I recently made a trip to a scrapman's house and bought several nice newer model washers but he had a 110 volt Kenmore dryer with wheels on it that caught my eye. I paid him 3.00 for it. i got it home and it started right up and heated good. Spun the drum good for about 10 minutes till the belt broke. It's a small belt compared to the normal Kenmore belts so I called Sears and they still have one for this this model. They want 18 bucks plus another 10.00 shipping. This machine is gold in color to give you the idea of it's age. It's in really nice shape. Would you pay that much for a belt considering that you have the perfect place to put this one to use or would you scrap it? this sounds pretty high for a belt considering how MANY I have just gave to people in need of one.
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$28.00 for the dryer that would fit into the perfect place. Would not hesitate to order it.
Jon
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Have the Whirlpool model of the same dryer (Harvest Gold is the correct colour name, *LOL*),and sought it out over today's small dryers for several reasons.
One, is the all metal construction compared to the cheap tat sold today. Another reason is the dryer pulls about 1300 watts, compared to the puny 1000 or so of modern offerings. While not exactly a huge difference, the extra wattage does make for better drying performance, especially of items spun nearly dry in the Miele or Hoover Twin Tub.
If you really like the dryer and it suits your needs, go ahead and order the belt and be glad that is the only thing wrong. My unit is also second hand and the original owner said when purchased new the salesperson told him not to keep opening and closing the dryer door during use, as it caused belt wear. To the best of my knowledge my unit has the original belt, and runs like a champ. Of course now that I put that out there......
Check Fleabay or other Internet sites for cheaper belts. Spoke with Sears about parts for my unit as well, and while they still stock parts for these vintage dryers (many of them NLA otherwise), prices can be quite high. Another solution would be to ask a family member or friend who lives near a Sears parts store to stop in pick up the belt and forward it on via post.
One, is the all metal construction compared to the cheap tat sold today. Another reason is the dryer pulls about 1300 watts, compared to the puny 1000 or so of modern offerings. While not exactly a huge difference, the extra wattage does make for better drying performance, especially of items spun nearly dry in the Miele or Hoover Twin Tub.
If you really like the dryer and it suits your needs, go ahead and order the belt and be glad that is the only thing wrong. My unit is also second hand and the original owner said when purchased new the salesperson told him not to keep opening and closing the dryer door during use, as it caused belt wear. To the best of my knowledge my unit has the original belt, and runs like a champ. Of course now that I put that out there......
Check Fleabay or other Internet sites for cheaper belts. Spoke with Sears about parts for my unit as well, and while they still stock parts for these vintage dryers (many of them NLA otherwise), prices can be quite high. Another solution would be to ask a family member or friend who lives near a Sears parts store to stop in pick up the belt and forward it on via post.
Here is a snap of my unit.
Laundress, the pic of yours is exactly like mine. I think I will keep it. My wife and I 98% of the time hang our clothes on the line to dry since Louisiana weather here is nice almost yearround to hang dry. But days like today with Gustav just now moving to our North, I have to dry in one of the 220's I have up for sale which I really don't like to do since I have to walk from my house to my shop where the dryer is (about 100 yards) which is a long way in a hurricane. LOL. We live in a small house that we designed along the lines of some of the houses you see people building that want to live "off the grid" so this lil' unit will fit our needs perfectly. We don't like to live comepletely off the grid but we really take it easy on our consumption of natural resourses. I would rather spend my money on toys rather than food so we grow most of our veggies and raise most of our meat. The rest of our meat comes in via .22 rifle.lol. Sorry to any PETA'S out there.
A few tips:
Find heavy and thick items take less time if hung to dry until "damp", then bunged into the dryer to finish them off. This way a full load of towels and washcloths will dry in about 30 or so minutes, verus the hour or more it would take otherwise.
If drying directly from the washing machine, mind how much you load into the dry at once. Find filling the dryer half full can really extend drying times.
Keep that door closed! Opening up the door lets out heat and the unit has to work to bring things back up to temp. OTHO since these little babies do get hot, learn now long things should take and either set the timer correctly, or start checking as the timer moves into the "cool-down" range. Left in too long, this puppy will bake items.
Finally, watch out for that timer! Damn thing can wake the dead and there is no way to shut it off. If doing wash late at night or someone is sleeping, it can be annoying. Always try to get to the unit before it goes off, otherwise find myself leaping towards the ceiling! *LOL* Then again, that could be the several cups of coffee consumed per day!
L.
Find heavy and thick items take less time if hung to dry until "damp", then bunged into the dryer to finish them off. This way a full load of towels and washcloths will dry in about 30 or so minutes, verus the hour or more it would take otherwise.
If drying directly from the washing machine, mind how much you load into the dry at once. Find filling the dryer half full can really extend drying times.
Keep that door closed! Opening up the door lets out heat and the unit has to work to bring things back up to temp. OTHO since these little babies do get hot, learn now long things should take and either set the timer correctly, or start checking as the timer moves into the "cool-down" range. Left in too long, this puppy will bake items.
Finally, watch out for that timer! Damn thing can wake the dead and there is no way to shut it off. If doing wash late at night or someone is sleeping, it can be annoying. Always try to get to the unit before it goes off, otherwise find myself leaping towards the ceiling! *LOL* Then again, that could be the several cups of coffee consumed per day!
L.
sdlee
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lol........yep agreed
I have this same dryer and use it daily.
I find it dries just as effectively as any 22o I have ever had ,which surpised me imensely.
It is second hand, second hand, second hand. I use to have the matching washer and it too was Kenmore Loud.
I now have the fridgedaire frontloader and this dryer sits on top of it. It was harvest gold witha replaced avacado green door. I spray painted the whole thing white.It looks very good, but its about an inch less wide then the washer which is annoying but its ok.Im on 5 years with this combo and Im still happy with it.
Yeah L, that timer!!!!Loud enough to wake the dead and shock em back into slumberland. I cant stop mine either.It is kinda fun to see my company jump tho!!!
I have this same dryer and use it daily.
I find it dries just as effectively as any 22o I have ever had ,which surpised me imensely.
It is second hand, second hand, second hand. I use to have the matching washer and it too was Kenmore Loud.
I now have the fridgedaire frontloader and this dryer sits on top of it. It was harvest gold witha replaced avacado green door. I spray painted the whole thing white.It looks very good, but its about an inch less wide then the washer which is annoying but its ok.Im on 5 years with this combo and Im still happy with it.
Yeah L, that timer!!!!Loud enough to wake the dead and shock em back into slumberland. I cant stop mine either.It is kinda fun to see my company jump tho!!!
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I Agree:
With others, especially since as I've mentioned before in other Threads, that I do happen to have a 110-Volt Kenmore Dryer. It is a newer Model, probably around 1990's and I bought it 2nd Hand for $100.00 at a 2nd Hand Shop. So far, I've had very good luck with it, as far as fairly quick Drying, even heavier item Loads.
I also had around the same age era a Whirlpool White 110-Volt Dryer, that was given to me by a Friend, when he bought his Mobile Home.
"BTW" he now has a real nice GE Filter-Flow Matching Washer and Dryer Set, that are possibly around 1980's Models, unless they might be late 1970's, or real early 1980's. They are in Almond Color, so that would I'm thinking be more like early/mid 1980's, rather than late 1970's.
I've also got his early make Kenmore "D-D" Washer, that he has never had any problems with, other than the Timer Knob Shaft broke, so I helped him though Repair-Clinic to get a replacement Knob, which now has a Metal Shaft. His Kenmore Washer that I've got now is also Almond.
Good Luck with your Drying Laundry in your 110-Volt Kenmore Dryer, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...
With others, especially since as I've mentioned before in other Threads, that I do happen to have a 110-Volt Kenmore Dryer. It is a newer Model, probably around 1990's and I bought it 2nd Hand for $100.00 at a 2nd Hand Shop. So far, I've had very good luck with it, as far as fairly quick Drying, even heavier item Loads.
I also had around the same age era a Whirlpool White 110-Volt Dryer, that was given to me by a Friend, when he bought his Mobile Home.
"BTW" he now has a real nice GE Filter-Flow Matching Washer and Dryer Set, that are possibly around 1980's Models, unless they might be late 1970's, or real early 1980's. They are in Almond Color, so that would I'm thinking be more like early/mid 1980's, rather than late 1970's.
I've also got his early make Kenmore "D-D" Washer, that he has never had any problems with, other than the Timer Knob Shaft broke, so I helped him though Repair-Clinic to get a replacement Knob, which now has a Metal Shaft. His Kenmore Washer that I've got now is also Almond.
Good Luck with your Drying Laundry in your 110-Volt Kenmore Dryer, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...
I think I'm going to just order a belt through Sears on the 110 unit. I just had a guy come by my shop and made me a nice offer on the dryer with him knowing he would have to invest in a belt. Told him it wasn't for sale. The funniest thing about today was a man come back to my shop and he had his dryer (Frididaire 220 frontloader) on his truck that I replaced a thermostat in last week. Well, he asked me if I wanted to sell it for him and give him what he had in it which was 45.00 for my repair job since this dryer was given to him. This is a fairly new dryer. It is a spacesaver in it's size but has a really large drum compared to it's size. Anyone here have any comments about newer Frigidaire dryers? I'm not all that up to date on them. I rarely ever see any come through my shop for some reason. most folks around here love GE and Kenmore lines.
