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Now, the washer was missing the original filter-flo filter pan AND the mini-basket (guess you all know why I was so curious about them in a previous thread.. hee hee)

By pure dumb luck, the repair and part person I know in Montreal (yes, the one who is holding the original Inglis dryer motor AND a 1957 AW-18 Speed Queen washer hostage...) called me just after I found this V-12 to let me know he had a V-14 with a transmission that was not worth his while to rebuild and that he was parting out. The pale green filter pan came from that washer!

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This brings back memories! I remember the fibre-board back panel well - you had to take it off to change the hoses...

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Of course, Jo did not quite share my enthusiasm... He was probably thinking "To hell with your washer - play with me!!"

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Now, I did some testing before I 'closed the deal' on this set. I knew that power was getting to the washer - always a good thing!!
In all the GE (and GE clones) I have owned over the years, I never had one with a lighted console!!

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I figured I had nothing to lose by water-testing the washer. Although hubby was not standing by with his trusty fire extinguisher...

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Just for the heck of it, I had the camera on 'movie' mode for the startup. I was thrilled!!
Hearing the 'swish-swash' of that ramp-style activator took me back to Pointe-Claire, circa 1965... Wow!

 
And now for the BUT....

While I was in awe at the washer was running smoothly, I failed to notice the water cascading in the back of the washer!! Note the water trail on the outer tub...

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And there was some 'damage in transit' from a move before I bought this washer. Good news, though, I know my parts guy kept the top from that defunct V-14. I may just be able to swap it...

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Oh yeah, there's a matching dryer here, too!

The dryer is a 'Compensated Control' - model number 920X1 W, serial number SX214 703. Nice lighted control panel, too!!

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Odd that the push buttons of the dryer don't match the flip switches on the washer.

I have never seen the 'High Speed' 'Economy' and 'Damp' settings before. My guess would be 'HIGH' 'MEDIUM' and 'LOW' heats. No 'Air' cycle on this one - the V12 I grew up with had that...

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I hooked the dryer up to the 110v line only.

I'll come back to this later, but if I had followed my gut instinct of connecting the red wire to the red terminal and the black wire to the black terminal and hooked this up to a standard 220v plug, I would've had a nasty surprise!!

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So that was Saturday... Today, my thoughts were about what was causing the leak in the washer. Time to pop the lid!

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It did't take me long to find it... Note the cracks in the filter-flo return hose. I am hoping they still make these! This will be my next mission... LOL

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Just for the heck of it, I decided to try to pull the activator out. Well, it popped out on the first try!

This made me wish I could get back to 1973 when a GE technician told my mother that they'd have to break the activator to be able to repair an oil leak...

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So the last thing I did today was to recheck the wiring diagram of the dryer... They were pretty darn vague, I think. No indication of which 'hot' lead is the 110 and which is the 220! Anyway, I made notes... LOL

Next weekend, I hope to be able to tear into the dryer. I like to clean and re-lube a dryer of this vintage (and I have had practice on a few GE's so that helps).

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Project backlog...

I am little behind in my appliance repairs... AND I have to figure out what to do with the Inglis washer and dryer set - they need work, I think I can fix 'em, but I am short on time and space... Oh, what to do...

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Fabulous... so what happens when the hubby comes home and discovers that his schmoopie has been "a busy little shopper"? (grin)
 
Paul,
Do you plan have it wired for a 110V circuit? I think it's pretty well explained. I just don't know what the gray wire is for but I'm sure other members can explain or send a detailed wiring diagram! I'm wondering if this dryer is designed to work on the automatic cycle too with a 110 volts connection?

If you want to run it on 220V, it's also nicely explained! The potential difference between the two hot wires (red and black) is 220V (or 236V!) and the white neutral combined with either the red or the black (in this case, the red one) gives you 110V for the motor/timer/light.

Just don't forget to remove the internal ground wire to the neutral terminal (if it's not already done!) as we can't have a combined ground/neutral here!

I'm wondering if any 220V/240V dryer could be converted to 110V? In the following link, someone posted that older GE and Whirlpool-made dryers could. How about the other brands?[this post was last edited: 5/14/2012-00:56]

http://www.diychatroom.com/f47/converting-220v-dryer-110v-14433/
 
Phil,
Absolutely wonderful pair!!! Congratulations on a great acquisition. You MUST make these first priority and share all the photos.

BTW, I don't believe there was a lens on that dryer lamp.

Lawrence
 
Woah, woah, woah, you're on a roll!  Beautiful GE set, and the activator looks minty fresh too!  The hose shouldn't be a huge issue. 

 

Congrats on yet another beautiful set!

 

Ben

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Cool GE Washer and Dryer

WOW you are really in trouble now Paul, LOL. It always nice to find a washer that was retired long ago and stored in decent conditions, I wouldn't try to change out the washers top over a chip on the side unless there are other problems with the top, it is not that difficult to repair a chip.

 

This dryer is always one of my favorites from this time period for good electric dryers. All three buttons give you the same temperature with this dryer. The Hi Speed and Damp buttons use both heaters on 240 volts and the Economy button operates both heaters on 120 volts to save electrical power, total savings of around 14% per load. The neat thing about this dryer is the time temperature compensated control system allows automatic drying and proper shut off on any of the different settings even if you run the dryer on 120 volt power only. As Phil noted it is clearly explained on the back of the dryer how to properly connect the dryer to 120 volts and it also explains how to adjust the control thermostat so the dryer will work properly on 120 , 208 or 240 volts, you will love this dryer.

 

Don't forget to tell Chris that you got this dryer to save power, even on 240 volts it will use 25% less power than the 1956 WP.
 

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