Birthday Presents #1

[southernmdgeguy]

Another late Happy Birthday Wish

From one Philco lover to another, congrats! So cool you have the correct parts to fix it too.

Scott

 

[toggleswitch]

~What was a FORD badge doing on a washing machine sold in the UK? Or the US for that matter - I notice that it is also present on the dryer pictured above.

Did not see a direct response to this.....
but it can be seen in the pictured manual

Philco was a subsidiary of Ford.
Frigidaire was a divison or subsidiary of General Motors.
Air-Temp was a D or S of Chrysler.

 

[scott55405]

...and Norge was Borg Warner, which I think did brakes or transmissions or some such thing. Interesting about washers and cars. I was a youngun when Ford owned Philco, and I always thought it was funny to see that car emblem on appliances.

 

[toggleswitch]

501s for your dyer.

I just noticed the window locks in the first pic/panel holding the service/access panel closed.

I guess someone wanted easy & frequent access.

 

[Speedqueengkc]

Extras

I am sorry for not keeping in touch. I have some extra stuff if you or anyone wants them. Paragraph: I like the Philco.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Jimmy, Happy Birthday and congrats on the dryer. That is the control panel that was on our 67 Duomatic with the nice colors and a few more buttons.

For those wondering about the fan: The fan moved maximum air in one direction and a smaller amount of air in the reverse direction. When the motor paused, the heat had to shut off. With an electric element, it was not so bad, but in a gas dryer all of that relighting could waste a lot of time. That is why the speed switch was offered. High speed was tumble in only the direction where the fan moved the most air. Low speed was with the motor reversed and the fan blowing a smaller amount of air and reversing tumbling gave you both.

 

[filterflo]

Hi Tom, thanks for the BD greetings. Yes the Philco dryer has a rather strange motor in it. Its a two speed reversing motor, but its reverse speed is slower than the fwd speed. Fwd speed is the standard 1725rpm, but reverse speed (or if LOW speed drying is selected) is approx 1475rpm. Since the fan reverses with the motor, there is almost no pitch (angle) on the fan blades. Most all fan blades in other dryers have some pitch or angle to the blades. This is why no other fan will really work in this dryer. The reverse tumbling is a very interesting concept and would probably help keep clothes from tangling. All in all, its a fabulous dryer, and Philco/Ford went all out to realy try to make a glamorous dryer, when dryers as a rule are not real exciting........

 

[DADoES]

Fascinating details keep coming out on these gorgeous Philco machines.

Reverse tumble does help. My F&P topload dryer looks to have the same kind of blower with no pitch to the blades. I can't say for sure that the reverse on it is a slower speed, but it may be as reverse is a leeeeetle bit quieter than forward.