brucelucenta
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This sort of appears to be late 50's/early 60's model? I don't really remember seeing one just like this before.
POD 2/10/2017
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I think this is an Australian model. The price is 189 GNS (guineas).
Louis is right. It's a GMH General Motors Holden made model. Made locally in country.
It's an alternative universe Frigidaire from '61, I found that yesterday. 
POD 10/02/2017 Frigidaire Automatic Washer WCIXXX 1961 ?
Nothing better than a colourful Frigidaire 3 ring agitator to start your day !!
Am gonna make a suggestion...when making a new thread for POD can we if possible along side the date write the make / model / date of manufacture if known please, if you look at many of these threads most people viewing past the day would not have a 3 ring clue as to what you have been discussing and it may be easier when doing searches on these marvelous machines and the resources library of AW...
By the time many come to look and view i.e. late at night the time difference means you have no idea what was on the picture.
You guys have a great history of these appliances, we need to build on that !!
Peace out...
Mike
Nothing better than a colourful Frigidaire 3 ring agitator to start your day !!
Am gonna make a suggestion...when making a new thread for POD can we if possible along side the date write the make / model / date of manufacture if known please, if you look at many of these threads most people viewing past the day would not have a 3 ring clue as to what you have been discussing and it may be easier when doing searches on these marvelous machines and the resources library of AW...
By the time many come to look and view i.e. late at night the time difference means you have no idea what was on the picture.
You guys have a great history of these appliances, we need to build on that !!
Peace out...
Mike
mixguy
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Ironing Sprinkler
Who has a model of the famous three ring agitator 1958-1962 model, that was a sprinkler for ironing. There was a jet action sprinkler made later also.
Who has a model of the famous three ring agitator 1958-1962 model, that was a sprinkler for ironing. There was a jet action sprinkler made later also.
Weren't the sprinklers only in the dryers of that era? I've got a '59 Imperial dryer that has the sprinkler feature, but I don't think the '59 Custom Imperial washer it's paired with has a sprinker. I can make that washer do an exclusive 'overflow spin' however... LOL
What a cool ad. It looks like Holden was still using the pre-61 US cabinets (heck, it could even be similar to the 55/56 cabinets), and I wonder what the switch is on the bottom side of the panel. A light, perhaps?
Very cool and thanks for adding this to the rotation, Robert!
Ben
Very cool and thanks for adding this to the rotation, Robert!
Ben
Frigidaire!
I like the styling with the back open lid - it does say 61 at the bottom of ad!
I like the styling with the back open lid - it does say 61 at the bottom of ad!
Paul, The sprinkler in the shape of a three ring agitator was a dealer premium. It is make of plastic, stands about 6 inches high and looks like a miniature agitator with all of the colors. It has holes in the top for the water to come out when it is used for hand sprinkling clothes before ironing.
frigidaireguy
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I have one of those 3-ring sprinklers. Really never knew exactly what it was for so you learn something everyday.
Bob
Bob
self contained suds saver.....
any insight on how this was incorporated?......
it sort of makes sense, but how or what keeps it separate from the rinse water...
any insight on how this was incorporated?......
it sort of makes sense, but how or what keeps it separate from the rinse water...
Tom, thank you for the explanation of the sprinkler! I had no idea that even existed. Now I want one... LOL
Yogi, the 'built-in' suds-saver was kinda awkward and its use is much better explained in a Frigidaire owner's manual but the idea was to let the washer spin just long enough to empty the tub after the wash was completed. There was an odd-looking stopper that went over the drain hose (that looks like S&M gear...) to keep water from draining out. You then took out the partially spun clothes, put the drain hose into the tub, then completed the spin to let the water back into the tub. This must have been tricky in the models with a lid switch, no??
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Yogi, the 'built-in' suds-saver was kinda awkward and its use is much better explained in a Frigidaire owner's manual but the idea was to let the washer spin just long enough to empty the tub after the wash was completed. There was an odd-looking stopper that went over the drain hose (that looks like S&M gear...) to keep water from draining out. You then took out the partially spun clothes, put the drain hose into the tub, then completed the spin to let the water back into the tub. This must have been tricky in the models with a lid switch, no??
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There were two kinds of Frigidaire suds-savers, automatic and manual. The machine in the ad clearly is talking about the manual system. Here is how to use the non-automatic Frigidaire suds saver, in nine easy steps lol...
Australian Frigidaire
It sounds rather like the system used in our Parnall Spinwasher (which had a solid tub) where, once the wash was completed the washed but un-rinsed clothes are removed and set aside whilst the next load(s) is being washed. The water is spun into the outer tub where it remains while the spin function is carried out, after which is it pumped back into the wash tub for the next load of dirty laundry.
This has pros and cons - on the plus side the wash water is going to be hotter as it does not have to sit in a sink cooling off whilst the rinse and spin functions are carried out. It would also be a rather simpler and cheaper machine to produce. Whilst on the minus side it is a great deal more work, not to mention having piles of damp laundry sitting about. I would imagine any housewife would have probably got on rinsing the first load in the sink whilst the second load was washing - not a million miles from a wringer washer I suppose.
On the Parnall (which was semi automatic) the control switch was mechanically linked to a valve to divert the hot water back into the tub or into the sink depending on what function was chosen - see link for more details
www.automaticwasher.org
It sounds rather like the system used in our Parnall Spinwasher (which had a solid tub) where, once the wash was completed the washed but un-rinsed clothes are removed and set aside whilst the next load(s) is being washed. The water is spun into the outer tub where it remains while the spin function is carried out, after which is it pumped back into the wash tub for the next load of dirty laundry.
This has pros and cons - on the plus side the wash water is going to be hotter as it does not have to sit in a sink cooling off whilst the rinse and spin functions are carried out. It would also be a rather simpler and cheaper machine to produce. Whilst on the minus side it is a great deal more work, not to mention having piles of damp laundry sitting about. I would imagine any housewife would have probably got on rinsing the first load in the sink whilst the second load was washing - not a million miles from a wringer washer I suppose.
On the Parnall (which was semi automatic) the control switch was mechanically linked to a valve to divert the hot water back into the tub or into the sink depending on what function was chosen - see link for more details
Parnall SpinWasher De-Luxe 1966
We had a mini meet recently to overhaul the Parnall SpinWasher semi-automatic top loader, I had a phone call from a lady in Somerset who at 70yrs young was downsizing, She told me when she first married her mother-in-law gave her this and she used it for nearly 10yrs with young children until...
www.automaticwasher.org
fascinating idea......
this manual use could be used for just about any style of this machine....or just about any type of solid tub machine....
while true a great deal more work, but emphasis on keeping the water hot, this most likely the best method...
thanks for the info.....
interesting how each manufacturer came up with their own design to save suds...
this manual use could be used for just about any style of this machine....or just about any type of solid tub machine....
while true a great deal more work, but emphasis on keeping the water hot, this most likely the best method...
thanks for the info.....
interesting how each manufacturer came up with their own design to save suds...
