lightedcontrols
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washing away!
late 1970's to early 1980's Fedders Norge washers and alike brands
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lightedcontrols
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...burpilating!!!
another photo of the water spray...(sorry the photos aren't the best....it's not the camera...it's the photog) Mark
another photo of the water spray...(sorry the photos aren't the best....it's not the camera...it's the photog) Mark
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filter pan
here's a filter pan shot....
here's a filter pan shot....
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Norge Burpalator...how fun!
Great pictures Mark...thanks for sharing! This machine looks like LOADS OF FUN to use and I bet it cleans well too! I've never seen a 1970's Norge in action, but I played with the yellow 1959 at the Convention (one of two machines I actually washed my clothes in and the one I was constantly using) and it had incredible water action. When CR tested washers in their 1972 or 1974 report, they noted that the straight-vane agitator of the Norge cleaned better than the Roto-Swirl. How are the oil seals?
I'm pretty sure these did the neutral drain and then released the brake (with a BANG) when the water level was low enough...wasn't the tub ring designed to where you couldn't spin-drain or else the water would go all over the floor?
Great pictures Mark...thanks for sharing! This machine looks like LOADS OF FUN to use and I bet it cleans well too! I've never seen a 1970's Norge in action, but I played with the yellow 1959 at the Convention (one of two machines I actually washed my clothes in and the one I was constantly using) and it had incredible water action. When CR tested washers in their 1972 or 1974 report, they noted that the straight-vane agitator of the Norge cleaned better than the Roto-Swirl. How are the oil seals?
I'm pretty sure these did the neutral drain and then released the brake (with a BANG) when the water level was low enough...wasn't the tub ring designed to where you couldn't spin-drain or else the water would go all over the floor?
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The Norge definitely did a spin-drain. My friend had one of the last of the Tragic Chef machines and it spun and drained at the same time.
Was it only Whirlpool/KM that had neutral drains back then?
Was it only Whirlpool/KM that had neutral drains back then?
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Great Pictures Mark!
I love how they kept the bottom holes on the agitator to keep the burping working!
The tub looks huge!
Thanks for the photo's!
Brent
I love how they kept the bottom holes on the agitator to keep the burping working!
The tub looks huge!
Thanks for the photo's!
Brent
If I am not mistaken, taking a couple Catalina machines I knew from the 1970s, there was a partial neutral drain, until the water level reset, then spin-drain for the remainder.
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Glenn is correct....
The machine partially drains and then spins. Once the water level drops, the water pressure switch disengages the spin brake and off it goes! You do have to be very careful with this machine as it does have an overflow tube that is just a little higher than the top of the washtub tub. I've run it over once, and so has Roanoke Robert. Mark
The machine partially drains and then spins. Once the water level drops, the water pressure switch disengages the spin brake and off it goes! You do have to be very careful with this machine as it does have an overflow tube that is just a little higher than the top of the washtub tub. I've run it over once, and so has Roanoke Robert. Mark
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nice machine.
looks good as new.
What a quaint laundry area too. like that big window overlooking the yard. Love the Avacodo.
For having been "in the woods" the control panel looks to be in very good condition.
looks good as new.
What a quaint laundry area too. like that big window overlooking the yard. Love the Avacodo.
For having been "in the woods" the control panel looks to be in very good condition.
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Is there some chance we might get to see some videos of the Norge? At least some spin-drain photos. Give us the full Fedders-Norge experience.
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I do know of one other machine with a neutral drain beside Whirlpool/Kenmore. The compact GE pulsator machines. They only had one spin though.
pulsator-power
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Wow
True, twisted ropes,
but great ones. How can you complain with a Frigidaire.
Love the Norge. What's that line from my favorite adult movie?
That's Sooooooo Nicccccccce!
Jerry
True, twisted ropes,
but great ones. How can you complain with a Frigidaire.
Love the Norge. What's that line from my favorite adult movie?
That's Sooooooo Nicccccccce!
Jerry
NORGE
Nice machine!
Mom's house had one when they bought it in 1973.
The 1966 Maytag got a much neeed rest till the Norge died, yes of an oil leak into the tub!
The model I was familiar with did not have a burpalator agitator, but raher a recirculating water outlet and filter at the rear of the tub.
It was also programmed with 8 cycles that adjusted the water temperature and the speeds.
cycles- wash temp-rinse temp-wash speed-rinse speed:
Prewash - cold cold normal normal
Whites 1- hot warm normal normal
Whites 2- hot cold normal normal
colorfast- warm cold normal normal
PP durable- warm cold normal slow
PP gentle- warm cold slow slow
cold wash- cold cold normal normal
siks, woolens, specials- warm warm slow normal
To customize simply change cycles after the first water fill!
Otehr than the huge BANGS of the tub brake engaging and disenegaging it was a great machine! Mechanically it was somewhat similar to a Maytag, with the belt below the base. IIRC the motor and pump were in the same location as the MT!
Nice machine!
Mom's house had one when they bought it in 1973.
The 1966 Maytag got a much neeed rest till the Norge died, yes of an oil leak into the tub!
The model I was familiar with did not have a burpalator agitator, but raher a recirculating water outlet and filter at the rear of the tub.
It was also programmed with 8 cycles that adjusted the water temperature and the speeds.
cycles- wash temp-rinse temp-wash speed-rinse speed:
Prewash - cold cold normal normal
Whites 1- hot warm normal normal
Whites 2- hot cold normal normal
colorfast- warm cold normal normal
PP durable- warm cold normal slow
PP gentle- warm cold slow slow
cold wash- cold cold normal normal
siks, woolens, specials- warm warm slow normal
To customize simply change cycles after the first water fill!
Otehr than the huge BANGS of the tub brake engaging and disenegaging it was a great machine! Mechanically it was somewhat similar to a Maytag, with the belt below the base. IIRC the motor and pump were in the same location as the MT!
mayken4now
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Put the Kelvinator in there next!
Steve
Steve
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I just like that picture.
Its like fusion, melding the old with something VERY new, (the 2 story dryer). Even the room itself is a fusion. It looks like an older house with new windows. The view with mature trees but crisp white fence. The room itself looks like a converted bedroom.?
Its like fusion, melding the old with something VERY new, (the 2 story dryer). Even the room itself is a fusion. It looks like an older house with new windows. The view with mature trees but crisp white fence. The room itself looks like a converted bedroom.?
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The matching dryer
I know what is so familiar about that washer, It is a matching white dryer. During "Big Junk pickup" week in our neighborhood someone put that dryer out. It must have been in 1980. I wanted the small temperature switch so I went home and got a screw driver and went back and proceeded to take the switch. I was like 12 then. I had no immediate need for the switch and its accompanied knob but I wanted it. I was nervous, I'd never done anything like take stuff from the curb. Half way through dismantling the console, which I had to bend back, I saw a little kid in the front window of the house yelling to their mother that there was someone out there. Nothing came of it though and I left with my prize.
I know what is so familiar about that washer, It is a matching white dryer. During "Big Junk pickup" week in our neighborhood someone put that dryer out. It must have been in 1980. I wanted the small temperature switch so I went home and got a screw driver and went back and proceeded to take the switch. I was like 12 then. I had no immediate need for the switch and its accompanied knob but I wanted it. I was nervous, I'd never done anything like take stuff from the curb. Half way through dismantling the console, which I had to bend back, I saw a little kid in the front window of the house yelling to their mother that there was someone out there. Nothing came of it though and I left with my prize.
2 experiences with norge fedders
2 machines, same era late 70's early 80's, both burbed..middle of line...both great machines...but huge differences
1) Montgomery Wards, 5 temps, infinite water levels, 3 cycles, normal, pp, delicate all on dial, all with up to 14 min wash time...1 min timer increments. Lid switch shut off everything...even fill. Spin drain sequence= wash>1 min pause>1 min neutral drain, when water level reset, spray rinse started with neutral drain>timer advanced to next increment, brake latch released with a clank, spray rinse continues threw this increment, tub almost up to full speed by end followed by 2 mins full spin>coast 1 min> followed by fill...tub still coasting> 1more min fill> brake engages clunk...til water level satisfied. On this machine brake solenoid noises were heard...more than brake activation unless u opened the cover during spin.
2)Magic Chef...vertually same machine as above but....acted more like a wp/km belt drive. lid switch only stopped spin. fills agitates drains ...lid open....lid open during spin actuates brake.....pump and timer still run. Nuetral drain is water level controled only...tub starts spinning as soon as water level is unsatisfied...similar spray rinse sequence as above.
2 machines, same era late 70's early 80's, both burbed..middle of line...both great machines...but huge differences
1) Montgomery Wards, 5 temps, infinite water levels, 3 cycles, normal, pp, delicate all on dial, all with up to 14 min wash time...1 min timer increments. Lid switch shut off everything...even fill. Spin drain sequence= wash>1 min pause>1 min neutral drain, when water level reset, spray rinse started with neutral drain>timer advanced to next increment, brake latch released with a clank, spray rinse continues threw this increment, tub almost up to full speed by end followed by 2 mins full spin>coast 1 min> followed by fill...tub still coasting> 1more min fill> brake engages clunk...til water level satisfied. On this machine brake solenoid noises were heard...more than brake activation unless u opened the cover during spin.
2)Magic Chef...vertually same machine as above but....acted more like a wp/km belt drive. lid switch only stopped spin. fills agitates drains ...lid open....lid open during spin actuates brake.....pump and timer still run. Nuetral drain is water level controled only...tub starts spinning as soon as water level is unsatisfied...similar spray rinse sequence as above.
veg-o-matic
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Wasn't it Jamie that got the NIB Bradford pair a while ago? They were Norges, right?
How about some pictures?
veg
How about some pictures?
veg
