Recent content by rp2813

The only downward opening dryer I've ever dealt with was my mom's '67 Snorge. The door could be opened completely flat against the lower panel so it wouldn't interfere with unloading. I don't know if this was common for other makes, but I don't think I'd want a downward opening door that...

Matt, that's a nice RCA Victor set. No surprise that it shared design treatments with my '62 JVC Delmonico stereo/phono. The original VOM phonograph required a total restoration job that I wasn't interested in doing, so I found a later VOM model that required little modification to install...

I didn't read the verbiage but it strikes me as odd that, considering the vintage of these pieces, Vivian Vance would have had anything other than Westinghouse appliances unless she had a firm preference for gas, even for the oven. Back in 1986 Dave and I rented a home in a 1954 development...

Thanks for the explanation David. In the thread I started a while back about the Panasonic AC, one of the guys here who really knows electrical theory mentioned something similar to the "slip" effect you described, but it was a little too technical for me. I figured it was normal behavior...

Thanks for another informative post, David! I'm fairly certain that a similar issue took out my 1957 GE Combination a few years ago. I also noticed that when you tested both motors, even the good one produced a rhythmic sound when running, which is prominent when the compressor in my Panasonic...

Laptop. I view cell phones first and foremost as a glitch-prone, unreliable means of voice communication. Additionally, they are an extremely frustrating user-unfriendly and annoying necessary evil at best, a brain damaging antisocial menace by design, and the app craze is nothing more than a...

Well, looking back, I realized my sister's first car was actually a '56 Bel Air 4-door sedan with 3 on the tree. It was shared with her best friend who lived next door. It was a German-made car and the speedometer had KPH instead of MPH. AAA cut them off because they had called in for tows...

My sister's first car was a '65 Biscayne in dull metallic aqua with 6 cylinder and 3-speed column shift. A family friend worked for GMAC and the Biscayne came in as a repo. My dad got it for like $250 or so in 1969. It was so stripped down that the AM radio didn't have any selector buttons...

Thanks Keith. I felt fairly certain that alternating current had something to do with it, so I appreciate your explanation. Another curious thing is that depending on where you are in the bedroom, the resonance isn't present. This includes directly in front of the machine, where it's nearly...

Keith, I've heard compressors on refrigerators make a similar rhythmic resonating sound and always felt it wasn't an indication of imminent failure, so thanks for confirming. Since the monsoonal humidity cleared out yesterday, it cooled down quickly last night. I used the fan-only setting on...

I can't even fit through the attic access point in one of the bedroom closets. I'm pretty sure it hasn't been insulated, but only a small person could get up in there to check. There are definitely a few draft points; all three doors to the outside and one window that's having an "unscheduled...

Thanks for the additional comments and input. My housemate is leaving town tomorrow and has been chasing around, so I'm hoping we can tend to the Panasonic within the next couple of hours. Keith, I've attached a shot of the house as it looked when we bought it in 2018. It's an undocumented...

Thanks Keith. I'm down with everything you stated above, but as much as I'd like to replace the compressor isolators, that's more than I want to take on, and besides, the machine operated almost silently for a while after installing the more durable weather stripping. Today I'm going to have...

Here's the latest: I got some MD brand closed cell weather stripping -- 1" wide by 3/4" thick -- and placed it between the top flange and the bottom edge of the closed window. I did this by myself and wasn't able to fit more stripping underneath, but the machine did quiet down dramatically...

My house has a central heat/AC system, but I see no point in cooling the whole house in order to maintain a comfortable sleeping temperature in my bedroom, so that's where the window unit comes into play. I agree with all comments above regarding not buying new. The last thing I want is any...