Came across this listing on CL. Very weird. RCA/Whirlpool? this does not look like a machine from the '50s...
http:// flint.craigslist.org/app/1509709420.html
http:// flint.craigslist.org/app/1509709420.html
Ok, you figure this out, she lost the agitator when washing a comforter?
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strongenough78
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The link isn't working
strongenough78
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Yayyyy
It worked. And yeah I'm just as confused, how can you misplace an agitator for THAT long that you need to buy a new washer? LMAO!
It worked. And yeah I'm just as confused, how can you misplace an agitator for THAT long that you need to buy a new washer? LMAO!
danemodsandy
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I Think...
...The name confusion is maybe due to this being someone who's old enough to remember the RCA Whirlpool commercials - we're all well aware of how long a commercial can stay in your head.
As far as the missing agitator goes - well, I think you might find out a lot more about how that could happen when you saw the house...
...The name confusion is maybe due to this being someone who's old enough to remember the RCA Whirlpool commercials - we're all well aware of how long a commercial can stay in your head.
As far as the missing agitator goes - well, I think you might find out a lot more about how that could happen when you saw the house...
jamman_98
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She took out the agitator?!? WTF was she thinking!.
Joe
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She took out the agitator?!? WTF was she thinking!.
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toggleswitch2
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Radio Corporation of America
RCA was a badge used by GE for appliances in the 80's or most- likely the 90's. The machines looked exactly like (and were engineered as) GEs or Hotpoints, save for the control panels.
The RCA building was renamed the General Electric buildng (or was it the GE building?)[in Manhattan] at around the same time.
There was a common parent company or some such thing. This was the era when corporate buy-outs and hostile take-overs were in fashion in this country.
A 2nd link:
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
RCA was a badge used by GE for appliances in the 80's or most- likely the 90's. The machines looked exactly like (and were engineered as) GEs or Hotpoints, save for the control panels.
The RCA building was renamed the General Electric buildng (or was it the GE building?)[in Manhattan] at around the same time.
There was a common parent company or some such thing. This was the era when corporate buy-outs and hostile take-overs were in fashion in this country.
A 2nd link:
30 Rockefeller Plaza - Wikipedia
General Electric Building - Wikipedia
toggleswitch2
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Can't really get the job done without it.
~She took out the agitator?!? WTF was she thinking!.
It was probably too tight a fit. I were her, I'd check dark, moist crevices first which are not always uncommon donwstairs, say in a basement.
~She took out the agitator?!? WTF was she thinking!.
It was probably too tight a fit. I were her, I'd check dark, moist crevices first which are not always uncommon donwstairs, say in a basement.
toggleswitch2
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Two different links:
en.wikipedia.org
Intresting to see how Thompson electronics is associated with GE, BTW.
en.wikipedia.org
RCA - Wikipedia
Intresting to see how Thompson electronics is associated with GE, BTW.
RCA (trademark) - Wikipedia
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~RCA/Whirlpool? this does not look like a machine from the '50s...
My aunt had a w&d set from the (mid?) 60's with that badge/name..........
My aunt had a w&d set from the (mid?) 60's with that badge/name..........
bobbyderegis
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Could it have had the handwash agitator like the Hotpoints? I would like to think this was the situation, as I don't like to think anyone could be that stupid.
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Right now,
I am watching the Dark Secret of Harvest Home. I'm a little "out of the weather" (if you know what I mean!) But, why did she take out the agitator? To wash a blanket? What would make the splish/splash?
I am watching the Dark Secret of Harvest Home. I'm a little "out of the weather" (if you know what I mean!) But, why did she take out the agitator? To wash a blanket? What would make the splish/splash?
You may be right, Bobby. My parents bought a washer & dryer branded RCA (GE/Hotpoint) in the mid-90's for their new retirement home but it didn't have the Handwash system. This one may have, I don't recall any dealers in this area that sold them so I don't know if RCA got the Handwash action or not.
Even if this was the case, the comforter probably came out as clean as the top of that washer - but wet and smelling like bananas is enough to qualify for "clean" now anyway!
Even if this was the case, the comforter probably came out as clean as the top of that washer - but wet and smelling like bananas is enough to qualify for "clean" now anyway!
dirtybuck
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I'm as perplexed along with most of you with this washer.
I wish there was a close up of the control panel. As most of us can see, it sure looks like a GE just from the lid portion alone.
RCA? Could it be from a different country and brought it here on a move to the States?
Has anyone on here been curious enough to call the people who own this machine and get some more info?
I wish there was a close up of the control panel. As most of us can see, it sure looks like a GE just from the lid portion alone.
RCA? Could it be from a different country and brought it here on a move to the States?
Has anyone on here been curious enough to call the people who own this machine and get some more info?
What a concept! I think we should all remove those pesky agitators from our top-loaders. They do take up precious tub space, LOL.
How the heck do you lose the damn thing, though? It's not like it could fall between the couch cushions.
How the heck do you lose the damn thing, though? It's not like it could fall between the couch cushions.
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THat is a Hotpoint designed washer with the removable hand wash agitator. The dope lost it?? How do you lose a damned agitator? Maybe she eventually found it under her bed???
strongenough78
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I've seen on one of the owners manuals here, I just can't remember which one, that removing the agitator was recommended for washing large comforters or blankets, not sure though if it had the smaller one underneath. I'll look around to see if I can find it.
laundromat
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Hotpoint and Westinghouse---
--top loading washers were the only ones I ever saw that had the Hand Wash Agitators.If this RCA washer had one,it was probably purchased at a second hand store that took a hand wash agitator off a Hotpoint to replace the original Activator swirled agitator on the RCA.That would be more conceivable as to explaining anyone's reasoning behind removing an agitator to wash a blanket or comforter.Otherwise,how in the heck would it get clean???
--top loading washers were the only ones I ever saw that had the Hand Wash Agitators.If this RCA washer had one,it was probably purchased at a second hand store that took a hand wash agitator off a Hotpoint to replace the original Activator swirled agitator on the RCA.That would be more conceivable as to explaining anyone's reasoning behind removing an agitator to wash a blanket or comforter.Otherwise,how in the heck would it get clean???
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The handwash agitator was underneath the regular agitator, so you would remove the regular agitator to get the handwash effect. If I remember, the handwash agitator had very thin vanes that reduced turnover substantially. The RCA washers were, for at least some of their run, Hotpoint designs, not just GE designs, similar to the JCPenney washer.
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