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But if I am not mistaken, I think there was a thermostat on the rear stationary bulkhead which was for the lower temperature setting. When I was at the appliance junkyard around this time 2 years ago, I lifted the top up on the ‘54 Kenmore Frogeye dryer while I was there, noticed there was a thermostat on the rear bulkhead, another 2 in the blower housing. The ‘Modern Fabric’ button probably activated another thermostat on the rear bulkhead, I assume that’s where it was.
The gas versions of these dryers are certainly interesting, but the electric versions around this time around 1953/1954 were only 4200 to 4500 watts from my understanding, only had a timer that went up to 55 minutes. Would leave things a bit damp afterwards. These have the perforated drum back with a wire sort of mesh which were more open per square inch but even then, the incoming air could bypass the drum when loaded heavily.
I could see why one would have been impressed when they went from a Whirlpool/Kenmore dryer from around this time to a Maytag HOH 10 years later in the early 1960’s since a Maytag HOH would have dried a bit faster even with it’s 4500 to 4800 watt heating element. Certainly allowed the user to have damp dry items, or have things 100% dry since you could have selected more than 60 minutes of drying time. Even could air fluff items for as long as you wanted since there was the air fluff button.
