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Gizmo, now that a couple of weeks have passed we are all anxiously awaiting your consumer report and pictures of your Turner Sapphire up and running. Amazing, no gear box. Did you figure out the pump lever yet?

On another note to Brisnat81 "Malleys Automatic 12"? Was that the horizontal axis top loader that was bolted to the floor? When my grandmother died many moons ago she left no will but one of the items up for distribution was this prized Malleys automatic. There were 4 sister-in laws, they drew straws and my mother won. It sat in our back porch for 15 years. My mother would not let Dad install it because the laundry was unlined and if he bolted the machine down he would never finish it. I used to hook the machine up once in a while but if it was unbalanced it would jump and we would run for our lives. Long story short, my mother gave it to a friend who installed it and on its maiden wash on advance to spin the lid shot open and water started pouring out. As it turns out the pump bellows had perished. They called Malleys and were told it was not worth repairing. To the last of my knowledge that machine sits bolted to the floor in that washhouse to this day. I will call my mother and ask her about her friend (dead or alive). Chances are slim but you never know.

Rodney (Palm Springs)
 
Hi Rodney

I have given it a very quick run but can't use it anymore for a while. The Turner draws a huge current surge when it starts up and our solar power inverter can't cope - it turns for about 1 second, then stops and the inverter's overload light comes on. It does work on our diesel backup generator, but that is ridiculously noisy and annoys the neighbours. We are currently building a generator shed with sound-insulated walls, till then the Turner is off the road. Also the Turner is a bolt-down machine, not bolted down.

Initial impressions from a quick first run - wash action is better than I expected, it throws a bit of water around as I don't have the lid. No real "rollover", but it flings the clothes back and forth pretty well. the agitation arc is tiny - less than 90 degrees. When pumping out, it seems happier if I leave it agitating while pumping out (rather than setting it to spin when still full of water), once empty you can engage the spin. It spins quite slowly and leaps about as it isn't bolted down. The lack of a detent for the centre pump position (off) isn't a problem - just set it to "pump in" when washing, then to "pump out" to empty. I can't tell how it sounds, all I can hear is the generator.

Chris.
 
Now that is really cool Chris, I wonder how fast this thing spins? It looks sort of like a large version of a little Easy Whirldry washer.
 
Hello Nathan, (Mail demon came back could not send, sorry guys for this communication here, email address seems to have too many letters, try emailing me again)

Sorry I did not get back to you sooner. I spoke to Mum on Mother's day. She thinks I am crazy but she remembers the machine and all of my antics and angles I pulled to try to get her to let Dad install it. Mum did tell me that, YES, her friends Bet and Ernie Carter are still alive and still live in the house where they installed the machine all those years ago. The last she spoke to them was a couple of years ago when my Dad died. Mum loves a mission so you can rest assured I will have an answer for you sooner or later. I recently needed her to bid on a Russell Hobbs Reflections cordless kettle on E-Bay Australia. She won the bid and then she mailed me the kettle. Here in the USA we can get the Reflections toaster but for some reason the kettle is available only in Australia and the UK. Point is, she did a great job and I am sure she will follow through with the Malleys. By the way if you can scan any pages you have of that 1960 Malleys catelogue or any other images of early machines in Australia I would be interested in seeing them. Glad to see Gizmo ran the Turner for a bit. Not sure about him having to have a generator, I thought we were moving out of the dark ages in Australia.

Talk to you soon

Rodney
 
DARK AGES???

No dark ages here!

We have solar power, the clean power of the future. It provides NEARLY all our power needs. When the sun doesn't shine for a few days, or when I want to play with a washing machine that WAS made back in the dark ages, I start the generator. That way if the machine has a fault, or uses a huge power surge, my expensive solar equipment won't get damaged.
Unfortunately when buying the back-up generator, I listened to it running without a load, but not with a load. When loaded, it gets really noisy. I am currently building a soundproof generator shed, but it's not finished yet. Meanwhile the Turner can have a rest. At least it isn't crushed.

chris.
 
Chris,
My comment was retorical....If you remember my earlier thread I come from the generation that had to light a fire to heat water to bath and wash with. I think its great that you have invested in our planets future. We have several "green" options here but unfortunately it comes with a heavy cost and much opposition from the greedy utility companies. Thanks for saving the Turner.

Rodney
 

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