Yay! Have fun and enjoy it in good health!!!
Over 5 Years Later, I'm Ready to Run the Unused 1962 General Electric Filter-Flo
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ottoreese
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There are no words to how jealous I am right now. 
I'm not sure if I would use it or place it somewhere in the living room as a showpiece!
I'm not sure if I would use it or place it somewhere in the living room as a showpiece!
mayken4now
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Robert
I remember when you had posted about this machine back in 2011. Reviewed the thread and was in awe about the never used find.
Looks like fun!
I remember when you had posted about this machine back in 2011. Reviewed the thread and was in awe about the never used find.
Looks like fun!
YES!!!
I very much look forward to the maiden wash video Robert!
Cheers
Leon
I very much look forward to the maiden wash video Robert!
Cheers
Leon
It wants to be used! Have fun with it. I don't see a sink for suds saver?
wow
what a treat, we never get to see them inside in factory condition !!!
what a treat, we never get to see them inside in factory condition !!!
mrb627
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OMG... the Excitement!
I think I may have just pee'd a little!
Malcolm
( curious about those three position rocker switches, is the uppermost position horizontal or is the middle position horizontal? )
I think I may have just pee'd a little!
Malcolm
( curious about those three position rocker switches, is the uppermost position horizontal or is the middle position horizontal? )
Malcolm
Uppermost position was horizontal. Some switches were 3-position and some were 2-position.
I believe the water level designations were:
Top: 10-12 lbs.
Middle: 6-10 lbs.
Bottom: 6 lbs. and less.
Wash temp designations were:
Top: Hot.
Middle: Warm.
Bottom: Cold.
Rinse temp designations were:
Top: Warm.
Bottom: Cold.
Speed designations were:
Top: Normal.
Bottom: Gentle.
lawrence
Uppermost position was horizontal. Some switches were 3-position and some were 2-position.
I believe the water level designations were:
Top: 10-12 lbs.
Middle: 6-10 lbs.
Bottom: 6 lbs. and less.
Wash temp designations were:
Top: Hot.
Middle: Warm.
Bottom: Cold.
Rinse temp designations were:
Top: Warm.
Bottom: Cold.
Speed designations were:
Top: Normal.
Bottom: Gentle.
lawrence
mrb627
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Thanks...
I kind of thought that would be the case, but wasn't 100% sure.
Thanks for schooling me.
Malcolm
I kind of thought that would be the case, but wasn't 100% sure.
Thanks for schooling me.
Malcolm
She's a beauty! Water guzzler, but still a beauty!
Isn't it amazing that they really didn't change their design for sooooooo many years?
Isn't it amazing that they really didn't change their design for sooooooo many years?
Hey Robert, does the 62 have a spray rinse during the first spin? I wasn't sure what year GE added that and discontinued the "suds kill" pause
Yes they added that in '61, it's a feature of the perforated tub models.
Yes they added that in '61, it's a feature of the perforated tub models.
Spray Rinse???
More like firehose blast!! I have to shut the lid on my '61 when that comes on or I'll be drenched!
Whirlpool had spray rinse, GE had firehose!
More like firehose blast!! I have to shut the lid on my '61 when that comes on or I'll be drenched!
Whirlpool had spray rinse, GE had firehose!
La flume de ma tante
I've used so many Filter-flo washers that I will say that the quality of the spray rinse depends on a couple of factors. First of all, the fill flume on the solid-tub machines, pre-1961, had a well-designed, compartmentalized, hard plastic flume that diverted some of the water down into the outer tub to do the suds kill, so the fill/spray stream was very neat and directed and didn't hit you in the face. It also had a diversion for the TOL models to feed the rinse dispenser.
The soft rubber flumes on the perforated tub models were aimed a little bit into the washbasket balance ring and the clothes retainer ring so a lot of the water would splatter like an old man pissing and some of it would go down into the outer tub; I never understood why they made the thing so messy compared to its predecessor. Also, on one or two later machines the flume was aimed/mounted poorly so that most of the spray rinse water missed the spinning basket and ended up going down the outer tub.
One's water pressure also made a big difference. Growing up, our FF was on the fourth floor and the pressure was so low it took nearly 11 minutes for the machine to fill the tub on anything else than the WARM water setting.
I love how the nozzle/flume materials on Robert's unused machine actually have some shine to them.
I've used so many Filter-flo washers that I will say that the quality of the spray rinse depends on a couple of factors. First of all, the fill flume on the solid-tub machines, pre-1961, had a well-designed, compartmentalized, hard plastic flume that diverted some of the water down into the outer tub to do the suds kill, so the fill/spray stream was very neat and directed and didn't hit you in the face. It also had a diversion for the TOL models to feed the rinse dispenser.
The soft rubber flumes on the perforated tub models were aimed a little bit into the washbasket balance ring and the clothes retainer ring so a lot of the water would splatter like an old man pissing and some of it would go down into the outer tub; I never understood why they made the thing so messy compared to its predecessor. Also, on one or two later machines the flume was aimed/mounted poorly so that most of the spray rinse water missed the spinning basket and ended up going down the outer tub.
One's water pressure also made a big difference. Growing up, our FF was on the fourth floor and the pressure was so low it took nearly 11 minutes for the machine to fill the tub on anything else than the WARM water setting.
I love how the nozzle/flume materials on Robert's unused machine actually have some shine to them.
Not to Hi-Jack the GE thread, but WP built BD washers had the fastest fill of any Automatic Washer I have ever seen, when set for warm water fill they filled at 8-10 gallons per minute, and a warm spray rinse was this same rate of fill, this is why WP pulsed the spray rinse, otherwise the fill rate could easily overwhelm the pump out ability.
Back to the unused 1962 GE FF washer, have you fired it up yet Robert ?
Back to the unused 1962 GE FF washer, have you fired it up yet Robert ?
Ahhhhh
I don't remember a spray rinse in a solid tub GE for suds kill. Someone want to correct me??
I don't remember a spray rinse in a solid tub GE for suds kill. Someone want to correct me??
You stand corrected.... LOL
The 1951 GE has a spray during the first spin, the motor stops and the tub slows as the water continues to spray, then the motor kicks back in to finish the spin. From what I've read the 1953 should do this also.
Proof:
The 1951 GE has a spray during the first spin, the motor stops and the tub slows as the water continues to spray, then the motor kicks back in to finish the spin. From what I've read the 1953 should do this also.
Proof:
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