Holiday Morning Wash

[Unimatic1140]

I haven't washed towels in two weeks so I have a ton of them to do, plus all the whites, sheets and a filthy throw rug. So its time for five wash hot wash loads all at once. I love starting multiple washes as once and running around to each machine to catch the best parts of the action. Five loads washed and dried in less than 1 1/2 hours hours, now we can go to Lake Calhoun to lay out in the sun, YAY.

http://automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/00ShowCollectionGETD.cgi?dir=/COLLECTIONS/_4TH-OF-JULY-WASH

 

[jons1077]

I can't wait...

until I can do multiple washes!!!

 

[gansky1]

Great pictures, but laying the sun when there's ironing to do??

 

[mickeyd]

Photo 17

The whirling rainbow flag of color in the spinning '47 Unimatic is dazzling and spectacular; then at 2 o'clock, there is Old Glory in red white and blue for the 4th of July. <br
Only You, Magic Man, only you !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[lesto]

Super fun pics. Thanks for sharing, Robert!

 

[frontaloadotmy]

mickeyd

My thoughts eggzackly on the '47Robertseger, beautiful !!!
The inverse of looking at the roadside pass by out sid
the bottom step window of a flat front school bus <br
Robert you make laundry so fun , thank you!!!

 

[frigilux]

Great photo series! Love that supercalasplasharrific Kelvinator. I'll bet the towels from the Frigidaire and GE dried in no time.

 

[roto204]

*runs around in circles*

Clean, fresh towels!!! YAY!!

 

[pulsator]

YAY!!! It's been WAAAAAAAY too long since I've seen your collection! SO much has CHANGED! I can't wait to see the Easy (even if it is an ugly duckling) and the '47 GE!!!

 

[sudsman]

Thanks for sharing your dirty linen...

How neat so kool

 

[westyslantfront]

Hi Robert. Thank you for posting all those great pictures.
I enjoyed viewing them. When I do laundry, I too will us
a whole batch of machines and go from one to the next to
watch as much as I can. Hope you had a nice 4th <br <br
Ross

 

[bingwsguy]

Robert

Why did/do so few top loaders use a high spin speed?

 

[liamwa]

Spin Speed

I to am interested why more TLs didn't spin faster. It seems like the beefy suspension found in BD Whirlpools and Vintage Maytags for example would have been able to handle a 1000 plus rpm spin speed <br
Liam

 

[jetcone]

Washer heaven

Nice footage! <br

 

[bpetersxx]

I have hampers of ironing to do and my diet is wearing off <br <br
Ho Ho H

 

[Unimatic1140]

Great pictures, but laying in the sun when there's ironing to do?? </I
If you think my hanging wash out on the line is bad Greg, you should see my ironing. My iron is called a Filtrator <br
<I>I'll bet the towels from the Frigidaire and GE dried in no time.
Yup, a large load of towels from the GE dried in the 50AMP Kenmore dry in about 15 minutes, 20 minutes out of the Unimatic and 30-35 out of most of my other machines, with the exception of the little Bendix which is about 45 minutes <br
<I>Why did/do so few top loaders use a high spin speed? </I
I’m not quite sure about that <br
<I>I to am interested why more TLs didn't spin faster. It seems like the beefy suspension found in BD Whirlpools and Vintage Maytags for example would have been able to handle a 1000 plus rpm spin speed. </I
The Whirlpool rod suspension system would never be able to take an 1140rpm spin, the cabinet would shake itself silly. As for the Maytag I suspect it might handle an 1140rpm spin, but I don’t know for sure. Maytag is the brand I know least about.

 

[peteski50]

July 4th Washin!

What a Great way to spend the Holiday. Thanks so much for sharing
Best Wishe
Peter

 

[mielabor]

Whirlpool Combo

The suds viewing window of the Whirlpool Combo (picture 3) is another revelation for me. I like those little details! 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? I am just curious because recent Discuss-O-Mat discussions make me think that HE detergents are a relatively new phenomenon in the US.

 

[lederstiefel1]

I cannot understand why the modern TL from the US do not spin faster although they did once. My HOTPOINT TL from the UK does, namely 1050 rpm <br
Ralf

 

[buffster]

Robert... Love those Lady Kenmores

Love that set of pink Lady Kenmores. Thanks for sharing some great pics. Now, that's an afternoon of fun. <br
Mike

 

[christfr]

what a fun way to start the day..

 

[chestermikeuk]

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?

 

[Unimatic1140]

</b>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...LOL</b></i
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]

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

 

[dj-gabriele]

Wow! I love that Whirlpool Combo, fascinates me so much! 5 loads? That would have taken me half a day!!!

 

[mielabor]

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!

 

[alr2903]

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.

 

[Unimatic1140]

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.

 

[foraloysius]

Wonderful pictures! How fun it is to have your own private wash-in! I had never noticed the Kelvinator had dispensers on top.

 

[jetcone]

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.