Coppertone KM Dryer $75.00

[goatfarmer]

C/L Kenosha WI Says there is a washer, no pic.

http://racine.craigslist.org/app/3134398196.html

 

[gansky1]

Don't think I've seen this model in person - what does the yellow-orange light indicate?

 

[kenmoreguy64]

Greg, that's a 1974 Lady K dryer.

G

 

[aldspinboy]

Wooooooo never seen that model ...
It seems that the red light is a lint light.
The yello ?
Good find.

Darren k

 

[DADoES]

Yellow-Orange Light

 
Maybe Wrinkle Guard indicator?

 

[gansky1]

Spring & Summer '74

Cool-Down indicator! Sweet.

Have never stared too closely at these LK's, they've never been as captivating to me as the earlier, plastic dial models. The garage doors closed gives these a lot more curb appeal - LOL. Still, we get a large capacity Penta-Swirl washer, one of my favorites. (BTW, Gordon, thanks for the tidbit on the added mini-vanes the other day, didn't know that history) Kevin's LK with the PS agitator was a highlight of the trip - it's amazing what that humble looking agitator can do.

I don't have a picture of Kevin's LK - so here's some of Kelly's cake!

 

[strongenough78]

The yellow light comes on during the wrinkle guard cycle. My Grandmother must have bought her dryer after her washer then. She had a 71 Lady K washer but the control panel on her dryer looked exactly like this. And it wasn't until a while back that I saw an actual 71 Lady K dryer and realized hers had to have been a different year.

 

[combo52]

1975-6 LKM Dryer

I have had this dryer in Gas for nearly 25 years as my #1 daily driver. This was the first completely computer controlled dryer that WP built, no timer even for the two and a half hour Wrinkle Guard cycle. I absolutely love this dryer, you can put load after load in it and just touch the start button [ no tedious dials to set ], the dryer gives you the option of using the Wrinkle Guard feature or not and there is a lower heat setting that I use when I dry rubber backed rugs.

The red light reminds you to clean the lint filter and the orange light is labeled Finishing, it comes on when the computer switches off the heat to indicate that the dryer is cooling down. The length of time that the cool down runs is determined by how long it took the computer to reach the selected dryness, it varies from about 3 minutes to more than 10 minutes. WP introduced the same technology in their TOL dryer in 1977 as an Imperial Mark 12 machine model # LFA9800, I have also have a gas one of these on my screened porch for over 10 years. One of the clever safety features built into these dryers is if the computer does not sense dryness in 110 minutes it will shut down the entire machine as it figures if this powerful dryer can reach the selected dryness in this time something must be wrong.

I would highly recommend either one of these dryers as a great combination of cool vintage and moderen performace and saftey.

 

[revvinkevin]

I don't have a picture of Kevin's LK - so here's

 

 

Oh my my Greg you are TOO funny!!!  

 

Tell you want I'll help you out here... it just so happens that I actually have a photo of my '74 Lady K washer AND check it out... it's an action shot!!   LOL

 

Kevin