My allegiance to GE is being tested...

[turquoisedude]

By the 51 Frigidaire set...  

 

I had some towels to do, so I figured what the heck - I washed them in the WO-65 washer.  It was a good sized load so the washer ran fine; the spins were nice and smooth.

 

And, it being a cool night here in Ogden, I dried the load in the TR-60 Filtrator dryer.  I'm noticing that most loads take longer to dry in it, but wowee, it's worth it.  The towels are extra soft and fluffy.  I'll make sure these are out when Hubby gets back here from a conference later this week...  THEN I'll start dropping hints that I need a Rollermatic washer and matched Filtrator dryer.  LOL

 

Thanks, Ben!!

 

[philr]

I need a Rollermatic washer and matched Filtrator dryer!

I thought you'd concentrate more on getting early 1950s stuff from now on!

 

Are you sure you really want any of these troublesome machines?!?

 

It's a good thing that the set I badly want has one of those boring vented dryers that you don't want!

;-)

 

Getting back to sleep now that I have one more thing to be concerned with!

 

LONTL! (It's 2 AM!)

 

 

[appnut]

Now you know why Gansky1 has said to me--a Unimatic is the ONLY washer I wash towels in.  It's the best washer to wash towels in.   And the matching dryer drying them is icing on the cake.  A WO65 bestowed the world's first BobLoads in it way back in 1965 at one of my mom's best friends.  White loads were always very full when I loaded it!!  Pulsating Frigidaires are at their best when FULLY loaded. 

 

[turquoisedude]

Phil,  you're absolutely right....  I guess something WCI-ish in a 56 or 57 in turquoise would be more 'me'...  And of course You-Know-Who would insist on 'One In On Out' so...  

 

Bob, I guess I've always been afraid of overloading machines (except that poor Maytag of mine...).  I can't believe how much better the WO65 behaves when really full.  I think this will be THE towel machine from now on also. 

 

[swestoyz]

Yay! I'm so glad to hear that your allegiance towards GE has been tested with the all mighty GM, or as my father calls them, Generous Motors. I'm also glad to hear that both the washer and the Filtrator are now up and running A-OK. And, as Bob has mentioned, Unimatics love to be fully loaded. No skimpy loads for these.

These are amazing washers, and yes, when I do towels, everything goes through a Unimatic. The Maytags, Kenmores, and GE's are left to pick up the rest of the laundry.

Ben[this post was last edited: 9/24/2014-08:44]

 

[tomturbomatic]

The slower spinning Rollermatic Frigidaires make for slower Filtrator drying, but yes, next to a water condensing combo or dryer, the Filtrator makes for very fluffy and soft drying results, to say nothing of the perfume with the UV light combined with the steam from hot cotton. That load of towels from the WO-65 would even dry quickly as well as soft and fluffy in your GE combo. You should try it. At least the GE combo does not have those bothersome front rollers that have to be removed, cleaned and lubricated each drying season. Never neglect those because if the tire on the steel wheel gets damaged because the rollers are not rotating freely, there are no replacements that we know of.

 

[turquoisedude]

GE's shot at redemption

Tom, funny you should mention the GE Combo...  I'll definitely try that experiment.

 

So today, I thought I'd see how the GE Combo handled a bulky load - the queen-size electric blanket from the master bedroom here in Ogden.

 

Since the latest round of repairs, I had never used the Drip Dry option nor had I actually used the 'no heat' spin option.  The dry thermostat when set to 'Delicate' will not power the calrods during the spin and that's probably best with an electric blanket in a machine like this!

 

[turquoisedude]

The wash results were fine.  I was surprised that the off-balance switch kicked in only twice at the very beginning of the first spin phase - but proof positive that it works!

 

It's a nice day here today, so the blanket went out on the line. 

 

 

[turquoisedude]

What's that?  The toe plate is missing from the combo you say?

 

Yeah well....   I noticed a squealing noise during the wash and rinse phases of the cycle but the squeal stopped when the machine was draining (including during the spin phases of the cycle).   I had to investigate to see if something was wrong; I didn't see anything leap out at me, but thanks to the service manual for this model, the number 1 cause of pump noise/vibration is the pump spring bracket rubbing or hitting the the pump solenoid bracket.  Fortunately, this is an easy (well easy-looking!) adjustment that can be done through the lower access panel and without pulling the combo.  Let's see how THAT goes, eh? 

 

[tomturbomatic]

You did not spin the blanket in something that extracts water before hanging it out to drip dry? Does the yard need watering?

 

[turquoisedude]

It did... LOL!   I know I'm going to take it off the line and it will be wet, but the laundering instructions did say to spin gently...