More Frankenmore Surgilation

[NVHSChadSheppard1]

Nice pulsating breathing sounds, right before it goes into spin

[Lehnerd57]

i have the sears kenmore oasis top loader do great job n its spin at high is 1000rpm n is sccordin to book say if u do a bulky load is around 1100.its a 4.7 cubic ft one and clothes get clean of course i use the options n let soak n add 2nd rinse runs longer but who cares

[themotorfreak1]

i think that is too slow for a washer. i have 2 top loaders down stairs. i think one is kenmore and the other is a maytag. i keep telling my mom to get a kenmore cabrio.

[westytoploader]

@themotorfreak1 That was the popular myth throughout the 90s and the last decade. To clean a full load (NOT overloaded) the machine does not have to agitate briskly; however, to compensate for overloading and shallower, deeper tubs, the agitation speed HAD to be increased in order to perform at least adequately. Now we're seeing the reverse; the GE Hydrowave and WP Cabrio for example have longer agitation *strokes*, but the agitation *speed* is in fact slower than this belt-drive.

[britneydalenumber1]

that when the washer was made alot better then what the are today! these belt drive washer last years today kenmore and whirlpool not over year!

[NVHSChadSheppard1]

I love the famous grind click when it shifts into spins. My whirlpool does that too.

[NVHSChadSheppard1]

Cool machine. How fast does it spin?

[westytoploader]

It's a large-capacity machine, so 505 RPM on high speed. Can't remember what the gentle spin was, need to check my tech literature on these.

[thibaulthalpern]

Hmm...that's rather slow RPM but I guess that's what is normal for top loaders. I use a front loader and it goes in excess of 1500 rpm.

[westytoploader]

Yes but keep in mind the design of the belt-drive Kenmore remained largely unchanged since 1948, until it was dropped in 1986. That's a nearly 40-year run, and there are plenty still running today. I've never had a problem with the 505-525 RPM spin speed; everything dries within 40-45 minutes and if the clothes seem excessively damp I can always spin them out in the Neptune or Unimatic before throwing them in the dryer. I wonder if the Duet design will still be around in 30 to 40 years?

[jkalin196511]

@westytoploader I wonder if the Duet design will still be around in 30 to 40 years? I doubt it, LOL.

[eddy1210]

I agree, I love that black surgilator. That's just like the machine I grew up with.

[damusician]

is that the original 1982 agitator?

[westytoploader]

No, the original agitator that came with it was a Penta-Vane. This Surgilator is from the 1950's or 1960's, now (at Jason's) it has a gold Super Roto-Swirl in it.

[Tuthill99]

hey austing cool video... gotta love them surgilators!!

[westytoploader]

They're fun to watch for the rollover-obsessed like me and can handle pretty much anything you throw at them. I have the bakelite and winged versions, just need to get the later spline-drive standard version and possibly the early 18-pounder "Whirlpool Whopper" though I won't have a machine to use it in. Gotta put some videos of my 24" with the straight-vane in action first...