Judging by the features listed in the ad, this machine uses 50% less hot water and total water than other washers. Does that mean that this is still a solid tub machine? The other feature which states that the machine has no gears sounds like the old Kelvinator drive for the Xcentric agitation. The final clue to this being the old design is the window in the lid. This ad features late 60s colors. I don't know when Kelvinator became another generic White-Westinghouse machine, but I guess it was later than I thought.
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Kelvinator solid tub washer
Hi Tom, yes this is still original solid tub design. I think they kept building these till around 67 or8.
Solid tub machines generally could use less wash water the 67 Kelvinator we have at the warehouse uses a ton of water though it uses an excessive amount of overflow at the end of the wash and throughout the rinse cycle in my opinion so it’s not a very water, efficient machine but if you had it set for a hot wash and the recommended cold rinse it’s not too hard on hot water For a top loading machine of limited capacity.
They might be comparing it to the super capacity whirlpool top load machine that had been introduced by this time which would easily wash twice the load this Kelvinator can.
The last of these Kelvinator washers were actually pretty reliable. We used to see some that would run 10 years without a problem which was a far cry from the one my parents bought in 1955 that needed 10 repairs and five years and was junk at the end of that time.
John
Hi Tom, yes this is still original solid tub design. I think they kept building these till around 67 or8.
Solid tub machines generally could use less wash water the 67 Kelvinator we have at the warehouse uses a ton of water though it uses an excessive amount of overflow at the end of the wash and throughout the rinse cycle in my opinion so it’s not a very water, efficient machine but if you had it set for a hot wash and the recommended cold rinse it’s not too hard on hot water For a top loading machine of limited capacity.
They might be comparing it to the super capacity whirlpool top load machine that had been introduced by this time which would easily wash twice the load this Kelvinator can.
The last of these Kelvinator washers were actually pretty reliable. We used to see some that would run 10 years without a problem which was a far cry from the one my parents bought in 1955 that needed 10 repairs and five years and was junk at the end of that time.
John
As I recall, the 1967 Consumer Reports had both epochs of Kelvinator washers represented---the "big tub" Gibson/Coronado/Wizard/... and the "solid tub Xcentric". Suspect the solid tub came from a Michigan factory and the "big tub" from Fort Dodge, IA.
Kelvinator!
That Kelvinator is so awsome I never saw anything like it. It's out of this world.
I wish they would have built a 1/18
That Kelvinator is so awsome I never saw anything like it. It's out of this world.
I wish they would have built a 1/18
Regarding water usage, Consumer Reports 1956 Buying Guide says ABC/Kelvinator washers used 19 gal hot water, 29 gal total. Norge/Hamilton also used 19 gal hot water, but the Maytag AMP used only 18, Easy and Frigidaire 17, andAMC/Beam only 16.
At the other end of the scale, Whirlpool used 24 gal hot water, GE 25, and the Bendix Economat 28.
Hotpoint used only 13 gal hot water, but 55 gal total, the most of any machine.
Based on these tests, Kelvinator could not have used 50% less hot water unless something had changed.
At the other end of the scale, Whirlpool used 24 gal hot water, GE 25, and the Bendix Economat 28.
Hotpoint used only 13 gal hot water, but 55 gal total, the most of any machine.
Based on these tests, Kelvinator could not have used 50% less hot water unless something had changed.
Water usage, older, automatic washers
Hi John, given that this Kelvinator washer was a 1967 machine a lot had changed in 10 years.
I’m sure there were machines that used 50% more hot water by this time. Whirlpool had already come out with their super capacity washer that held 27 gallons as had Norge Just to name two. My main Point about water usage was this Kelvinator seem to use an excessive amount of water with an overflow at the end of the wash cycle and an overflow rinse for the size load it does.
It might be interesting to look up a newer test that included machines from around 1966. I have it somewhere but not easy to dig out right now.
John L
Hi John, given that this Kelvinator washer was a 1967 machine a lot had changed in 10 years.
I’m sure there were machines that used 50% more hot water by this time. Whirlpool had already come out with their super capacity washer that held 27 gallons as had Norge Just to name two. My main Point about water usage was this Kelvinator seem to use an excessive amount of water with an overflow at the end of the wash cycle and an overflow rinse for the size load it does.
It might be interesting to look up a newer test that included machines from around 1966. I have it somewhere but not easy to dig out right now.
John L
