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well yes....

but one thing you needed, water pressure....

after all, you have X amount of time to fill a machine before agitation began....

the one advantage when pressure fill was introduced, was it could operate at a minimum pressure, usually 20psi, and no matter how long it took, agitation would not begin until that selected level was reached....

I have been to homes with such low water pressure, where it would take close to 3 hours for a load to complete.....
 
well, for some dishwashers.....

there are ones that only allow like a 2 minute window to fill, and theres also a float that would shut off the water if a certain level was reached...

I know my Kenmore is like that....if I turn too far and miss that window, it jumps right to turn on the motor without water....
 
My compact Frigidare GMini washer is time-filled but it does have a pressure switch in the outer tub as a safety feature in case the timer would fail and the washer would overfill. It's a safety feature that many time-filled dishwashers have (either a float switch or a pressure switch).

Some Frigidaire time-filled machines also had a solenoid that would make the timer escapement run faster during the fill periods so the wash time wouldn't be shortened on the "small load" setting. I have a few of these.
 

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