Not all Ward's washers and dryers were sourced from Norge. Westinghouse was also one of their major suppliers of appliances.
3/4 Horse Power Washer
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The picture of the original subject washer is a Montgomery Wards built by White-Westinghouse when WW was still a Westinghouse design. As stated above Norge also built machines for Wards but this is not one of them.
Each person has their opinion on the true Norge built machines. It seems they were either loved or hated with no middle ground. Lol. My opinion has always been that they are great machines. Yes they are noisy which is probably the biggest complaint but the noise doesn’t bother me. I consider it a true machine that does a great job with dirty clothes and no nonsense. And I do agree that the large motors on these washers was purely marketing as you could definitely replace it with a 1/2 hp to do the job if you are not overloading on a regular basis.
There were definitely some areas where Norge machines could’ve been built better. And as John mentioned above timers would’ve lasted longer if not for the large hp motors. I agree with Todd in that they are definitely fun.
Each person has their opinion on the true Norge built machines. It seems they were either loved or hated with no middle ground. Lol. My opinion has always been that they are great machines. Yes they are noisy which is probably the biggest complaint but the noise doesn’t bother me. I consider it a true machine that does a great job with dirty clothes and no nonsense. And I do agree that the large motors on these washers was purely marketing as you could definitely replace it with a 1/2 hp to do the job if you are not overloading on a regular basis.
There were definitely some areas where Norge machines could’ve been built better. And as John mentioned above timers would’ve lasted longer if not for the large hp motors. I agree with Todd in that they are definitely fun.
subject of frigidaire
They reason why I brought Frigidaire into the conversation was because their Gallery line onwards advertised a 3/4 horsepower motor in them.
They reason why I brought Frigidaire into the conversation was because their Gallery line onwards advertised a 3/4 horsepower motor in them.
I think most 2000s-2010s TL Frigidaires had 3/4 HP motors in them.
Considering the lack of tub break, these machines would have been excellent contenders for the PSC treatment.
Considering the lack of tub break, these machines would have been excellent contenders for the PSC treatment.
