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I can't help with the Hotpoint, but what a nice kitchen you've got there. Love the Formica!

I think you’re right about the 32-50 indicator, Ralph. If you look at the bottom of the Etsy ad you linked, it notes that the fridge has a “full view thermometer” and it is marked 32 and 50. Likely the one on Craigslist fridge broke or just fell out, perhaps. It’s unlikely the refrigerant is...

Thank you for scanning and posting this, David. I’m still working through it, but one notable thing is how much time they spend emphasizing the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Not something you’d expect to see in a service manual today!

Westinghouse irons Around 1999 or 2000 I bought an NOS Westinghouse steam iron with the original box and papers. It looks about the same vintage as the box in the OP’s photos, perhaps a little newer. The seller said it had been given to her mom for opening a new bank account, and never used...

Maybe I can get a startup video at some point. Does anyone know enough about the Rheem model numbers to decipher the cooling output? I see a 24 which might indicate two tons. If the maximum current draw is 14 amps at 230 volts, that would equate to 3220 watts and an EER of about 7.5. A little...

But if I'm reading the serial number right, it was manufactured in October, 1968!

Here's a late entrant. It's at the apartment of a nice older lady I've been driving to church. She's been in the apartment 31 years and knows it's older than that. Looking at it, I was guessing it was from the 1970s or so. The badge says Rheem Corsair.

76 during the day, 77 at night. It’s off from morning to early afternoon. I like to open the windows and get some fresh air.

That’s great! I still have one and a half bottles of the previous version, which was carried only by Walmart towards the end…I got several at the same time about a year ago, and the person who brought them to my car said they were the last ones in the store. Cleaning is superlative. I forget...

Pitted prunes The industry gave them a big push with some Stan Freberg commercials. I agree they’re good.

One of my uncles had a Magnavox of this vintage, and similar styling, but also with a B&W TV. I think you'll like it. The record changer was fun to watch. My uncle had a lot of 78 rpm records, and the changer cycled much faster than with 33s, of course, so I loved to watch that! Micromatic Magnavox!

Regarding water usage, Consumer Reports 1956 Buying Guide says ABC/Kelvinator washers used 19 gal hot water, 29 gal total. Norge/Hamilton also used 19 gal hot water, but the Maytag AMP used only 18, Easy and Frigidaire 17, andAMC/Beam only 16. At the other end of the scale, Whirlpool used 24...

Haven’t done a word by word comparison of the ingredients, but I notice that the EC30 tiles list zeolites, commonly found in powders, and the Tiles do not. They seem to just rely on sodium citrate for water softening, like a liquid detergent. Thanks for all the tests!

That’s interesting, Stefan. There’s often a feeling among posters here that European detergents are better than what we have here, so it’s good to get another perspective.

Low fan speed for “meditation or sleeping.” I wasn’t expecting a meditation setting!

Not a million miles removed from this. I guess these earlier efforts failed because of cost and inflexibility.

With all the PR blather and buzzwords in that press release, it’s hard to tell what it actually even is.

I was wondering how you'd fix the bent evaporator, but you handled it brilliantly. And I agree, it's important to keep the original sounds of these machines if possible. Imagine the luxury of having all that freezer space in the Thirties. You'd have room for not only ice cubes, but perhaps a...

It’s fun to try new things, and the cost is modest compared to dinner in a nice restaurant. Thanks for the report, volvoman.

Well, it’s certainly a relief if hospitals are moving away from chlorine bleach for this purpose. I can see no evidence of this in the links provided, and curiously Launderess’ last link is to an EPA document which includes sodium hypochlorite on its list of approved substances for dealing with...