, whole concept of all these modern efficient washing machines is not new at all. The washing action looks terrific. I've never seen anything like it in a front loader before. The spinning action seems rather slow or is this an artefact of the recording? Also new for me is that this washer/dryer combination looks to me as a dryer that can wash too. The washer/dryer combinations that I know of are more like washers that can also dry. This has the disadvantage that one needs to remove half of the load before the drying cycle can start. My neighbour has a Siemens washer/dryer (1979) that I tried once and I was disappointed with the results of the drying: clothes very creased and an unpleasant smell of singed lint. The Siemens machine doesn't circulate the air but condenses the moisture on the tub wall that is cooled with cold water during drying. The whole process takes a long time. The timer can be set to 120 minutes and you have to do the drying in two cycles making 240 minutes for drying one full wash load!
I too noticed the red white and blue, how appropriate for the Fourth, that Mickeyd, mentioned in his post. Now i could of fooled around with that for a month of Sundays and still not got that perfect shot. I was impressed. arthur.
The spinning action seems rather slow or is this an artefact of the recording? Also new for me is that this washer/dryer combination looks to me as a dryer that can wash too. The washer/dryer combinations that I know of are more like washers that can also dry.
Theo the biggest drawback to the Whirlpool is it's 200rpm spin. Bendix had all the good combo suspension system patents locked down at that time so the suspension system of all the other combo brands could not withstand anything higher than 200-300rpm. By the way, I thought the same thing when I saw the LG combo, that it was a washer that dries. The Whirlpool and quite a few other brands were definitely more of a dryer that washed.
Theo the biggest drawback to the Whirlpool is it's 200rpm spin. Bendix had all the good combo suspension system patents locked down at that time so the suspension system of all the other combo brands could not withstand anything higher than 200-300rpm. By the way, I thought the same thing when I saw the LG combo, that it was a washer that dries. The Whirlpool and quite a few other brands were definitely more of a dryer that washed.
Wonderful pictures! How fun it is to have your own private wash-in! I had never noticed the Kelvinator had dispensers on top.
You know I just realized
my 1970 Lady Kenmore Combo tumbles and sprays in the complete opposite direction! It also has a super wash cycle which is identical to your wash cycle but on moving from Super to Reg wash it fils again higher and the clothes tumble in water in the tub along with the filter spray too.
my 1970 Lady Kenmore Combo tumbles and sprays in the complete opposite direction! It also has a super wash cycle which is identical to your wash cycle but on moving from Super to Reg wash it fils again higher and the clothes tumble in water in the tub along with the filter spray too.
Thanks for the pic of the box of All. My dad worked for Monsanto after this era (they sold All to Lever Brothers in the late 50s) but my grandfather worked on some plants for Monsanto in the early 50s.
It also has a super wash cycle which is identical to your wash cycle but on moving from Super to Reg wash it fils again higher and the clothes tumble in water in the tub along with the filter spray too.
Yes that is quite interesting Jon. Starting with the 1961 model combos, they raised the water level of the units so the clothes would fall back into a pool of water along with the Jet Spray. The water level in the cylinder was not quite as high as a standard front loader of the day, but not as concentrated as the washing solution of the '57-'60 Whirlpool Combos. I wonder why Whirlpool engineers decided to do that??? I wonder if such a high concentration of detergent in the water was detrimental to the clothes or their color in the long run. I sort of wonder that with today’s modern front loaders as well, all though I would hope that modern HE detergents would be formulated to prevent fading or other damage.
Yes that is quite interesting Jon. Starting with the 1961 model combos, they raised the water level of the units so the clothes would fall back into a pool of water along with the Jet Spray. The water level in the cylinder was not quite as high as a standard front loader of the day, but not as concentrated as the washing solution of the '57-'60 Whirlpool Combos. I wonder why Whirlpool engineers decided to do that??? I wonder if such a high concentration of detergent in the water was detrimental to the clothes or their color in the long run. I sort of wonder that with today’s modern front loaders as well, all though I would hope that modern HE detergents would be formulated to prevent fading or other damage.
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