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WOW I SAW IT AT GRAY'S AND FELL IN LOVE

Its got style, functionality and the Bendix "Assured Rinse and Drain" invented in 1937 and rebadged here as "Advanced Rinse Technology" can you stand it?

The dial selector is very 1950's!

And at $749 they are going to kick some serious washer Butt!

Take a gander you can even download the parts manual, someone at Electrolux is catching on.
I need to go to Augusta GA and see it in action!

 
Personally I far prefer rotary dials, or banks of actual mechanical pressbuttons, compared to "modern" controls where you press any single button repeatedly to reach a certain function, or where everything is flat-screen contacts.
 
14.5 inches. Quite impressive

I agree with designgeek, give me mechanical controls rather than a coputerized set-up and I'm happy.

and what is "American Classic Styling" huge and boxy?

"...and an 87% larger target area for easier pouring"

" along with a door opening of 14.5 inches in diameter."

"advanced rinsing technology" a spray-rinse is advanced?

but come on people... now the dipenser openings are too small.. we may be a time & efficiency oriented group in this country but how petty are we perceived as being?

SIGH-- size really does matter in America.
 
Sir Frigemore II

WHOA! Am I the only one here that likes these? The Frigemore has come a long way and look at what they're stylin' now! And they're wheelchair accessible so Bri can do some laundry too (that is if I let her LOL)

Hmm.. I think I know what's gonna be in my laundry room in my future house!
 
Have seen the new Frigidare's at a local appliance dealer, and while they do look nice, the washers do not have the substantial feel of say a Bosch Nexxt or even LG washer. The door in particular struck me as cheesy, no reassuring thud/snap when closed.

One only hopes Electrolux has address the rear bearing/spindle issue. Larger drum with advertisments for bigger loads is not a good thing when the unit cannot support those loads.

So far the Kenmore version of these units has been getting good reviews, so we shall see what we can see. Still wonder why Electrolux won't add a heater, and relies heavily on automatic temp controls.

Launderess
 
I think a F&P top-loader with water heating would be kick-@ss. Lower water useage on the EcoActive phase, heated to 160°F or some such target temp. They already have the flat-disc heating element developed for DishDrawers. Seems like that could be adapted to a washer, thus eliminating the need for a larger sump area in which to place a traditional element heater. Dishdrawers heat fairly quickly, considering the final rinse may get up to 163°F, but there *is* only 0.8 gallons of water involved. Heating time would be considerably longer for a washer cycle, being as there may be several gallons of water for EcoActive recirculation/saturation . . but it might be doable.
 
Launderess i do have to disagree with. These Frigidaire machines seem to have the same thickness cabinet wise as any Bosch machine.

I actually like these new Fridgemore machines more than the hetties.
More than ever now i want to delve into FL territory. I truly am thinking of replcing the KM DD with one of these new machines.

All these old machines are fascinating. But one thing i am not is a collector. Sure i would love to have an old bd whirly or KM, but my heart is not dedicated to refurbishing old machines.

I am really starting to consider the banefits of FL washers. In this modern world with out the benefit of up and down,rotswirl,or super surgilator agitators, it all s***s!!
 
With proper care and cleaning, those Frigemores will last a long time. I leave the door and the drawer open so no moisture stays in. A dry washer is a rust/mildew free washer. Even with Bri's mom's Hetties I do the same. Beautiful machines like that need love and care.
 
Boston appliance store

Jetcone, while I was on rt. 2 I saw this corner appliane store on one of the rotaries. It looked like an old store from the 50s with a HUGE Frigidaire sign out front. Next time I'm in Boston I'll stop by and take a look.

Maybe when we have our wash-in, we can go there.

GO RED SOX THEY BEAT THE DEVIL-RAYS!
 
Hi Jason:
That store is called Sozio's appliance. They used to sell heaps of Frigidaire! There is even a bigger one on Rt 60 in Revere. I here the owner lives in my City of Melrose. I also hear from one of his past repairmen that he has a storehouse of old Frigidaire parts but won't admit that to anyone. Someday I'd like to meet him I bet he would be interested in our collections!

WASH IN NEW ENGLAND!!

Jet
 
I'm with Agiflow: these new Frigidaires, especially the doors are much more substantial than their predecessors. I am very impressed with this new generation -- except for the lack of heater.
 
My local Frigidaire dealer (who knows me all too well) called on Saturday and said in a tempting, sing-songy voice "I have a set of the new TOL Frigidaire front-loaders with your name on them...."

I'm definitely going to check them out, but I'm disappointed they didn't increase the size of the freakin' dryer drum. My current dryer gets overstuffed with a full load coming from a 2.9 cu.ft. washer drum. I can't imagine stuffing it even more with a full load from the new washer. Big mistake in my book. Also, my '96 Frigi/Lux dryer had a reverse tumble feature (switched direction every 4 minutes), which seemed to help keep clothes from getting tangled and balled up. I wish my current dryer had that feature.

Having said that, I'm a big fan of Electrolux-made Frigidaires, overall. I love the new TOL dishwasher and I've had nothing but good luck with the FL washers, ranges and refrigerators I own.

The same dealer also carries Maytag, so I think I'll get the new Maytag/Samsung FL machines, instead. I've never had a Maytag washer/dryer, so that would be novel for me.

And yes, I lament that these machines aren't REALLY Frigidaires or Maytags in the classic sense.
 
reverse tumble...

Whatever happened to the reverse tumble feature that WCI-Frigidaire dryers had for a while? I was at a friends house who had one and it sounded just like someone stopping and starting the dryer. If it worked so well why wasn't it continued? I am wondering if these were prone to more repair problems than the traditional style. Anyone know?
 
reverse tumble

In the 80's I had a "comb-o-matic" washer dryer (120v) that did everything in one tub. It was made Italy. It vented into the room wia two adjacent holes of about 1.5" in diameter. There was a small screen on the back of the machine to catch some lint. Not all that effective as a lint cathcer.

The machine tumbled both ways in the dry cycle. But then, it sorta had to to get the spun-out clothing off the tub.

Makes sense because the washer tumbled both ways too, and there was no extra wiring just to reverse a dryer drum.

I personally would love to learn the details of how the reversing mechanism worked on an American dryer.

-regards,
Steve
 
My 1996 (first edition Electrolux-made) Frigidaire dryer with reverse tumbling is now servicing a 3-apt. complex. Neither the washer nor the dryer has ever needed a repair.

I believe only the stackable FL dryer had the reverse tumble feature. The standard, rear panel control dryers didn't have it. Don't know why it was only featured on one model.... but I wish it was back.

Since Frigidaire insists on a small drum (5.7 cu. ft. I believe), the reverse feature helped with tangling and wrinkling. Bed sheets never 'balled up' in that dryer.

The new Maytag FL dryer has a 7.3 cu. ft. drum. Now that will get you wrinkle-free dress shirts!
 
Frigidaire Gallery stand alone dryer from the mid to late 90's had the reverse tumble feature.I think it was offered on the near tol models. They used a double wheel pulley and a reversible motor. There was a small circuit board that controlled the reverse feature. When the drum reversed, the heat was not on. Remember reading that in a trade journal. I'm not sure why they stopped making them, but I think the dryer motors failed prematurely from all that starting and stopping during the cycle, whereas a regular motor would only start once a cycle.
 
Gas dryers with reverse-tumble

I was just thinking that. How can a gas dryer do a reverse-tumble, if the heat source needs to stay on and if the fan need to run constantly. Far as I know the dryers here all have one motor that spins both the fan and the drum...

Same across the pond?

For deccdes more than one motor was thought to be less reliable (at least in the US.) Now more and more dish and clothes washers have two.
 
All appliances overhere in Europe have separate motors for separate functions. Pumps always had their own motor, my mother's Bosch frontloader even had a motor for washing and another one for spinning. And ofcourse a third for the pump. My Miele condenser dryer also has three motors. One for the fan, one for the drum and one for the pump that pumps out the water.

Miele makes a gas dryer that tumbles both ways, there is hardly a pause when the direction is switched. These clothes got to keep moving!!
 

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