The worlds first electronic washing machine
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115NO30 Amperite Tube then the top voltage is 130V See below from the Chart.
SO with this tube since its not exciting electrons to leave a surface only heating a strip it does not need 440 whompin Volts! YAY!
Contact voltage rating 115V
Contact current rating 3A
Heater voltage range 90 to 130V
Contact type Normally open
Delay 30s
115NO30 Amperite Tube then the top voltage is 130V See below from the Chart.
SO with this tube since its not exciting electrons to leave a surface only heating a strip it does not need 440 whompin Volts! YAY!
Contact voltage rating 115V
Contact current rating 3A
Heater voltage range 90 to 130V
Contact type Normally open
Delay 30s
This is all very cool Jon!
I wonder if this tube has a true vacuum or it's just sheilded by the glass wrapper and uses a tube base that was so very common back then.
He guessed right after he saw the model number--ohhhjust you wait mister cheating like that!)
That's what you get for not blacking out the model number Mister.
its not exciting electrons to leave a surface
Oh I just love to excite electrons! Boo
I wonder if this tube has a true vacuum or it's just sheilded by the glass wrapper and uses a tube base that was so very common back then.
He guessed right after he saw the model number--ohhhjust you wait mister cheating like that!)
That's what you get for not blacking out the model number Mister.
its not exciting electrons to leave a surface
Oh I just love to excite electrons! Boo
Those thermal delay tubes are quite fun to play with, used most often as a delay for B+ application or industrial control. I have a box in the basement just waiting for future projects and they can still be had NOS for the right price.
I must have missed what it's used for in this washer... Anyone??
Cory
I must have missed what it's used for in this washer... Anyone??
Cory
Nevermind
How does that saying go? If in doubt, read the instructions? : )
How does that saying go? If in doubt, read the instructions? : )
Cory
I am sending Robert down to slap you in public!!
Film at Eleven!!
I am sending Robert down to slap you in public!!
Film at Eleven!!
"Relay Tube"Really just a relay-but in a vacuum tube enclosure-these were VERY reliable-since the contacts are not exposed to air-these would last for a very long time.Have found them in transmitters-as filament to plate time delay relays.It is used in the transmitter to prevent you from energizing the high voltage plate supplies until the filaments have warmed up-typically the TD values were 30sec,60 sec and 120 sec.Interesting to see one in a washer!
bobbyderegis
Well-known member
Did Bendix sell the rights to Dexter? The early ninties Dexters look remarkably similar. The frame and tranny look identical. Was Bedix loud and unreliable too?
Bobby in Boston
Bobby in Boston
Loud Yes, Unreliable??? SLAP!
What happened Bobby was this machine was made by Bendix in 1956. In 1957 Bendix was bought out by Philco. Around 1958 Ford bought Dexter. Merged Dexter & Philco under its appliances. Dexter took all the parts and molding to their molding shop in Iowa and started making the commercial machines, which as you pointed out were made right up to the 1990's. So most of the Bendix Combo parts are still available new from Dexter. Pumps, solenoids, tub seals, motors and tranny sets, cointraps.
A stroke of luck for us Combo nuts I can tell you.
So I am guessing this would be a pretty rare bird of a machine since it was only made for a year. Anybody ever see one??
I have seen "Dexter" machines go for years in a laundromat. What is your experience that has led you to see them as unreliable??
What happened Bobby was this machine was made by Bendix in 1956. In 1957 Bendix was bought out by Philco. Around 1958 Ford bought Dexter. Merged Dexter & Philco under its appliances. Dexter took all the parts and molding to their molding shop in Iowa and started making the commercial machines, which as you pointed out were made right up to the 1990's. So most of the Bendix Combo parts are still available new from Dexter. Pumps, solenoids, tub seals, motors and tranny sets, cointraps.
A stroke of luck for us Combo nuts I can tell you.
So I am guessing this would be a pretty rare bird of a machine since it was only made for a year. Anybody ever see one??
I have seen "Dexter" machines go for years in a laundromat. What is your experience that has led you to see them as unreliable??
bobbyderegis
Well-known member
Jon,
I got five "triple load" Dexters from a laundromat in Everett when it closed. There was only one with the tranny that shifted from lo to med to hi as it should. The rest leaked oil, and the clutches and shifters were mangled to hell. I hooked one up, and the motor burned up soon after. I bought a completely new motor and tranny assembly from Dexter, and it shifts roughly, and makes these grinding squealing noises occationally that will make your hair curl. I have spoken to several techs at the factory and they are all clueless. Do you have any ideas? I'll give it this: it's built like a tank.
Bobby in Boston
I got five "triple load" Dexters from a laundromat in Everett when it closed. There was only one with the tranny that shifted from lo to med to hi as it should. The rest leaked oil, and the clutches and shifters were mangled to hell. I hooked one up, and the motor burned up soon after. I bought a completely new motor and tranny assembly from Dexter, and it shifts roughly, and makes these grinding squealing noises occationally that will make your hair curl. I have spoken to several techs at the factory and they are all clueless. Do you have any ideas? I'll give it this: it's built like a tank.
Bobby in Boston
Bobby
You must come over and hear mine for comparison.
When are you free?,Shoot me an email!!
oh, bring laundry!!
jon
You must come over and hear mine for comparison.
When are you free?,Shoot me an email!!
oh, bring laundry!!
jon
bobbyderegis
Well-known member
Sent, Jon.
Bobby in Boston
Bobby in Boston
