Speed Queen ad for today 4/12/2019
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I remember in the 60's and 70's most of the laundries I saw were equipped with Speed Queen machines. I was always amazed that those machines could literally run 24/7 non stop for years with no problems and many of them did.
My 'scientific wild guess' would be 1955, given all those 5s in the form number at the bottom of the ad! The look of the machine seems to fit that era - rear consoles, still round-edged cabinets. I've got a 57 and it looks very different from this one.
I don't know if it was this machine or another model,but why did the motor run when the banging solonoid Speed Queens filled?
Am going with circa 1950's as well.
Overflow rinses were big then due to many housewives and others still using soap on wash day. Also the styling matches adverts one has seen online for SQ's offerings of the period.
There was a laundromat near (well about ten blocks away or so)a relative's home. So of course as a teen whenever was sent there to stay would go over to do my laundry. *LOL* They do had SQ washers and you couldn't kill the things.
Overflow rinses were big then due to many housewives and others still using soap on wash day. Also the styling matches adverts one has seen online for SQ's offerings of the period.
There was a laundromat near (well about ten blocks away or so)a relative's home. So of course as a teen whenever was sent there to stay would go over to do my laundry. *LOL* They do had SQ washers and you couldn't kill the things.
My parents bought a home in 1962 that was built in 1956 and it had a set of SQ’s just like the POD. I believe that they were either 1955 of 56 models. My Mom hated both the washer and the dryer. She had left the 58’ GE FF in the home they sold, along with the 55 Norge Timeline dryer.
The SQ dryer was especially bad. It got so hot that its a wonder that the clothes didn’t spontaneously combust when the door was opened, and I’m not kidding either.
We were only in the new home for about 3 weeks before the SQ’s were replaced by a new MOL 62’ Whirlpool washer and BOL dryer.
Eddie[this post was last edited: 4/12/2019-17:05]
The SQ dryer was especially bad. It got so hot that its a wonder that the clothes didn’t spontaneously combust when the door was opened, and I’m not kidding either.
We were only in the new home for about 3 weeks before the SQ’s were replaced by a new MOL 62’ Whirlpool washer and BOL dryer.
Eddie[this post was last edited: 4/12/2019-17:05]
the motor ran continuously while the machine was on....or rather, kept the pump running....
as a solid tub machine, most were time filled, and had a tendency at times to overflow into the outter tub, until the timer clicked in to agitate...
for the most part, it would not fill both tubs to a point of over flowing onto the floor.....but at the time, I guess it made more sense, or precaution...
banging solenoid machines had an extra timer increment for filling past the markings, versus the reversing motor versions.....
depending on water pressure/restrictors/temp, 1 minute would equal about 1/4 to 1/3 tub fill....
something you wouldn't normally catch, but on a commercial machine, the water continues to flow for 30 seconds after agitation begins in the wash portion, and water flows continuously during the 2 minute rinse....you have to account in a commercial machine, time is money....
on a residential machine, the water stops as agitation begins.....and the rinse is 4 minutes, 1 minute overflow, 2 minutes agitation, 1 minute overflow again, then spin..
as a solid tub machine, most were time filled, and had a tendency at times to overflow into the outter tub, until the timer clicked in to agitate...
for the most part, it would not fill both tubs to a point of over flowing onto the floor.....but at the time, I guess it made more sense, or precaution...
banging solenoid machines had an extra timer increment for filling past the markings, versus the reversing motor versions.....
depending on water pressure/restrictors/temp, 1 minute would equal about 1/4 to 1/3 tub fill....
something you wouldn't normally catch, but on a commercial machine, the water continues to flow for 30 seconds after agitation begins in the wash portion, and water flows continuously during the 2 minute rinse....you have to account in a commercial machine, time is money....
on a residential machine, the water stops as agitation begins.....and the rinse is 4 minutes, 1 minute overflow, 2 minutes agitation, 1 minute overflow again, then spin..
