[MBZ] Washing machines; was: Mercedes Digest, Vol 34, Issue 126

2008-09-23 Thread Loren Faeth
The washers built 40 years ago with blackmore or blackwell (or something like that) designed guts had a spin cycle like a commercial laundry extractor (centrifuge). They would wind up and whine like a banshee, but stuff came out pretty dry. They were deemed unsafe by our consumer watchdogs.

Re: [MBZ] Washing machines; was: Mercedes Digest, Vol 34, Issue 126

2008-09-23 Thread Peter Frederick
machines; was: Mercedes Digest, Vol 34, Issue 126 The washers built 40 years ago with blackmore or blackwell (or something like that) designed guts had a spin cycle like a commercial laundry extractor (centrifuge). They would wind up and whine like a banshee, but stuff came out pretty dry. They were