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Whirlpool started on a new top loader design in the early 70s. It was obvious to them and probably anybody else that they couldn’t keep building the belt drive design that much longer. It was way too complicated. It was very difficult to do major repairs on. Whirlpool being the supplier of...

Even if a relay only lasts 15 to 25,000 cycles that’s thousands of hours of baking far more than almost any range will ever be used. And I highly doubt that they’re using components today that have 1/4 of the life of one’s 10 years ago or more. John L

Hi Dave, I just removed one of these machines today and replaced it with a new three rack KitchenAid the pump and motor are in fine condition from the one I removed, it was replaced because the racks were very rusty and the entire plastic control panel broke off on the right side. You’re...

There are so many things that could cause this problem, it would also be very helpful to know the history of this machine has this machine been used continuously did it work recently or was this a machine that somebody found that hadn’t been used for 25 years? If this machine sat for many many...

Kenmore Micro-Electric Range Wow this is very rare and in new condition, we have the same one in the museum kitchen in almond, I had to do a lot of work on it but it works fine. These were built by Roper and were not as well built as the GE Versatronic ranges for sure, The Ropers were about...

Early 70s GE trash compactor This is the model where they stole the drawings and engineering data from whirlpool and GE built a compactor that was identical to what whirlpool had engineered. GE lost the court battle when whirlpool sued them and had to come up with an inferior design with a...

Your washer has bad main bearings likely the water seal failed and water got into the bearings, the machine is around four or five years old. It’s an expensive repair, the water seal fails, and then moisture gets into the bearings. It’s far more likely that the water seal will fail if you’re...

ISE dishwashers, before the ISE KitchenAid style dishwasher ISE was selling whirlpool dishwashers for a few years back in the early 80s, ISE also had their own trash compactor that they engineered and built themselves. The first ISE dishwashers that were sourced from KitchenAid had the handle...

Hi, you don’t mention how old your washer is but the most likely thing that’ll cause this is a bad inlet valve, we were refurbishing a Speed Queen stack on Saturday that was from 2015 and it had this issue and we replaced the inlet valve to solve it.

It’s too bad they won’t go back to building ovens without windows, and these original self cleaning ovens were so well insulated. They’re far more energy efficient than any similar size range built today. In the 70s, the Appliance manufacturers argued out of any regulations on energy usage by...

That avocado RCA whirlpool range was no newer than 67 because they took the RCA logo off in 68, and yes, it is definitely a roper built range. It’s a very rare thing to see with the whirlpool name on it, it was there mainly so whirlpool could have a self cleaning range

Lots of interesting stuff still out there Dan, your first post was a KDS 20, the KDS 19 would not have the energy saver dry switch to the left of the push button bank. John L

White Westinghouse Hilow range, this was a Kelvinator design. They were decent ranges, but it wasn’t a Westinghouse. Overall I would rate a white Westinghouse and an and aTappan and a Westinghouse and a whirlpool high low range about equal. The class act in high-quality high low ranges were...

A microwave oven should be able to run at full power continuously

Water consumption of the 1985 whirlpool supreme belt drive washer Water consumption of automatic washers has been a concern since the machines came out. Many people had limited supplies of of water and hot water in particular but after the 1970s, they really started to be more serious. The...