christfr
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ha ha grey underpants indeed.. so funny.. im always in white.. cant wait to play again with the westy.. and will still have to come up with a good name.. so now its off to the next project in line...hum what shall it be?
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SactoTeddyBear
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Re: Westy Name:
Hey! Chris, how about Gertrude then you can call her "Dirty Gerty", Wilma or Betty?
Peace, Great Fun Doing Laundry in a Westinghouse Laundromat, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...
Hey! Chris, how about Gertrude then you can call her "Dirty Gerty", Wilma or Betty?
Peace, Great Fun Doing Laundry in a Westinghouse Laundromat, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...
Changer, spin speed
C'villewasherbo, the changer is a kind of transmission used in early front-loaders. It drives the tub through a low gear ratio for tumble speed, and for spin a solenoid (electromagnet) pulls a lever to engage a clutch for the high (spin) speed. Unfortunately, the spin speed is only about 320 r.p.m. or so. Norgeman, it's not the horsepower that matters. These machines were driven by induction motors which only ran at one speed-1725 r.p.m. I've often wondered why they didn't use two-speed motors (1725 r.p.m. low, 3450 r.p.m. high). Combined with the transmission, this would give a spin speed of about 640 r.p.m., which would have made a big difference. Such motors existed then. Nowadays, most front-loaders use a 3-phase induction motor powered off a variable-frequency inverter. Since the speed of an induction motor is keyed to the frequency of the supply current, varying the frequency varies the speed. Controlled by microprocessors, the motor's speed can vary widely, usually from about 600 up to about 18,000 r.p.m. The mechanical complexity of transmissions has been replaced by the electronic complexity of control boards,
C'villewasherbo, the changer is a kind of transmission used in early front-loaders. It drives the tub through a low gear ratio for tumble speed, and for spin a solenoid (electromagnet) pulls a lever to engage a clutch for the high (spin) speed. Unfortunately, the spin speed is only about 320 r.p.m. or so. Norgeman, it's not the horsepower that matters. These machines were driven by induction motors which only ran at one speed-1725 r.p.m. I've often wondered why they didn't use two-speed motors (1725 r.p.m. low, 3450 r.p.m. high). Combined with the transmission, this would give a spin speed of about 640 r.p.m., which would have made a big difference. Such motors existed then. Nowadays, most front-loaders use a 3-phase induction motor powered off a variable-frequency inverter. Since the speed of an induction motor is keyed to the frequency of the supply current, varying the frequency varies the speed. Controlled by microprocessors, the motor's speed can vary widely, usually from about 600 up to about 18,000 r.p.m. The mechanical complexity of transmissions has been replaced by the electronic complexity of control boards,
easyspindry
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Movie star???
There's a scene in the 1950's movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still" staring Michael Rene where the visitor from outer space causes all the electricity all over the world to fail, and a housewife is taking her wet laundry out of a Westy SF just like the one Chris as restored.
Not sure about the spelling of Michael's last name.
Jerry Gay
There's a scene in the 1950's movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still" staring Michael Rene where the visitor from outer space causes all the electricity all over the world to fail, and a housewife is taking her wet laundry out of a Westy SF just like the one Chris as restored.
Not sure about the spelling of Michael's last name.
Jerry Gay
christfr
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ha ha that movie was on like a few weeks ago and for the first time i did see that.. it looked like the same machine to me..
