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Posted by Wilson on May 29, 2008, 3:23 pm
Please log in for more thread options sometime in the recent past Ulysses posted this:
>> the question is........
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>> is the $ saved in energy worth the time and effort?
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>> lets say wringer washing takes 3 hours, of time, you arent working the
>> entire time but must be in the area to babysit and do things.
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>> now a automatic washer gets you back that time.
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>> if you want you cold get a part time job for those say 6 hours a week,
>> if you were lucky enough to find a close by one for 10 bucks a hour
>> you would definetely be ahead..... money wise.
>>
>> but if you sat and watched tv, the wringer might be a good choice.
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>> have used them myself they arent worth the effort. plus spinning drys
>> clothes better than wringing, and wringing probably shortens clothes
>> life.
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>> all of this should be considered.......
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> This kind of personal experience is what I was hoping to find out. Add that
> to the torn stiching in the blue jeans that someone else mentioned and it's
> not looking very promising. Thanks to this NG I also learned that a
> conventional spin-dry washer does not necessarily have to use huge amounts
> of power when it goes into spin mode.
>
>
My grandmother had a gas powered ringer-washer. It started with a foot-pedal
that spun the flywheel till it started. Much swearing I think I recall. She
also had an Alladin gas-powered iron that you had to pump up like a lantern.
I myself ran a wringer washer for a while. One option you have with them
over an automatic is that you can use your wash water over if you choose as
there is no spin cycle to jetison it. You could either pump it out to a sink
or simply let the hose down to empty it. Once washing was done, things rung
out and you're finished with the gray water, you have to refill with water
to rinse the clothes which you can use again as wash water.
As to the lack of auto, it gives you a nice chance to multi-task and if you
had an old one, it would outlast anything on the market today 'cuz they they
were built without planned obsolescence in mind.
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Wilson N45 W67
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