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Well I know everyone here who likes videos are going to enjoy these. Here are some wash action videos of the 1962.. <br
Video #1 (2.5mb) is a demonstration of how to use the Easy Ring Control since its confusing unless you actually see it <br
Video #2 (2.5mb) is a bit of Fill and Wash of a wash load consisting of four sweatshirts, one pair of jeans and four t-shirts <br
Video #3 (2.5mb) is a continued view of the wash load in video #2 enduring Spiral Smackalations <br
Video #4 (5.3mb) is Easy's exclusive eight spray rinses <br
Video #5 (2.5) is a very heavy wash load, probably 1 and 1/2 wash loads stuffed into the machine to see how well it handles a overloaded wash <br
Enjoy everyone, I will add these to our permanent "See It Wash" video library.
 
amazing!!

Those smackulations are something else, and the ring thingy is way cool
Thanks for the videos Robert!
 
Wow!

Was that cool or what?

I think that the control ring would drive me nuts at first.

Did you find any evidence of Consumer Reports complaint -- i.e., that an overloaded machine could damage the water fill flume?

Thanks for sharing. I love it, love it, love it!

Mike
 
Very cool, on all points! Agitation is a bit similar to Norge, moving all the items on each stroke. The rollover is also somewhat like a Roto-Swirl. The recirculation looks like an overflow fill in-progress!
 
mr seger

im david, still fairly new here. is that you doing the demo of the controls? VERY nicely done. when i first looked around the site i suspected the creator HAD to be quite sharp to put it all together the way he had. of course i was right. the demo of the controls is just too much for words. the CONTROLS are hilarious! god bless you for giving us this site!! David Cibrian
 
Up late Saturday Night??

How very cool! The timer-tongue looks like a bit of a pain, but still gets acclaim for the best crustacean panel design. That was not what I thought it would sound like, much louder than I thought for a direct-drive mechanism. The big mouth fill flume gets an A for drama, those spray rinses were spectacular! The Spiralation Replenishment System assures a full tub of water throughout wash and rinse cycles, without it, you'd suffer the dreaded dry agitation as with the ABC/Kelvinators.
 
Very interesting and unusual!!The agitation reminds me of a Roto-Swirl or the GE "Roto-Swirl"-but the Easy seems slower-longer and more powerful-esp with the film clip of the "heavy load"-seems to circulate the load just fine.I-d be happy to find one of the Easy twin tub "spinner" washers-would think the agitation would be the same-sadly older washers are as rare as hens teeth around here in my area.
 
EASY

Robert real cool machine - was their supposed to be a recirculating lint filter being water kept flowing during the washing phase? Many spray rinses surprised me. To bad their is no overflow rinse. It would be dramatic!
Best Wishes and Jetaction!
Peter
 
Easy Wins!!

Thats not far off a 190d sweep, sounds like the Norge to me...How effective where the 8 rinses??

Pleny of undertow action...The timer pull ring is interesting, I thought it would complete one sweep of the panel with one pull, I think you would soon get irritated by the pulling push especially if its so precise.

Happy renovating, Mike
 
WOW

That's some agitation! Great videos. Very interesting timer. I'm wondering about the lint removal too. Is it suposed to have a lint filter like the GE since I did not see an overflow rinse?

Joe
jamman_98
 
suspension

This machine must have a great suspension system-even with the huge load there is no side to side movement of the tub/agitator-must be very well built.
Tom
 
Woohoo!

That agitator looks mighty powerful! Love how the load gets sucked in then thrown out as the agitator moves back and forth! The dial looks cool too, although I guess as you said if it was your primary machine or all machines had it it would get kinda annoying. Very cool way though, another example of 50s washer engineering where design actually came into play with washer control panels :-).

Love the fill flume too - it reminds me of one of those wet and dry carpet cleaners! The spray rinses look really cool too - is the rinse water drinkable? :-)

Take care and best of luck with this machine, I absolutely love it!

Jon
 
It's like the Hotpoint on steroids! You see the load moving up and down, but don't really see the rollover, but you know there is no escape from that thing!

I'd call that timer mechanism a "pump timer". How bizarre.

Congrats on a great machine!
 
Lots of Questions this Morning

How's the rinsing?
It's just fine, but it would be even better with an overflow rinse.

Did you find any evidence of Consumer Reports complaint
No actually I haven't, I stuffed that machine in that second video load and still the wash load didn't reach the fill flume.

is that you doing the demo of the controls?
Yup that was me, although I hate hearing my own voice on video or audio. Thank you David for your kind words.

was their supposed to be a recirculating lint filter being water kept flowing during the washing phase
I wasn't sure at first but I'm almost certain now there was never a filter. There is no bracket or any indication that there was a bracket to hold a filter and if the pan was inserted on the agitator it would had to have been so large that it would have gone under the clothes guard because the stream comes almost straight down. With other agitator mounted filters, the stream comes out towards the agitator. Also Greg and I looked in our parts books and found no reference to any agitator mounted filtered for this era of Easy automatics.

How effective where the 8 rinses??
Well its better than nothing, the Easy has a weak clutch so if there are a lot of suds its going to get suds locked really bad and the spray rinses will do nothing. I have yet to suds lock the machine but its coming.

This machine must have a great suspension system-even with the huge load
It has a pretty good Beam style suspension, but with large loads it’s usually balances well.

is the rinse water drinkable?
Only if I use Dash
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What is supposed to be the capacity of this machine?
Hi Todd, so nice to see you posting again. I suppose it’s around 10lbs. The tub is large, but the agitator takes up a lot of room in it like the Norge.

but don't really see the rollover
The clothes definitely roll over, but with that large load it takes more than 60's to really see it happen.
 
Hi Robert, Thanks so much for the neat videos. Yur voice added so much to the beginning explanation of how the timer worked. Love that fill flume, such drama. Those spray rinses look like they would do a great job. Any idea of the spin speed? Looks like you had a nice "controled suds" wash, what detergent were you using? Thanks again for taking the time to make these and share with us. Terry
 
It's phallic

That timer-puller thingy. Yep. What do you think that housewife is thinking when she has to repeatedly pull that metal shaft over and over?

Washers, designed by men to stimulate women. Just look at all those pulsing Frigidaires.

Easy smackulation. WOW! Lord forgive me for what I'm about to say, That spiralator turns over faster than a Roto Swirl. I feel so sinful now.
 
Cool washer Robert

I've never seen an Easy before. Enjoyed the videos. I'll have to listen to them later, as cubicles have ears :-)
Is it me, or was on Vid #3 colors changing in the washer?
Must have been having a flashback....
 
That's quite a basso profundo purr the machine has during agitation. If a great, big lion was a washer and that washer could purr, it would be an Easy.

So, what's with the recirculating water if there's no lint filter? Is Gansky right? Is it just recirculating water spilled into the outer tub?

So THAT's how the ring thingy works. What some of us didn't understand (and by 'us' I mean 'me') was that you had to pull on the thing repeatedly to advance the timer.

A very interesting washer with very vigorous agitation. Thanks for the vids, Robert! And there's not a thing wrong with your voice, either.
 
The time-line Kelvinator that my grandmother (and which have been found recently) worked similarly. Intead of pulling a ring out to get access to the crank-lever, it was just grabbed and pulled down repeatedly to set the cycle. Then turned to the right (I think) to turn the machine on. Or back left to turn off or pause the cycle.
 
Thanks Robert

Great videos as well as pictures in the other threads on the repairs to this machine. Once again I thank you for taking the time to teach us all new things. I love that timer, sort of like the old early 60's Buick and mid 60's T-bird speedometers too.
Scott
 

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