Maytag's Helical Drive transmissions in no way limited the spin speed because when turned in the reverse direction from agitate, they locked to transmit the speed from the pulley on the bottom of the tranny. By using a larger motor pulley, I increased the spin speed from 618 to 757 rpm.
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mickeyd
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I have an Easy Spin and it really spins fast, but 1725 rpm--my God, I had no idea!
Can this be?
Holy Feces!
I have an Easy Spin and it really spins fast, but 1725 rpm--my God, I had no idea!
Can this be?
Holy Feces!
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Easy Spindriers aren't 1725 RPM...more like the mid-600s. Otherwise they would vibrate like crazy. Maytag twinnies spin at exactly 2000 RPM, Hoovers are somewhere near that range as well. The 50's Westinghouse Speed Changer Laundromats spin at 475; later Potato-Pulley versions spin at 525.
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And...the spin motor for the Hoover twinnie, as mentioned here before, was a Constellation motor.
not just the size, but what you do with it
Several years back there was an excellent article in the German publication "Stiftung Warentest" on this subject. The authors, drawing upon research conducted on hundreds of machines over many decades came to the conclusion that it was not enough to simply "go fast". One range of AEGs from the late 70's early 80's for instance "only" spun at 850rpm, yet achieved better water extraction then their Miele competitors spinning at - for those days the enormous speed of - 1000+ rpm.
The AEGs had a better thought out spin cycle which, although mechanical, resulted in better extraction.
I use a 2,800rpm "schleuder" on clothes which land in the dryer. Some of my shirts are over 15 years old, I only wear natural fibers so know a bit about creasing and ironing. As long as I don't overload and shake everything out properly (and immeadiately) after spinning, there has never been either damage or bad wrinkling/twisting.
Side note: American washers vary in their quality and the set-up of their spin cycles tremendously. After the end of the golden era, it wasn't until very recently that effective extraction became a selling point again. As for the "quality", well - my recent trip to the 'States included 3 washer repairs. The best built and most reliable was an A108 from the late 70's....
Several years back there was an excellent article in the German publication "Stiftung Warentest" on this subject. The authors, drawing upon research conducted on hundreds of machines over many decades came to the conclusion that it was not enough to simply "go fast". One range of AEGs from the late 70's early 80's for instance "only" spun at 850rpm, yet achieved better water extraction then their Miele competitors spinning at - for those days the enormous speed of - 1000+ rpm.
The AEGs had a better thought out spin cycle which, although mechanical, resulted in better extraction.
I use a 2,800rpm "schleuder" on clothes which land in the dryer. Some of my shirts are over 15 years old, I only wear natural fibers so know a bit about creasing and ironing. As long as I don't overload and shake everything out properly (and immeadiately) after spinning, there has never been either damage or bad wrinkling/twisting.
Side note: American washers vary in their quality and the set-up of their spin cycles tremendously. After the end of the golden era, it wasn't until very recently that effective extraction became a selling point again. As for the "quality", well - my recent trip to the 'States included 3 washer repairs. The best built and most reliable was an A108 from the late 70's....
