As I recall from previous discussion of the feature ... there's a (toggle?) switch on the console that runs the motor to rotate the drum.
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As I recall from previous discussion of the feature ... there's a (toggle?) switch on the console that runs the motor to rotate the drum.
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I never knew this interesting feature had a name, As Martin mentioned it was only on this TOL KM dryer for about two years.
When you opened the hamper door there were two little buttons on the left and right sides of the recessed door area near the top of the opening, to use the feature you pushed both buttons at the same time using both hands, when you did this the motor started just till the centrifugal switch in the motor tripped then everything stopped.
The effect was that the load of clothing in the drum turned over about once, this helped you find one item in a load or if the drum had been 1/2 unloaded it helped bring the clothing toward the front of the drum.
The reason you had to use both hands to operate this feature was so you could not have one hand in the drum when it turned over, this feature automatically bypassed the door switch.
This was another great example the creative engineering at Whirlpools laundry development center, WP engineers would come up with new ideas and if Sears wanted to pay the development and engineering costs WP would offer it to Sears for a certain period of time. Sometimes Sears would not bite or WP just kept the idea for themselves like WPs Easy-Clean 100 dryers where the lint was separated out of the exhaust stream with out a restrictive lint filter screen to slow down air flow and allowed the used to dry up to 100 loads without emptying a lint filter.
John L.
I never knew this interesting feature had a name, As Martin mentioned it was only on this TOL KM dryer for about two years.
When you opened the hamper door there were two little buttons on the left and right sides of the recessed door area near the top of the opening, to use the feature you pushed both buttons at the same time using both hands, when you did this the motor started just till the centrifugal switch in the motor tripped then everything stopped.
The effect was that the load of clothing in the drum turned over about once, this helped you find one item in a load or if the drum had been 1/2 unloaded it helped bring the clothing toward the front of the drum.
The reason you had to use both hands to operate this feature was so you could not have one hand in the drum when it turned over, this feature automatically bypassed the door switch.
This was another great example the creative engineering at Whirlpools laundry development center, WP engineers would come up with new ideas and if Sears wanted to pay the development and engineering costs WP would offer it to Sears for a certain period of time. Sometimes Sears would not bite or WP just kept the idea for themselves like WPs Easy-Clean 100 dryers where the lint was separated out of the exhaust stream with out a restrictive lint filter screen to slow down air flow and allowed the used to dry up to 100 loads without emptying a lint filter.
John L.
Thank You John L!
Never heard of such a feature before and now you’ve got me curious about WP Easy-Clean dryers! Never saw that, either. I think this should have gone to a new thread now that I’ve derailed the Black KM conversation..!
Never heard of such a feature before and now you’ve got me curious about WP Easy-Clean dryers! Never saw that, either. I think this should have gone to a new thread now that I’ve derailed the Black KM conversation..!
Oh, yeah ... the switch(es) were at the door, not on the console.
My (deceased) boss from a previous job and his wife have a WP dryer with the EasyClean 100 filter. Only time I've seen one. The latch on the cover is broken. He mentioned "we clean it after every load" so they don't understand the concept. I explained but don't know if they (she) changed the habit.
