vacerator
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A Japanese import for GE?
A reversing impeller design.
Like a modern full size WhirlTag HE top loader.
A reversing impeller design.
Like a modern full size WhirlTag HE top loader.
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arbilab
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You get a lot better spinner with the same 'quirky' agitation from a $250 Chinese twintub. Shipping included.
vacerator
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re; quirky spin,
I don't doubt that.
I'm sure the next generation from Whirlypoo will be that anyway.
May as well go back to a scrubbing board.
I don't doubt that.
I'm sure the next generation from Whirlypoo will be that anyway.
May as well go back to a scrubbing board.
This little washer was built by Hitachi for GE. I had a 1970-ish version courtesy of RedCarpetDrew.
Manual water temp adjustment at the faucet.
2 water levels.
1 cycle w/3 rinses, but only one spin (800-900rpm) at end of cycle. Between the wash / rinses it's only a drain and refill affair with agitation after water level is reached.
Cute washer, worked well. The tub brake worked so well, it caused the washer to "torque around" (it's on wheels) as the tub stopped from full speed spin. I didn't care for the "no spin" until end of cycle tho....
Not like a modern HE top loader, in that it filled with water and actually moved the clothes around, instead of grinding that wash plate thing against the clothes in low water levels.
Kevin
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launderess
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It is amazing how long impeller washing machine design
Has been around and yet won't go away. Talk about how everything old is new again... Have seen examples of such machines going back to early days of washers (1930's or so).
Problem inherent to all impeller designs is tangling. Side mounted Hoover TT probably are the worse with side of bottom tub like some Asian machines better.
Has been around and yet won't go away. Talk about how everything old is new again... Have seen examples of such machines going back to early days of washers (1930's or so).
Problem inherent to all impeller designs is tangling. Side mounted Hoover TT probably are the worse with side of bottom tub like some Asian machines better.
Friend had one and developed rashes. Went to Dr. and was told it was detergent left in the clothes from the crumby washing machine so he bitched to anyone who would listen that all of the loads had to be run twice to be thoroughly rinsed. GE had that no spin until the end because the damn thing sudslocked with one bubble. If he had bothered to watch the thing, he could have just given it one last rinse after the spin, but all of his brains were between his thighs.
See how the world has evolved; we used to get little crappy washers from Japan and now bigger crappy washers and all kinds of appliances come from China, Korea and other horrible countries.
See how the world has evolved; we used to get little crappy washers from Japan and now bigger crappy washers and all kinds of appliances come from China, Korea and other horrible countries.
delaneymeegan
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These Doll house washers are cute and even came in cool 70s colors, but I don't think I'd want to rely on them for my laundry. If I have to go with a portable, I'll take a Kenmore from the 70s or 80s. Sure you can only get three shirts in it or one sheet, but it has a cool real life agitator.
vacerator
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Yes Delaney,
The 3/4 scale Whirlpool or Kenmores. I had a pair. My grandmother also. hers was Avocado, the older belt drive style.
Mine was the first with the splutch gear case in '94. It rattled the wheels off.
It pulse spun until it balanced and reached high speed.
I have to say, being a smaller diameter basket is better for that drive system.
I hate my 3.6 cu. ft. Bravos X. Junk.
The 3/4 scale Whirlpool or Kenmores. I had a pair. My grandmother also. hers was Avocado, the older belt drive style.
Mine was the first with the splutch gear case in '94. It rattled the wheels off.
It pulse spun until it balanced and reached high speed.
I have to say, being a smaller diameter basket is better for that drive system.
I hate my 3.6 cu. ft. Bravos X. Junk.
delaneymeegan
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Those smaller tubs really got some speed, compared to their standard capacity brethren.
vacerator
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delaney,
It did spin rather fast.
My dry times were long, as I only had the 120 volt dryer.
It did spin rather fast.
My dry times were long, as I only had the 120 volt dryer.
The faster spin in the belt drive Kenpool portable washers were to help the drying in the 120 volt electric dryers with which they were often paired. In this area, they could be added to an apartment by the landlord without costly ducting to the outside for the dryer vent unlike the gas and 240 volt versions of the dryers which were also available. When the DD versions of these machines were made, the spin speed was no longer as fast.
About the little GE washer, I have often wondered how these machines with the little impeller at the bottom of the tub would have worked if the center of the impeller had had a narrow post like a Maytag wringer washer agitator had. I tried to hold a plastic vacuum cleaner wand in the center of the impeller to see if I could stop the balling up of the load, but the powerful swirling of the water and the fabrics always forced the wand out of position.
About the little GE washer, I have often wondered how these machines with the little impeller at the bottom of the tub would have worked if the center of the impeller had had a narrow post like a Maytag wringer washer agitator had. I tried to hold a plastic vacuum cleaner wand in the center of the impeller to see if I could stop the balling up of the load, but the powerful swirling of the water and the fabrics always forced the wand out of position.
delaneymeegan
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Good insight Tom.
One has to wonder, back in the day, how they made modifications to designs without all the computer aided design software we have these days.
vacerator
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Tom,
Did they make the compacts of the od DD drive? Mine was 1994 with a splutch gear case belt drive. Made in Mexico. It did spin very fast.
Did they make the compacts of the od DD drive? Mine was 1994 with a splutch gear case belt drive. Made in Mexico. It did spin very fast.
delaneymeegan
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I bought a white DD KM portable washer from the Sears Warehouse store in Wauwatosa in 1991. Someone used it a couple of times and returned it. It had the literature but not the quick connect hose. But they found one for me at the warehouse. I know I didn't pay much more than $300.
I wish I still had that. It was so cute with its little baby cork screw agitator.
Gosh, remember shopping the Sears warehouse. The warehouse was the place to find all the scratch and dents, returns, and discontinued items. And it was a good deal until about 1999 when they decided to treat the warehouse as just another store,...... and the prices weren't any different than in the typical stores,.... for scratch and dented, returned, and discontinued CRAP !
