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I replaced a KitchenAid TOL with a Bosch 800. The Whirlpool made KitchenAid was unreliable and couldn't dry dishes acceptably. After the warranty ran out, it ran for a couple more years until the motor decided to give up on life. The Bosch does a great job of washing and especially drying. I'm...

Until GE built dishwashers with a food particle filter, their machines tended to redeposit particles back onto the load. Most folks were still rinsing dishes off before loading anyway. GE got around the problem by multiple water changes and their famous soft particle masticator. In the late...

Our family had a Westinghouse roll out dishwasher for many years. The builders removed the original copper front panel and replaced it with a Philippine mahogany one to match the kitchen cupboards. Although it was an impeller machine, we never had a problem with its cleaning performance, food...

Are there currently any manufacturers who make dryers with reversing drums? I had an old whistling air flow Electrolux, that did this and it helped keep bedding from getting rolled into a ball.

It is safe to use an ungrounded, non-polarized device if the AC goes directly into a transformer, like a phone charger, a lamp, or an old electronic device. The transformer effectively isolates the device from line.

The GE Mobile Maids of the late 1950's and early 1960's, with the bowtie impellers, were quite loud as I remember.

In 1993, my mom and dad sold their home which had a 1980's, passive filtration, GE Potscrubber with no electronics and a nice mechanical timer. It is still working. I've always hated the older GE dishwashers with no filter, but they did last practically forever.

Energine may have had solvent(s) in it that were once used by dry cleaning establishments. Early solvents were carbon tetrachloride and/or trichloroethylene (TCE), but they gradually were phased out as their adverse health effects became more known. TCE may still occasionally be used for spot...

Tomturbomatic: Good tip, thanks. Now I just have to figure out how to get olive oil vinaigrette stains, out of my polos. Commercial laundry and dry cleaning establishments don't seem to be able to get them out, and I end up with those nasty stain tickets.

Most D&M built machines I've encountered have no soil separator to remove food particles from the wash and rinse water. They often got re-deposited onto the dishes and cutlery. If one does the no-no of prerinsing the dishes before loading, they do a good job. Although we had a roll-out impeller...

We had a 1961 Westinghouse roll out top loading dishwasher. It had about a five minute wash unless you selected "Power Soak" which would heat the water to about 150 degreess. This added about 20-30 minutes to the cycle.

We had a 1957 AMP, my mom's sister had a 1958 helical. I remember the loud banging spin solenoid of the AMP. Speed Queens had two of them, one for agitate and one for spin. Unfortunately, our AMP saw the Maytag Man frequently. When he opened the lid to replace one of the mercury switches, the...

Am I turning green with envy, or is it just kidney failure? I moved to my current city from the Wasatch Front area where all my homes had basements with workshops and hobby areas. Homes in my current location all have crawl spaces, which contain humanoid monster creatures. Congrats on your new...

RP2813: My girlfriend's family owned a Wards stereo console back in 1964. It was all solid state, it had side-firing bass woofers and front firing exponential horns so I always assumed that it was made by Magnavox. The record changer, however, was not a Collaro but resembled most ordinary...

Update One of the first things I did after cleaning everything is to replace the crossover network with a newer one. The original had the crossover frequency at 1KHZ, but I like hearing percussion without the shrillness of the ultra-efficient horns. Crossing the treble frequencies at more than...

Jakins, this looks exactly like mine except for the turntable. Back in 1962, if you wanted FM stereo, you'd have to purchase an optional FM stereo decoder, which plugged into the preamplifier. I have re-built the separate power amplifier, but am updating the crossover network. The original one...

Too bad for the changes. I always used Fels to remove salad and cooking oil spots and stains from my knitted polo shirts. The only other thing I've found that removes them is the spray New Dawn dishwashing liquid.

OK, so it's not an appliance, but it is vintage. I was able to find a 1962 tube-type Magnavox AM, FM, phonograph stereo console. Some years ago, I rebuilt a 1960 IronRite rotary ironer. The stereo console I procured had spent many years in a barn, so I brought it home for a hobby project. The...

I would keep them if they are still in operating condition. They are indeed beautiful. The only drawback the WP/KM belt-drive machines had was anemic water extraction, but a collector often has a separate spinner needed for heavy cottons. They did a great job, had 6 short spray rinses before the...

Two developments with the Westy FL's that probably solved the tangling issues were the ingenious "potato pully" and way later, the reversing tumble action. We had a friend who had one before WCI bought the line. His cabinet was porcelain. When we bought one, WCI called it a "White-Westinghouse."...