The business end of the agitator

[filterflo702]

Lady K's

My mom had a 1964 LK. The closest you could get to a long cold water wash was to push "B" cotton/linens colored, turn the dial until it locked and once it began filling, if you pushed "F" cold water wash button, the water temperature changed from "medium" which was a bit warmer than warm to a lukewarm/cool temp. That way, you at least got 12 minutes and cooler water.

 

[Designgeek]

Here's another vote for gentle agitation and fast spins. And I haven't seen an auto TL that provides this option either.

Presumably one could hack the controls on a machine with a mechanical sequencer. A simple switch mounted on the panel would enable selecting the spin speed.

This could be a marketable feature for whatever company wants to be first to do it, and it would be really simple to do. You have one set of pushbuttons to select agitation speed (gentle, normal, strong) and another to select spin speeds (slow, normal, fast), and then the usual water level control and temperature controls, and the rotary knob to set wash time and overall cycle. The control panel could list a few typical combinations e.g. "cottons, use settings A plus B, permanent press use B plus C," etc. Perhaps the deluxe model could have separate temp controls for wash and rinse cycles, so you could do hot/hot for sanitizing and cold/cold for colors and various in between.

 

[toggleswitch]

Said: Here's another vote for gentle agitation and fast spins. And I haven't seen an auto TL that provides this option either.

Further on ...This could be a marketable feature for whatever company wants to be first to do it.

Response: It's already been done. I remember this on my GE washer circa 1981, I'd also like to see it..come back.

HINT HINT (This is one reason why I like to see birth years, gender, first name in profiles..helps us get a feel for the writer), and perhaps see the world from their eyes time-frame.

 

[brisnat81]

BD Whirlpool

I have a BD whirlpool control panel that lets you select the speeds seperately.

FF
FS
SF
SS

Its just a rotary knob.