Well, it's not a Dyson 2-Drum, but it's just as if not more interesting!!!

[swestoyz]

Jamie - this is a great great great save! The repair manual to this machine is quite an interesting read - but also hints that the design was mostly original to the late 1940's patents for the same design. Thank you for posting the video as well - such a cool machine.

I've often wondered what the wash action would be like if the tub were only able to fill even half way full. The wash plates may need to spin faster to build velocity in order to 'force' water through the clothes - but would be interesting none-the-less!

Thanks ~

Ben

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[davy1063]

Hey Jamie! Really Sweet

That is pretty incredible. So, if you don't add water, can you use it to knead pizza dough or salt water taffy? Congratulations on a great find. So now that you have the Neptune TL, you won't need a Calypso (ducks and runs).

(That's an inside joke between me and Jamie.)

 

[Unimatic1140]

Awwwww, Jamie you got the Neptune! Congratulations, and great video by the way. What I did was I put a thick piece of rubber through the lid to stop the splashing and direct the water downward into the tub. I did need a dish towel around the top to get the last bit of water that did spray up.

Funguy, cut it out right now, you rudeness does get annoying. Good thing for you I look at the modern forum once every few weeks. Now hows about this? From this point on you're not allowed to ask anyone here for videos until you post some washer videos of your own. Got it? Don't let me catch you askin' again (I have a sneaky little techie way of checking every post you make), otherwise, its not gonna be pretty. Hmmmmph.

 

[shanonabc]

Does the Neptune TL tumble both ways or just one way? From what I have seen on the maytag site it looks only one way... Does it tangle muchlie?

 

[pulsator]

I took some pics of the 2 water levels it has, the water looks shallower in the pics than it really is. Here is the low water level, used on the normal wash cycles, it's about 4 inches deep, the tub is only 16 inches deep. This water level is high enough that medium loads have a very hard time getting turned over and small loads simply float on top unturned.

 

[pulsator]

Here is the high water level, it's about 6 inches deep, it's used on the "Bulky Items" cycle and on the final rinse of all the other cycles except "Enviro Plus" I believe...

 

[pulsator]

Here's the high water level on heavy duty speed, kinda gives you a better idea of how high it is...

 

[shanonabc]

So it is best for bigger loads rather than smaller ones?

 

[toggleswitch1]

oh junior, I'm ecstatic for you! Very cool machine. Thanks for posting!

 

[pulsator]

Thanks for all the kind words and opinions! It's nice to be able to show something that interests everyone here so much!!

P.S.This machine is definetly best suited for large loads!

 

[gadgetgary]

Jaime

Thanks for posting.

I have wanted one of those machines, and, since I have been called a 'Maytag junkie', maybe I should add one of those to my Maytag line-up.

 

[chestermikeuk]

Maytag, Performance You Can Depend On!!!

Nice one Jamie, I bet you didnt sleep the night that came in!!!you know the more I see this machine the more you can (IMHO) understand what the designers/engineers where trying to do, when you see it wash empty its all the makings nearly of a front loader wash action, where is the jet that keeps spraying all over etc??

enjoy, Mike

 

[pulsator]

Mike, there is no recirculating water jet in this machine. The only time the clothes are showered with water is during the fill.

 

[foraloysius]

Jamie,

Congratulations, that's a fun machine. Just a pity it is no longer on the market. Are you going to put this machine next to the Amana frontloader? I bet that would confuse some people!

Happy washing!

Louis

 

[gizmo]

Wow that is something different.
It looks like those discs take up a lot of room in the tub, what is the load size of the machine?
When it spins, I guess some of the clothes are against the stainless steel drum and some are against the discs? Does that create any balancing hassles? What is the spin speed? Anyone have a diagram of the mechanism?

Thanks Jamie.

Chris.

 

[pulsator]

The discs don't take up a whole lot of room in the machine, the indentation around the sprial on them them is quite deep. The machine is rated at 3.5 cubic feet, but I think it's a lot bigger than that, a queen sized comforter that would not fit in my dad's Whirlpool Duet washer fit in this machine without any problem and got very well cleaned too!

The machine balances itself pretty well, the discs aren't a problem because they are exactly opposite eachother. The discs are also perforated to extract any water from the clothes laying against the discs during spin.

I'm not certain about the spin speed, I believe my machine has a top speed of 900 RPM and the LCD model has a top speed of 1,000 RPM.