The Maiden Wash

[toggleswitch]

~I think that's a question for Robert, although I'd venture a guess that a two-speed motor is more liable to break down than a one-speed.

Maybe, but I'm of the opinion that a two-speed motor is better/ more reliable than an unecessarily complicated tranny. (Aren't all trannies complicated, if your think about it? *LOL*)

For the longest time mannies used only one motor in a washers and dishwashers or even dryers, because in the beginning it was felt that mutltiple motors was less reliable, overall. Today two motors is not at all uncommon in some appliances.

~The two short knocks as the machine kicked into high speed were the two clutch shoes making contact with the clutch cylinder.
No idea what this means mechanically. Maybe one day we'll get into it!

 

[mickeyd]

I loved the too! fat ladies, especially the gentler fatter o

Alas, she has gone on to the great banquet

RE; GE TRANNIES

One year, one manual--1972 ??? they warned you NOT to switch switch agitation speeds during agitation. Yet it was was impossible not to, with that inviting toggle-switch right under your nose. And they meant it; only a few mad toggle swipes and the tranny was forever fast. Luckily, no one noticed that I "broke" the machine the first week. We got a GE after the Uni Tower died; have to ask Geraldine why we didn't get a 1-18, after I confess to breaking the GE--I wonder if she'll spank me!