Since the discussion of the Kenmore Permanent Press cool-down sequences has been coming up lately, I thought I'd make a video of my 1970 Kenmore doing a load of Permanent Press laundry this morning. This load consists of 2 LL Bean wrinkle resistant dress shirts and 2 pair of wrinkle resistant khaki pants. I would estimate this to be about a 4 - 5 lb. load.
The sequence on this machine was the "second" cool-down sequence that was used on WP/KM belt drive machines. It was used from model years 1964 - 1975.
The sequence consists of 4 timer increments of 2 minutes each. What you will see in the video is:
1. The last 30 seconds or so of the wash (hi-speed). Water is about 120 degrees
2. Cool-down increment 1: drain lo-speed until the pressure switch indicates that the tub is about half-full (c. 45 seconds), then agitate lo-speed while filling with cold water. Because I have high water pressure this action is completed by about 1:50 in the timer increment so the pressure switch puts the machine into drain mode briefly until the full 2:00 has elapsed.
3. Cool-down increment 2: IF the tub wasn't full, the machine would pause to finish filling and then agitate on lo for 2 minutes. Water is about 95 degrees.
4. Cool-down increment 3: a repeat of increment 1.
5. Cool-down increment 4: a repeat of increment 2. Water is about 70 degrees.
6. Drain, hi-speed.
[this post was last edited: 12/14/2013-11:29]
The sequence on this machine was the "second" cool-down sequence that was used on WP/KM belt drive machines. It was used from model years 1964 - 1975.
The sequence consists of 4 timer increments of 2 minutes each. What you will see in the video is:
1. The last 30 seconds or so of the wash (hi-speed). Water is about 120 degrees
2. Cool-down increment 1: drain lo-speed until the pressure switch indicates that the tub is about half-full (c. 45 seconds), then agitate lo-speed while filling with cold water. Because I have high water pressure this action is completed by about 1:50 in the timer increment so the pressure switch puts the machine into drain mode briefly until the full 2:00 has elapsed.
3. Cool-down increment 2: IF the tub wasn't full, the machine would pause to finish filling and then agitate on lo for 2 minutes. Water is about 95 degrees.
4. Cool-down increment 3: a repeat of increment 1.
5. Cool-down increment 4: a repeat of increment 2. Water is about 70 degrees.
6. Drain, hi-speed.
[this post was last edited: 12/14/2013-11:29]
