Turquoisedude joins 'Club 1140'

[turquoisedude]

Now let's try out that Filtrator and hope the belt switch adjustment holds... LOL 

 

Not knowing a great deal about Filtrator drying, I set the dry temperature between Medium and High and started with 25 minutes drying time.  

 

I would up having to put the machine on for an additional 15 minutes to fully dry the load however.   But, the results were good!  Nice and soft!!

 

[turquoisedude]

Meanwhile, the second load of wash was churning in the 63 Deluxe.   Oh, forgot to mention in both cases, washing was done at warm (with a little extra hot mixed in) with a cold rinse.  No fabric softener was added to either load. 

 

The 63 ran fine, too but the clothes felt a bit damp compared to the 51... Wonder why??  LOL 

 

[turquoisedude]

Now into the 62 Canadian Deluxe dryer for a tumble.   I set this dryer at Regular (high) heat for 35 minutes and that was all it took.  

 

[turquoisedude]

Final result?  Well, I think the blue pair from the WO65 are cleaner... but that's just my rose-tinted view of things... LOL 

 

[turquoisedude]

One hurdle to overcome, though...

During the wash spin and for the first rinse spin, the Unimatic shook like a demon and started to creep forward a bit.   For the final spin, it shook like a demon with the DT's; it was an 'extreme out of balance' condition for sure!  I had to push the machine back in and redistribute the load twice to get a full-speed spin.  

 

I will venture a guess that the wobbly wooden floor the machine sits on is not my friend.  I need to do some 'extreme leveling' to get things just right, so next time a Frigidaire expert (cough... Phil?) is on-site, I'll seek their advice.

 

But wow, what fun with these machines so far!! 

 

[philr]

You kept those bolts from the Bendix!? We'll just have to bolt it down!

 

Or you'll do like I do. With small loads, Unimatics sometimes go out of balance (at least, that's what mine does!)... You just need to redistribute the load when it happens! 

 

Unless the water pump cover doesn't move freely on the snubber... But don't bother with that now!

 

[joelippard]

In my experience Frigidaires do not like wooden floors or lightly loaded tubs.  Also when you get up to those kinds of RPM's you're going to experience some vibrations, both of my Rapidry Frigidaires do that but they don't walk.  You can seriously pack that Unimatic full and it'll still roll those clothes over.   The old fables about women sitting on their Frigidaires are true, some had to during the spin cycle.

 

[swestoyz]

Frigidaire made a special cup that would be placed under each leveling leg. The cup is wide and has holes molded into bottom to grip the floors. Gyromatic had also suggested using the no slip padding under the legs, the stuff that you put under rugs.

But yes, wooden floors aren't the best for the high spinners. Being perfectly level is also crucial.

Ben

 

[swestoyz]

As for the water valve, here's the Dole example we are all familiar with. Hook the green wire to the warm solenoid, and the red to the hot side. Leave the cold side disconnected. This will effectively give you a true warm wash or rinse.

 

[jetcone]

thank you Ben

that finally clarifies the mystery of a 4- wire machine operating a 3- solenoid valve !!

 

 

 

[turquoisedude]

More good news:  the Filtrator is drying its second load of wash!  I'd partially line-dried some shirts, then it started to rain, so into the Frigidaire they went.  And the dryer started up immediately.  The belt switch adjustment seems to be holding.  WAHOO!

 

[turquoisedude]

Dry!

Wow - 25 minutes at medium-high turned out a load of soft and unwrinkled shirts!!  That hideous Magic Chef dryer is most definitely NOT moving with us when we sell the apartment in Montreal - Kia deserves what little metal is in that useless thing...

 

[danemodsandy]

Fair Warning:

In the dead of Winter, there is no more effective aphrodisiac than the smell of Filtrator-dried sheets!

 

[launderess]

Have To Look

Somewhere in my stash know have a GM/Frigidaire "Tech Talk" repair book for the 1957 though 1960's dryers. Think it came as part of a set of books one wanted for our GM/Frigidaire ironer.

 

[jetcone]

Sandy

is right about that and nothing is nicer than a basement warmed with a Filtrator !

 

 

[turquoisedude]

Sandy, I'll remind a certain Hubby about that when he's kvetching about the lack space in the basement... LOL

To be fair, though, he put up a minimal fuss when I announced that I would be getting these machines and get this: when I placed the dryer in the hotly-debated 'middle row' in the basement, he asked me about how the hell I was going to vent it, but then surprised with, and I quote, "Oh, right. A Filtrator can be installed anywhere'. I'm getting to him, by golly...

I did two more dryer loads last night and I just happened to get this rare view of the back of the dryer with the radiantubes aglow. Kinda eerie, but neat!

 

[launderess]

Welcome to my world!

For all one's complaints about the length of time, energy use and so forth regarding my Lavatherm condenser dryer towels are divine when dried in the machine. Indeed all laundry has a softness and aroma you just cannot obtain otherwise.

 

[turquoisedude]

What to do a rainy day? Laundry, of course!!

I worked my tail off this week with the emptying of the storage unit and resulting fallout and realized that I had neglected the accumulated laundry!  Can't have that - the MIL is coming to visit next week!!

 

And as if I was going to use anything but the 'new' 51 Frigidaires...   

 

Now, this time around, I put a BIG load o' clothes into the Unimatic.  A set of double sheets plus some assorted t-shirts, shorts, and underwear.  

 

 

[turquoisedude]

But how would it spin with so much in it??

 

Just fine, thank you very much!

 

 

[turquoisedude]

And as if I was going to dry the load in anything other than the TR-60 Filtrator....