1968-69 GE Mini Wash

[ThePocohontis]

they dont make machines like that any more.....

[peeweecee]

GE Filter flo with mini basket was the best washer ever! I had several. The mini basket was great for a few items of if the kids spilled something that had to be washed immediately before stains set. The filter ring on top kept all the filter from going down the drain and eventually clogging it. Too bad there are no good washers like this made anymore.

[tvtimetravel]

That spay rinse water doesn't seem to have contact the with laundry in the mini-basket during the first spin.

[SpeakerFreak95]

cool!

[Lyn2686]

Very cool! I've never seen that before!

[brunoelisangelamarci]

No back . !

[pbenna]

how come they dont sell mCINES TLIKE THAT ANYMORE. WITH THE MINI WASH

[Smiksterman]

that is so cool

[peanuttherat]

So... I've seen a few of these "mini baskets" why do they have them and what differancy does it make vs just using the whole maching?

[gabrieljuarez1000]

o thats cool 2 washers in 1. haha

[at90percent]

Not sure what GE's point was in having a mini-tub insert, if the whole regular tub needs to fill with water anyway.

[henry1232123]

I saw the cemecal on my TV that have a kenmore washing machine plus there's a new logo

[Meridian83West]

GE's mini-basket was a clever design that was really great for hand washables. Once it filled up via the recirculating water through the filter-flo pan, the water recirculated to the regular tub through holes at the top of the mini-basket during agitation. There are also holes on the inside of the mini-basket to allow the water to drain into the regular tub when the waher pauses between agitation and spin.

[lawnkit22]

Nice! But let me get this straight... it has to fill the whole tub up just to get to that mini container to wash the clothes?

[Meridian83West]

@ lawnkit 22: Actually, no. Don't be fooled by the suds level in the regular tub during the wash. My family had one of these when I was growing up, and the water level for the mini-basket (if it is removed) just covers the bottom of the agitator (or "activator" as GE used to call it). When the water recirculating into the filter pan fills up the mini-basket, the water level in the regular tub barely touches the bottom of the agitator.

[lawnkit22]

@Meridian83West Cool! this video is a bit tricky =( Thank you anyways. If only modern machines incorporated this....but then again, they think that is is not efficient, which that may be in their world, but I think that its great!

[italobambino43]

One great feature was the durability, hats off to General Electrics motor designs which were very ingenious! I went under that washer and marveled at the motor and pumping system, I would wonder how the pump spun fast while the agitation cycle was in progress. Equally amazing was during the spin cycle, the pump reveres direction, the main pulley spins slowly and yet the pump spins fast, it always looked as if the motor had a dual armature. Wish they would post the underneath!

[italobambino43]

My parents bought one of these in 1978, it lasted till 1997. It had the mini-basket,straight vain agitator,quick stop braking. I loved the recycling of the water during agitation in to the lint filter, that was a great feature. One bad design was the speed control, you needed to select your speed prior to turning it on, if you changed your mind while it was running, you would knock the little magnetically activated solenoid out of alignment, which was mounted on the motor underneath.

[Ilovewashers]

The filter flo I used to have was the one with wood-toned control panel.

[lexmarks567]

from 2:43 to 4:00 that's got to be the longest spray rinse ever.

[theclockman1]

can you remove the inner tub?

[davidharolb]

my parents had the same 1969 GE washer it lasted for 25 years with out braking down

[peeweecee]

Does anyone know where i can get one of these now? I used to have one very similar, the filter flo and the mini basket are the best! The filter flo kept lint from going down the drain, something no new washer will do. Hence, the drains eventually clog. Plus the clothes came out completely lint free. When I bought my last washer, I asked about a built in lint screen and all the salesman had no clue waht I was talking about (they were all YOUNG). I miss my my GE filter flo washer!

[mysza1456]

rpm?

[jons1077]

revolutions per minute...not sure how many a GE does...probably 700-800 on fast.

[Ilovewashers]

We had a GE filter flo that was probably new during the late 80's, early

90's it sounded like it was 600 RPM.

[bestcleaningwasher]

Wow good rollover. Thank you for posting it.

[jons1077]

Thanks glad you like! It's a great machine. By the way, have a new Westinghouse video up now. Check it out!

[Ilovewashers]

the westinghouse video is not there. did you not post it yet, or did you delete it?

[jons1077]

Looks like it didn't load.  I'll try putting it up again tonight after work. Sorry about that.

[Ilovewashers]

Hey when you do a video of your westinghouse with the new belt put a picture of the washer at beginning and end like this video has.

[Tuthill99]

cool i've never seen one in action before

[jons1077]

I am not sure what happened with some of the sound. Could have been some feedback on the camera or something. Glad you enjoyed it though!

[Ilovewashers]

interesting video, but why did it fall silent for for a few seconds when it got to full speed on the first spin?

[Ilovewashers]

also what's cool is we never had much mini-basket action on youtube I always wanted to see a video with mini-basket action, Thanks Jon.