1962 ? GE Dryer I bet someone wants... in Rhode Island
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You are correct. Very similar to the one that I sold to Tom, but that one is a 1963.
Great ad - an easy way to start a vintage collection!
lawrence
Great ad - an easy way to start a vintage collection!
lawrence
Thank you!
It's from 1963; a DA-620X and a very clean sample. And yes, I would like to have it and it's not that far from me. And the washer is a rare A407; didn't see a lot of those back in the day and never saw one in a brochure that I can recall.
It's from 1963; a DA-620X and a very clean sample. And yes, I would like to have it and it's not that far from me. And the washer is a rare A407; didn't see a lot of those back in the day and never saw one in a brochure that I can recall.
I am wrong
Ken is correct - I got my years backwards.
lawrence
Ken is correct - I got my years backwards.
lawrence
Either that washer has been hidden away in a dark place or those are relatively new buttons.
GE Hi-Speed Dryer
These were good dryers, GE like other manufactures really started to get the kinks and reliability issues worked out in the early 60s and most washers and dryers brands got better and better though out the 60s, 70s, 80s and on.
These were fast and fairly hot running dryers, but the great thing about this one was the Economy heat setting that turned the heat input down to 1/4 what it was on high. This not only saved 14% on power consumption but gave you a low enough heat setting to dry plastics and rubber backed rugs in the dryer. I wish more manufactures had done this, Westinghouse was the one that did this on most of their dryers into the late 80s.
The Maytag A407 was a very popular model, we sold more of these than any other MT washer in the 70s at the store I worked at. The A606 was next, then the A207.
I always pushed the 2 speed washers however because the one speed models were just too rough on light fabrics.
These were good dryers, GE like other manufactures really started to get the kinks and reliability issues worked out in the early 60s and most washers and dryers brands got better and better though out the 60s, 70s, 80s and on.
These were fast and fairly hot running dryers, but the great thing about this one was the Economy heat setting that turned the heat input down to 1/4 what it was on high. This not only saved 14% on power consumption but gave you a low enough heat setting to dry plastics and rubber backed rugs in the dryer. I wish more manufactures had done this, Westinghouse was the one that did this on most of their dryers into the late 80s.
The Maytag A407 was a very popular model, we sold more of these than any other MT washer in the 70s at the store I worked at. The A606 was next, then the A207.
I always pushed the 2 speed washers however because the one speed models were just too rough on light fabrics.
I thought "delicate" on Fabric-Matic washers was such a deceitful joke. So "cheezy" of Maytag.
My aunt bought a Fabric Matic A408 (?) to replace a TOL Speed Queen solid tub washer and never liked it. Her first complaint was that there was no true gentle speed as there was on her SQ.
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GENTLE???
A Maytag on normal speed is more gentle than a Speed Queen on low!!LOL
A Maytag on normal speed is more gentle than a Speed Queen on low!!LOL
In the late 60s, I believe, Consumer Reports tested top loading, one speed washers for how well they handled delicate fabrics. They used an open-weave casement drapery fabric as the victim. The Maytag, and I don't remember if it was a Fabric Matic, pulled the threads six ways from Sunday and distorted the weave. The Frigidaire was the most gentle.
I guess by then people were too lazy to use the old instructions for using the soak method for washing blankets, sweaters etc. where you filled the tub and dissolved the detergent before adding the blanket, let it agitate for one minute then soak for ten minutes spinning out the wash water and repeating the process for rinse. Frigidaire had the process licked with the automatic soak cycle on some of their washers.
I guess by then people were too lazy to use the old instructions for using the soak method for washing blankets, sweaters etc. where you filled the tub and dissolved the detergent before adding the blanket, let it agitate for one minute then soak for ten minutes spinning out the wash water and repeating the process for rinse. Frigidaire had the process licked with the automatic soak cycle on some of their washers.
Hard to believe that one speed Maytags were rougher on textiles than either GE's or Norges. Makes me wonder if there were edges on certain agitators that were rough enough to snag fabrics.
Maytag agitators were always large and the tubs narrow so stuff could get trapped between the fins and the tub. By the late 60s, this probably would have been the power fin and it might have been the open end of the fins catching the woven fabric. Depending on the size of the pieces of fabrics, and how heavily the machine was loaded, the poor turnover that plagued Maytags might have been compounded by the casement fabrics' lack of resistance to the water currents. This would have potentially allowed the fabric pieces to be mauled longer by the agitator at the bottom of the narrow tub in the space between the agitator fins and the tub wall.
I think the wider tubs of most other makes gave more room between the agitator and the tub wall so that might have been why they were gentler when washing delicate fabrics at normal agitation speed. Common sense would dictate that if you were washing delicates at normal speed, the tub should be full of water and the load should be kept small to allow the water, instead of the fabrics to absorb the force of the agitator.
I think the wider tubs of most other makes gave more room between the agitator and the tub wall so that might have been why they were gentler when washing delicate fabrics at normal agitation speed. Common sense would dictate that if you were washing delicates at normal speed, the tub should be full of water and the load should be kept small to allow the water, instead of the fabrics to absorb the force of the agitator.
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