Texas Washin videos

[jasonl]

Are you using WMP? Try the latest version. I have 10 and the videos play fine.

 

[jaxsunst]

Kenmore1978,
What browser are you using? I am using Safari with Windows Media Player plug-in on an older Mac. If anyone should be having trouble it is me

Jason, Great Videos! I have experimented with iMovie, but I just can't seem to find the time to play with it. Keep vids coming!

Jackson

 

[lightedcontrols]

I REALLY dug it!

Woooooow Man, really dug the vids man.......

 

[kenmorepeter5a]

???

I have some questions:

Is that right of Fishel & Payal? Is the F & P spin by 1000 rmp?

In frontload washer of the Westinghouse....which is the direction (one or two)?

-- Peter (kenmorepeter5a)

 

[westytoploader]

Hi Peter,

Glenn's Fisher & Paykel spins at 1010 RPM on high speed according to the technical specifications he found, although it is advertised at 1000.

My 1993 White-Westinghouse FL does reverse-tumble (drum turns in both directions); this machine was also made under the Kenmore name and was called the "Dual-Tumble" washer. It has a single belt/pulley for the drum, control board, an AEG servo-motor and a separate electric pump; a radical departure from the previous 3-belt Potato-Pulley version. If I remember correctly, the Dual-Tumble was produced from 1989-1994 and shares a lot of characteristics of the Frigidaire/Electrolux that followed. I personally like one-direction tumbling as it provides for more suds/water drama and would love to find a Potato-Pulley machine in the future, but this machine is still very fun to watch, especially on a small load with a good amount of detergent and the water level control set to "Large"!

--Austin

 

[kenmorepeter5a]

Fisher & Paykel

Hi again --

Which is the Fisher & Paykel dryer (top load) the direction (one or two).
Before I went to Lowe's to see Fisher & Paykel...I looked nice about:
Washer - small holes, stain drum with circle lines (thick metal)
without belt, pullery, DC motor, etc.

Dryer (top load) -- how do make start first? is that close automatic sliding door?

-- Peter

 

[westytoploader]

The Fisher & Paykel TL dryer is a two-direction machine as well. To start it, you close the main lid and select the appropriate cycle. The sliding door closes automatically when the drum starts turning. In the picture with the lid open and the drum turning, Glenn defeated the lidswitch/lock.

 

[DADoES]

Peter, the video shows the dryer with the outside lid open and the lock bypassed to show how the drum rotates. Normally it cannot be seen running. The lid locks for safety. Running it open is very dangerous, could get fingers caught in the rotating drum, and even chopped off.

The dryer drum turns in both directions. It runs for 4.5 mins, slows to a stop, restarts in the reverse direction for 40 seconds, then pauses and resumes again in the normal direction. The forward/reverse continues for the entire length of the cycle, including during the cooldown. 4.5 minutes forward, 40 seconds reverse. The dryer is belt-drive. The belt is wrapped around the far right side of the drum outside the loading area, cannot be seen in the video.

Here are a couple more videos you might like, showing how the inner drum lid opens and closes. I raised up the entire top deck for a better view. If you look VERY closely, you can see the narrow black strip at the far right, which is the belt.

Drum Closing

Drum Opening

 

[kenmorepeter5a]

How second??

Hi again---

How second do the Fisher & Paykel of the dryer about?

Forward -
stop -
Reverse -

-- Peter (kenmorepeter5a)

 

[DADoES]

Peter, as I said:

Forward Tumble - 4.5 Minutes (which is 270 seconds)
Pause - I don't know how long the pause takes, I've never timed it
Reverse Tumble - 40 seconds
Pause -
Forward Tumble - 4.5 minutes
Pause -
Reverse Tumble - 40 seconds
Pause -

Repeating the process over and over for however long the drying cycle lasts.

During the pauses, the motor simply coasts to a stop, remains completely stopped for maybe two seconds, then starts up in the other direction.

 

[appnut]

One of the nights I went to bed as the last load was drying (the bedroom I got to stay in was butted up against the laundry room so I heard the dryer), it was in cool down mode and had finished the 40 sec reverse and had begun the 4.5 tumble direction. but, 10 seconds into the longer tumble, the dryer finsihed the cool down cycle lol. I went to sleep chuckling.

 

[DADoES]

So glad you had a good time. ;-)

Methinks there's a subroutine that handles the reversing, loops outside the main cycle.

 

[kenmore1978]

browsers

"Are you using WMP? Try the latest version. I have 10 and the videos play fine."

WMP stopped running on my computer. Says "Internal applicationn error" This is under Win2000. Originally, version 9 worked just fine, then it just stopped. When i try to download and install it again, the installation process doesn't give me a choise of where to install it. It puts a shortcut on my desktop, but whenI look for it in the directory where it's supposed to be, it's not there.

"Kenmore1978,
What browser are you using? I am using Safari with Windows Media Player plug-in on an older Mac. If anyone should be having trouble it is me "

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7

 

[compactc9]

Thats looks like it was a lot of fun, I wish I was there. My favorite parts were the vacuuming. lol Maybe someday I can get to one of these. I just think its interesting how many washing machine collectors also collect vacuums, and the same for vacuum collectors. We had some very interesting washer conversations at the last VCCC convention. And talking about the convention, I am already so excited to go again, but thats for another thread.

 

[tlee618]

Thank-you Jason for sharing these great videos with us. It sure looks like all of you had a fantastic time. Venus I loved the picture of you serving in front of that beautiful range. Looks like you really out did yourself in the kitchen. Looking forward to attending your next gathering. Terry

 

[Cybrvanr]

Those are some fun videos, you all looked like you had a great time down there with all the vintage appliances! Nice job in putting those flicks together!

What would be really neat to add to the "film" looking video is a little bit of "projector clatter" to the beginning and end of the footage!