Converting a Dryer Recepticle?

[panthera]

Teppichfetischist?

Hmm, never heard about that one, but most folks here in Germany today would be quick to remind you that he was Austrian, not German.
Just as weak an excuse as I heard the other day on the train - bunch of American tourists (East Coast from their accents) explaining to their German relations: "Well, yes, but you know, really, he's from Texas, so what can you expect?"
I just had to butt in, couldn't help it..."Isn't Connecticut the 'constitution state'?"
Talk about if looks could kill. Yup, they were East Coast.
(If you're European and don't get the the nasty barb, that's ok, if'n you're from the 'States and don't get it, well gosh.)

By the by, and this is why the color thingy is so dangerous, some German codings permitted red to be used as ground(earth) in Schuko plugs. Thank goodness that one is long past.
The Euro-plug is supposed to be used for low amp supplies (two amps or less) and the Schuko does run up to 16Amps. Remember, please...16 amps at 230V is still 3,680W...
There are modified, non-grounding, non-polarised plugs which take heavy loads for double-insulated appliances, too. These look like the Schukos, but without the double grounding straps.

 

[sudsmaster]

I now recall the nickname he got was "Teppichfresser"... does that ring a bell?

Also, Connecticut is supposed to be "The Nutmeg State". Something to do with trade, I think. I think Pennsylvania might be the Constitution State, since the Constitution was signed there.

 

[bellalaundry]

My Plug

is just like the picture in William's response. I'm thinking I don't know enough about wiring that I will just haul out an up-converter that have hiding somewhere.

There is no bottom cover Keven...perhaps missing or never had one. I checked the rubber bands that keep the motor stable. I'm not sure if they are tight enough. Are these bands still available over in Europe? If so, could one of our European members give me an E address of someone that could help me find them?

Guy

 

[toggleswitch]

State nicknames.

http://www.50states.com/nickname.htm

 

[sudsmaster]

OK, Nutmeg must be the CT state motto or something like that. Probably in honor of GW Bush's excessive eggnog intake.

 

[panthera]

oh, dear me, yes

I'd say you rang my bell, Rich...but half the forum would say "that's why all the bats were swarming out of that belfry..." and the other half would gossip behind our backs...while the other half would, well, never mind.
Yes, "fressen" is a German verb for wolfing your food. People "essen", to eat...animals "fressen" or feed. Not a nice reference, but then, he was a horrid man.
And let's not say any more about that.
Connecticut is, indeed the constitution state...and I guess I was a bit too oblique (bet Toggles is still tittering over it tho', nothing low and base escapes his notice). The rather arogant East Coasters were trying to blame your country's current state of affairs on the attitude of Texans.
Now, having grown up in the Rocky Mountain West, I have the same, er...reservations...about some aspects of Texana as the rest of the West...but there is no reason to blame them for the blown in shrubbery.
They got my dig...and then had the joy and pleasure of explaining it to their German relations, knowing full well that the entire train (mostly Americans just flown in) were listening and more than happy to keep them on the straight and narrow.

 

[sudsmaster]

Well, it's not well known that Bush Jr. was born in New Haven... as was I! However we parted ways a few hours after birth, lol.

 

[panthera]

Guy,

They're not a problem to get. No, they should not be overly tight...the idea is to suspend the motor so that it can swing out of balance without rocking the machine.
If they aren't cracked or listing to one side, I suggest you leave them be.
I am linking to the first of two pages on parts for these machines. This company is the easiest to deal with, they do not, however, sell outside of the European Common Market. Makes no never mind as you know several Europeans...including at least one who lives within walking distance of the store.
I will be in the US again at the end of the week, but ordering and shipping is doable through friends.
If the link doesn't work, their address is: www.kinseher.de and you need to look for "Wäscheschleuder". The link takes you to the jumping of site, you have to click on Wäscheschleuder at the top, on the left then again towards the bottom of the following list. Probably, you will get distracted by all the groovy stuff. I always am. (O, my paws and whiskers, did I just say "am"???)
Here is a picture of the most common sort, but there are several other variations. I have seen springs and straps used as well...

http://www.kinseher-shop.de/query.php?cp_tpl=main&cp_sid=1685397a80b2b

 

[sudsmaster]

At risk of belaboring a non-issue, I post the following just to supply some meager evidence that I was not really hallucinating when I claimed that Connecticut is The Nutmeg State:

<i>The "Nutmeg State"
According to the book State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols by George Earlie Shankle (New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1941):

"The sobriquet, the Nutmeg State, is applied to Connecticut because its early inhabitants had the reputation of being so ingenious and shrewd that they were able to make and sell wooden nutmegs. Sam Slick (Judge Halliburton) seems to be the originator of this story. Some claim that wooden nutmegs were actually sold, but they do not give either the time or the place."

Yankee peddlers from Connecticut sold nutmegs, and an alternative story is that:

"Unknowing buyers may have failed to grate nutmegs, thinking they had to be cracked like a walnut. Nutmegs are wood, and bounce when struck. If southern customers did not grate them, they may very well have accused the Yankees of selling useless "wooden" nutmegs, unaware that they wear down to a pungent powder to season pies and breads." Elizabeth Abbe, Librarian, the Connecticut Historical Society; Connecticut Magazine, April 1980.

http://www.cslib.org/nicknamesCT.htm

 

[panthera]

Rich,

I didn't know that.
I do love nutmeg, tho'. In German, it is called "Muskatnuß" and it is wonderous fun to rub one on a grater to get that beautiful scent.
I usually stay out - way out - of US politics, 'cause my family is split between strong human rights advocates (my parents) and people who belong, solidly, to the 20% "right, regardless" set.
But I saw no reason to have Texans disparaged for that which they had not done.
Any good recipies using nutmeg come to mind?
I use it in quiches...

 

[bellalaundry]

Thanks Keven!

Wow, what a great site! I saw they had parts for my vintage Vorwerk vacuum even. Unfortunatly, nothing comes close to resembling what I have. The rubber bands look just like thick black rubber bands and they hook onto the motor. I'm sorry I don't have a camara or I'd give a picture.

Thanks!

 

[toggleswitch]

but Mommy she started it..........

~bet Toggles is still tittering over it tho', nothing low and
base escapes his notice.

WELL, I NEVER.........
SMILE when you say that....

oh Keven you are SO right. I read ALL your posts and hang on to your every word. (Ducks and runs). *LOL*

Try to hold back just a bit; if I were a senstive girl, I'd be all crushed. *COUGH*

Yeah right. *LOL*

 

[toggleswitch]

~In the UK and Australia, there was an earlier colour coding system that no longer applies.

Red was live
Black was Neutral
Green was the Earth.

These days, it is the same as Europe
Brown is Live
Blue is Neutral
Green/Yellow is the Earth.

I remember from a Brit DIY electrical manual that appliances at one time cross the pond were not automatically fitted with a plug; they had bare wires at the end of the flex-cord, the consumer was expected to fit (install) a plug.

anyhoo...

The plug connection marked "BL" now is for BL-ue (formerly BL-ack). The other prong got the Brown (new coding) or red (old coding), as it were.

Well, it works to help me remember!