My grandmother's Pulsamatic

[norfolksouthern]

Well, Jerry, she would hang her cloths out on the line all the time, so it must have been at least as good as her old wringer. Compared to my mother's Whirlpool, I would say the extraction was about even.

NorfolkSouthern

 

[appnut]

Pulsamatics spun at 630 rpms.

 

[Unimatic1140]

Yes the Pulsamatic pulsated at 630ppm and spun at 630rpm, one pulley and one motor drive unlike it's later more flexible sibling the Multimatic. But the machine still spins better than most other machines in the basement. See look how dry those clothes look ...

 

[frigilux]

Robert---do the Unimatic/Multi-Matic/Roller-Matic machines clean better than the Pulsamatic? I love the little hypersonic water waves the Pulsamatic makes during agitation.

 

[Unimatic1140]

The rollover is intense in the Pulsamatic, but its not consistent like in a Unimatic or Multimatic. The Pulsamatic has trouble turning over jeans or other really heavy fabrics, unlike the Unimatic which can handle large jean loads.

 

[norfolksouthern]

I don't remember the Pulsamatic having problems with rollover, and the main reason, I guess, is that it was never overloaded. My grandmother would do a series of smaller loads, rather than attempt one big load like people commonly do. From what I remember, the Pulsamatic's capacity was smaller than that of other Frigidaires.

About the "hypersonic" waves: A 1-18 can do the same thing, as this is what I observed with mine. Just get the water up to just below one of the top large cones, and let 'er rip. You'll see spikes that'll make Robert's Control Tower proud. I think this has more to do with how the top ring of the agitator disturbs the water surface than actual sound waves.

NorfolkSouthern