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    Stain Removers? Why Do we need them?

    not everybody cares about ruining their clothes It really depends on who pays for your clothes. If you own an oil well; or get free clothes you really do not care. ie that grease spot on a 35 dollar white dress shirt does not matter to you. If one actually pays for ones stuff; one might...
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    GE Oven question

    Brochure from other thread Better Ovens had the vent as part of the factory build to make it the better unit. A top off a lessor GE J782 or sister might be located if you want to remove your vent/fan. The basic chassis is about the same. The brochure really shows the vent/fan as a feature on...
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    GE Oven question

    It is not just making your cabinets less tall; one has a vent to plumb through the attic and to the outside through the roof. Here the 4x10 goes to the attic; then it is a round 6" duct that touches the through roof vent. To move out the oven; here we purposely made the vent piping in sections...
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    GE Oven question

    Typically a vistor who uses the stove *tends* to open the top damper and thus the whatever they are cooking or burning sets off the beep beep beep smoke alarm. Removing the vent would not really be a safety issue; more of downgrading the performance. Now one has no vent at all; like a cheaper...
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    GE Oven question

    With the damper shut the unit draws from the burner area Vent in prior image is a standard 4x10" vent If one by mistake has the top damper open; one WILL not draw any air from the two vents right above the burners. Having it slightly open draws from both areas. This stove is a late 1971...
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    GE Oven question

    Damper determines where air is drwn from Here I have never heard about a venting issue with a stove like that I use every day; unless folks vist; or on this thread! :). The top damper is opened to draw ONLY from the top; when it is closed it draws from the burner area.
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    Give it to me straight: how long have I got?

    Why do you think washing in COLD water extends a washers ser Most all FL washers die due to bad bearings; the water seal leaks and then the 52100 ball bearing's steel corrode like mad. The actual ball bearing life drops like mad once they are corroded. "hot" water temperatures in washers is...
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    The Endangered GE Double Oven Story...

    Here my folks really wanted to buy the RHV886 in a brighter color like harvest gold; but there were none to be found. Thus we got the brownish model and and later we forgot about the color issue!. Now since it has been in the same place since early 1972 the color is not really a thing I notice.
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    The Endangered GE Double Oven Story...

    The secret repair guide with schematics was with ours hidden in a slot behind the front panel with all the knobs. Our was their until the mid 1980's; when a jerk repair guy walked off with it. I visted my folks old house and found out that it was missing, the last repair guy walked off with it...
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    The Endangered GE Double Oven Story...

    1 Here is a nice GE brochure scanned on another link. The "sister GE" model to my Hotpoint is on this brochure; a GE Versatronic Model J896 ; shipping weight a mighty 430 Lbs! Your model maybe is a J792 or J795 or J797 ? J797 and J795 have self cleaning J797 has meat thermometer; thus maybe...
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    The Endangered GE Double Oven Story...

    The secret repair guide with schematics was with ours hidden in a slot behind the front panel with all the knobs. Our was their until the mid 1980's; when a jerk repair guy walked off with it. I visted my folks old house and found out that it was missing, the last repair guy walked off with it...
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    The Endangered GE Double Oven Story...

    Any experts know the GE part number for the 120 volt outlets I am looking for the right/corner 120 volt socket; the one NOT marked timed. The only Stove I have and use daily looks very similar to your "new" stove. But the unit here is a late 1971 Hotpoint RHV886 Electronic oven range. The...
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    Maytag Dryer De808--Pilot light???

    A DE808 is an electric Maytag dryer. DE is in many other dryers and brands too where E means electric; and G means gas. Something sounds goofy if you have a DE808 Maytag and has a gas input! :) My own 1976 Westinghouse Electric dryer is a DE503 So here me and Mr South Bend want to really...
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    Maytag Dryer De808--Pilot light???

    DE808 parts non existant invisible Parts for dryer that does not exist http://www.searspartsdirect.com/partsdirect/part-model/Maytag-Parts/Dryer-Parts/Model-DE808/3048/0151200
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    Monitoring laundry detergent performance and use

    Powdered "ALL" was the low sudsing detergent that was recommended by Westinghouse for my folks brand new 1947 Westinghouse front load washer. The bulk of Folks in the USA only heard of this thing of low sudsing 1/2 century later; when the USA rediscovered the front load washer. One can wash...
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    Old Westy Gas Dryer

    RE "... dual-voltage dryers to be installed in older apartment buildings lest they overload the building wiring. " A dual voltage dryer cannot overload a circuit. A dual voltage dryer has a 240 volt coil and 120 volt motor and timer. *IF* one has 240 volt service; the unit has the coil run on...
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    Old Westy Gas Dryer

    RE "I can't imagine that it was much cheaper to manufacture. The only thing I can think of is that there was some code reason; such as, there may have been cities that would not permit dual-voltage dryers to be installed in older apartment buildings lest they overload the building wiring. " My...
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    WP appliances at Kmart

    Kmart and Sears today sometimes sell the same stuff ; since they merged six years ago
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    Those "energy hog" fridges....

    re "HOW OFTEN DO YOU BUY ONE!!" Here in Katrinaland a huge number of units that were scrapped out in 2005 and new ones bought. By huge maybe 500k units or 1 million. It was NOT just because folks houses got ruined or floaded. Many had no power for over 1 week and they left and the fridge turned...
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    Those "energy hog" fridges....

    Here the new fridge uses 1200 - 335 = 865 less kwhr per year. This is about 130 bucks less electric bill per year at 15 cents per kwh. The fridge was 599 with icemaker -100 rebate or 534 with 7 percent sales tax. it pays off in 533/130= about 4 years. I grew up with defrosting a 1950's fridge...
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