Well at least the control panels. Never knew Amana W&D to be so stylish.
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The strange thing about this set is that the washer lid opens to the side. I wonder, could this possibly be one of the solid tub models? It appears to be about the right vintage.
I had this same washer for a while, left in a friend's house by previous owner.
Perforated basket SQ clone from the early 80's. Initially the Stainless Steel baskets Speed Queen was famous for were not shared with the Amana brand, this changed a few years later, likely owing to good sales numbers from Amana name recognition. While not a huge capacity machine, it is a very good washer and uses copious amounts of water. Noisy as a Norge, you'll always know when the wash is done.
The second photo is a mid-late 80's Amana with a unique slanted control panel. This was Amana's second revision of the laundry line and the side-opening lid was kept for a short while, changed to rear-opening mid-stream. At the time, I remember my heart leaping at the cool panel shape, only WP had a steeply slanted panel and it stood out from the all-white pack of appliances. You can also see in front of the Amana a Speed Queen of similar vintage. I'm still surprised at how many of these SQ/Amana machines show up around here, these are on CL now.
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Perforated basket SQ clone from the early 80's. Initially the Stainless Steel baskets Speed Queen was famous for were not shared with the Amana brand, this changed a few years later, likely owing to good sales numbers from Amana name recognition. While not a huge capacity machine, it is a very good washer and uses copious amounts of water. Noisy as a Norge, you'll always know when the wash is done.
The second photo is a mid-late 80's Amana with a unique slanted control panel. This was Amana's second revision of the laundry line and the side-opening lid was kept for a short while, changed to rear-opening mid-stream. At the time, I remember my heart leaping at the cool panel shape, only WP had a steeply slanted panel and it stood out from the all-white pack of appliances. You can also see in front of the Amana a Speed Queen of similar vintage. I'm still surprised at how many of these SQ/Amana machines show up around here, these are on CL now.
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I hate to bring this up, in the middle of the tragedy, but I wonder if the Flint water might have damaged this machine.
whirlcool
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Wasn't this machine from the time Raytheon owned Amana & Speed Queen? I've seen vintage Speed Queens with similar styling.
I imagine lead got stuck in the internal hoses. Maybe the owners are dumping it as a precautionary measure?
I imagine lead got stuck in the internal hoses. Maybe the owners are dumping it as a precautionary measure?
There was a Master Plumber on Rachel Maddow the other night that was giving his professional opinion on what would likely be needed and estimating the costs to remediate lead from homes whose plumbing has been affected from the city-wide corrosion and subsequent contamination. Starting with the service line from the street to the house, the affected pipes and water heater. He didn't mention other water using appliances, but I would imagine things like dishwashers, ice makers, water dispensers, etc. would all be suspect as well.
Tests done this week in Flint homes that officials had hoped would have a new layer of "bio-film" rebuilt by properly treated water running through them came back with still off-the-chart danger levels.
This a picture of the Flint water in a washing machine - also an Amana.
Tests done this week in Flint homes that officials had hoped would have a new layer of "bio-film" rebuilt by properly treated water running through them came back with still off-the-chart danger levels.
This a picture of the Flint water in a washing machine - also an Amana.
I think Michigan is the only state that has the "Emergency Manager" provision. They need to fire every one of the emergency managers, recall Rick Snyder, do away with the emergency manager situation that is also superseding local government in Detroit and Benton Harbor (of WP fame). Rick Snyder should be able to select jail or living in Flint for the next decade. I doubt the lead would harm Rick. I know in my heart he has reached his full potential as a human being.
The city of Flint is CONDEMNED!
What will it take to move the resident out of this man made disaster?
What will it take to move the resident out of this man made disaster?
They would never have supplied water of that low quality to a majority white town. I also heard Rachel say that the state government offices in Flint had bottled water for 8 months before anything was done. Snyder, his emergency managers and the Republican legislators in Michigan should have to use that water for a year, wear clothing washed in it and have daily retention enemas with that water for the same period of time. When they die, they should be buried in 55 gallon drums like the toxic waste that they are.
It's happened before
Tucson is situated over a gigantic underground lake--something reinforced when the town began subsiding, bit by bit, and sinkholes became an occasional problem. As one would imagine, excess removal of water from the lake caused the issue.
To mitigate this, water was brought in via canals from Phoenix, known as CAP (Central Arizona Project) water.
Initially, the idea was to use a blend of CAP and underground water. Tucson water was, previously, not soft, but pretty tasty, from the nice balance of minerals in the lake. It was alkaline, and coated the galvanized pipes prevalent in the area with a nice layer of calcified buildup, which helped protect the pipes from being directly exposed to the water.
Once Tucson Water switched to CAP water to alleviate the demand on the lake, all heck broke loose; this water was acidic, and it ate away the minerals in the pipes--and the pipes themselves. Leaks sprang up all over the city, and many homes had to be completely replumbed. Property damage from mystery leaks was rampant; you probably would prefer to turn off water at the meter if you were going away for the weekend.
Eventually, Tucson Water dialed the blend of CAP water way back, and started diverting a large portion of the CAP allocation to giant recharge pools to the west of town, hoping that the water would be conditioned by percolating through the soil, and re-enter the underground aquifer. The issues subsided, and the water's still pretty nice--but it's anyone's guess as to how long it will take for the recharge water to have a great effect on the lake's levels. Other changes that coincided--like xeriscaping, and eschewing large, lush lawns helped reduce water demand, too. (Golf courses and other water-hogs started using reclaimed water, instead of drinking water, to tend to the grass.)
At the time the chaos was going on, your tap water looked exactly like that Amana above. Yuck. Were it an event in the hyperconnected Internet era, rather than the early 90s, it might have made more of a ruffle.
Switching water supplies is never a trivial issue--unless you're lucky enough to have nearly identical chemistry, which seems to pan out just shy of never.
Tucson is situated over a gigantic underground lake--something reinforced when the town began subsiding, bit by bit, and sinkholes became an occasional problem. As one would imagine, excess removal of water from the lake caused the issue.
To mitigate this, water was brought in via canals from Phoenix, known as CAP (Central Arizona Project) water.
Initially, the idea was to use a blend of CAP and underground water. Tucson water was, previously, not soft, but pretty tasty, from the nice balance of minerals in the lake. It was alkaline, and coated the galvanized pipes prevalent in the area with a nice layer of calcified buildup, which helped protect the pipes from being directly exposed to the water.
Once Tucson Water switched to CAP water to alleviate the demand on the lake, all heck broke loose; this water was acidic, and it ate away the minerals in the pipes--and the pipes themselves. Leaks sprang up all over the city, and many homes had to be completely replumbed. Property damage from mystery leaks was rampant; you probably would prefer to turn off water at the meter if you were going away for the weekend.
Eventually, Tucson Water dialed the blend of CAP water way back, and started diverting a large portion of the CAP allocation to giant recharge pools to the west of town, hoping that the water would be conditioned by percolating through the soil, and re-enter the underground aquifer. The issues subsided, and the water's still pretty nice--but it's anyone's guess as to how long it will take for the recharge water to have a great effect on the lake's levels. Other changes that coincided--like xeriscaping, and eschewing large, lush lawns helped reduce water demand, too. (Golf courses and other water-hogs started using reclaimed water, instead of drinking water, to tend to the grass.)
At the time the chaos was going on, your tap water looked exactly like that Amana above. Yuck. Were it an event in the hyperconnected Internet era, rather than the early 90s, it might have made more of a ruffle.
Switching water supplies is never a trivial issue--unless you're lucky enough to have nearly identical chemistry, which seems to pan out just shy of never.
stricklybojack
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I also recall stories in the Tucson Weekly about dead farm animals and the like being found in the CAP canal. I lived in Tucson then but moved soon after implementation. Great write up roto204. I sometimes miss my carefree days there.
I also recall stories in the Tucson Weekly about dead farm animals and the like being found in the CAP canal. I lived in Tucson then but moved soon after implementation. Great write up roto204. I sometimes miss my carefree days there.
