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The owner's manual for our early 50s waterfall front Kenmore also had a picture of this machine in it. When my parents purchased it, the house had an electric water heater so the suds saver and adjustable water level were important features that were not found on the AMP

I ran the cold water in the basement laundry tub over the probe in the digital instant read thermometer until it stopped descending and it stopped at 50.4F. It will probably get colder, but even now the tempering valve is using a LOT of hot water to bring the cold discharge up to 85F and that is...

I don't know about thermostats, but GE dryers from 1957 on that were wired to operate on 120 volts operated at such low temperatures that a plate with a little rectangular opening was made to be inserted in the lint filter opening to give satisfactory wash'nwear performance by restricting the...

I went to Harris Teeter today. As I was finishing up the shopping, I decided to scope out the detergent aisle because I have found real steals there before on discontinued detergents. Today it was the Persil Advanced Clean in the 84 oz jug for $14.99. There was a large yellow sale sticker...

I am glad that this was a noise reduction story. When I first saw the title, I was thinking like a gangster silencing situation.

Not that this has anything to do with your drying situation, but old laundering instructions for washing down pillows started with the ticking seam stitching being cut at a corner and then basted shut. This allowed for easier removal of air underwater and, I would guess, making it easier to...

It's hard to believe that the mediocre water extraction of a Kenmore washer would permit that except maybe with a set of twin sheets.

John wasn't the seven minute sheet drying also because they were spun in their Unimatic washer?

It was a delayed bleach injection system, not timed.

This is similar to one we saw in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn.

When used to walk through side streets off 41 in Sarasota, I would dream of having a job in retirement of doing laundry for a small motel.

I would think that if a house had room for two combos, it would be able to accommodate a washer and dryer pair which would allow faster throughput.

I found a nice LK Combo in the basement of a big downtown church in DC. It was amazing the wealth of churches back then. They stopped using it because it developed a leak. Jeff and I and maybe our friend Phil went down and got it. I gave the church a contribution for it. All of the gay kids...

I was only referencing the 50s Norges to show their early relationship with Calgon.