Recent content by rinso

I dislike anything made by D&M and WCI. The D&M-made dishwashers hardly, if ever, had food particle filtering systems. The GE dishwashers until the late 1970's also committed the sin of no food particle filters, so they hyped their internal soft food disposers. GE kind of got around the issue by...

Eddie, that's just what I did and it all went well, but the machines can't seem to find my internet access. Nothing else on my wireless network or phone has that problem. They just love to pick on old gay geezers.

Gotcha! There indeed is a wood panel under the changer and just above the right-hand speaker/horn.

I know how electronics, vacuum tube and solid-state, work clear down to the atomic level. Now, if I could just figure out how to pair my phone to my new LG washer and dryer.

Loved my Electrolux laundry pairs, but both of my Electrolux front load washers suffered seal and bearing failures right after the 5-year warranties expired. It was nice that Electrolux replaced my first washer as a courtesy, I only had to pay for shipping, delivery, and installation. However...

Yeah, my 1962 Malevolent Magnavox cabinet uses 1/4 inch wood panels all around. What always amazed me is how the 15" woofer right under the record changer, didn't cause any rumble feedback, or tonearm skipping and bouncing. But, in mine, it doesn't. Go figure!

Being a past member of the International Gay Rodeo Association, my choice of jeans back then was of course, Wranglers. As a teen and young adult, Levi's were fashionable until designer jeans came out with the nice scooped Disco era butts. Once I got past middle age, I had to face the fact that I...

Those old Magnavox consoles may not have been the delight of audiophiles, still they were very mellow sounding and perfect for the living rooms of the WWII, "Smoke 'em if you got 'em," generation.

I had a DE806 and a DG806 back in the day. The were incredibly reliable and lasted about 20 years for my ex-wife. I do remember that the washer had a difficult time rolling over stiff items like jeans or large items like sheets and blankets, especially during the rinse cycle.

I'm a big fan of dishwashers. I load mine up during the day and run it at night. I would choose to do my laundry in a wringer washer before I'd give up my dishwasher.

Does anyone know if the WP/KM lint filters that resided in the outer tub, just below the bottom of the inner tub, were very effective or were they there for a placebo effect and marketing? Of course they would have been self-cleaning just by default. I had a 1976 TOL washer.

The only problem with the belt drives, was their anemic spin. Other than that, they performed very well, even before the genius of the dual action agitator.

Electrical rates are among the lowest in the nation, here in the prestige-free state of Idaho. Our power here is generated via hydroelectric facilities and no fossil fuel generating plants.

Eddie, I have to agree with your take on Consumer Reports. Somewhere in the mid 1980's, they started to lose their objectivity. Their tests used to relay what it would be like to own the machines. Their reports had both objective and, sometimes more importantly, subjective things to say. (One...

LOL I knew that! I still think the pitman transmission did a better job.