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HI Mike & Mike! Yes both Westinghouse and Hotpoint had models with a double agitator, and GE did at the very end of the model run for their 1995 washers........other than that Im not sure if anyone else ever did that. Im not quite sure of the spin speed of these......but its certainly NOT ultra fast.....I believe you are in the correct range with about 600 rpm........
 
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I think my Westinghouse pair is from around the same time as yours. Exact same cabinet and all with a hundred screws to remove off that back panel. Your pair must be TOL or close to it. Lighted panel too right? Those are really nice and so glad someone got those. Congrats!

Jon

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Great Westy Set Jimmy, Neighbors across the street had that same set in the same color. I remember them when I baby sat the kids(late 70's). Ran a load of wash through them while watching the kids. Neat action too and a slight index tub action too. I remember when using gentle spin the machine would spin first at high speed to extract the water then shift to low speed. The dryer has a great end of cycle signal too, comes on during the cool down phase and doesn't stop until the machine finishes the cycle - No short buzz here, just a nice buzzzzzzzzzzzz. HA HA! Enjoy them as they were a good machine!

Doug
 
There was a higher end model washer that had a flurescent lighted panel as well as a matching dryer.I had the same washer a few years older than this one in avacado green.it had the fabric softner dispenser lid.I always wondered how Hotpoint legaly took away the hand wash agitator idea from Westinghouse who was the developer of them sometime around 1967.They had them on their high end models and they were also an optional feature you could purchase for an aditional charge.Enquiring minds want to know.Anybody know the answer?
 
I love this pair since they have features not normally found on "ordinary" washers! Ha! Such as the Weigh To Save lid, the dual agitators, lock and spin lid, etc etc. They both were quality construction...... Im not overly fond of the indexing tub, however the washer has great turnover and does a very good job of washing......the tub is large and deep....Westinghouse also made this design for Montgomery Wards for a while which was a much better and quieter design than the Norge based Wards washers.......This set was made in the original Westinghouse plant in Mansfield Ohio...
 
Tiny Load

On my Westinghouse washer (the green ones in the picture) the lowest water level setting is about half full. I'm curious about how much water is in the tub on the "tiny" setting.

I've learned that with this particular kind of machine with the ramp agitator and the indexing tub, it does actually do quite well if it's not overloaded. It's a really large capacity for both washer and dryer. I still think that's probably the best dryer I've ever used so far. Absolutely quiet! Would love any other pics or vidoes you may have and congrats again!

Jon
 
"TINY" load is this washer is really tiny! It would have most likey been designed to be used with the smaller handwash agitator. I will try and get some pics of it soon.......
I believe Westinghouse was trying to compete with General Electric's MiniWash/MiniBasket with this model......
If you notice on the WaterSaver graphis the load size is (somewhat) in increments of "4", ie "4", *8", "12", then jumps to "18", (this being an 18lb capacity machine). The reason for that is that the "Weigh To Save" lid only weighs up to 4 lbs of clothes at a time........ So if you have say a 12lb load, you have to weigh the clothes three times! Actually its just a gimmick (but a neat one at that), since the tub is really filled more by bulk than by weight.........
 
very interesting

I know my machine does not have the "weigh and save" lid but the water level switch is as you described. I found it kind of funny that half a tub of water is what is used for a 4 lb. load of clothing. Somehow that second half of the tub makes up for the extra 14 lbs.!
 
Great find

hello

great find this was the exact model they add in Home economic at my school except it was avocado green and saw the same model when i was young a a neighbor 's house in Harvest Gold hope you will show pictures and a video of a complete cycle once its restored. congratulation on your find.
 
Oh dios mio!!! CVT!

I had a Westy Front loader w/the dryer stacked on top way back in the late 80's. I remember being SO excited about the Cross Vane Tumbling..thinking it was somthing fabulous. NOT! What a mess of the clothes those things made! My 1/18 has never even come close to a mess like that. Hated, hated, hated that dryer. Thankfully I lived in San Francisco at the time and I had two clotheslines out the kitchen window. Loved the washer though and the silly Weight-to-save door. Oh...the good old days.
 
As Allways!

You allways seem to run across the coolest stuff! And a Matching pair at that! Hmmmm I dont have any Coppertone..appliances....yet!
 
Your a True Blue Die Hard Washer Fan!

Not everyone would drive 12 hours to get something like that but I KNOW you would ! And a few others may....Most people really have no idea what a hobby like this entails... The price of Fuel alone is staggering. Then you have to have a place to put them so and and so forth..but eh..im not telling you anything you dont allready know
 
Just looking at this set and remembering the westy washer we had that was just like this one but also had seperate speed selections and a panel light. This machine replaced the Norge washer that died in 1983 after a decade of use.

Coming from a Norge to this used Westy , the tub was definitely smaller but it washed very well and had an excellent suspension system. Very good machine overall. The 2in1 agitator and weigh to save lid was cool.

Those ramped agitators splashed a lot especially with partial wash loads. Very entertaining wash action. Nice long spray rinse if I remember correctly. They were good machines and quiet. Coming from a Norge anything seems quiet. Lolol
 

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