GE electric dryer Milwaukee
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Same whine:
Why, why, why is it always the dryer and not the washer? (Yeah, I know the answer, but I don't have to like it):
Why, why, why is it always the dryer and not the washer? (Yeah, I know the answer, but I don't have to like it):
Nice!
Doesn't Robert have an almost-matching washer to this one? Would look great in his collection....
lawrence
Doesn't Robert have an almost-matching washer to this one? Would look great in his collection....
lawrence
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That was fast.
But here's another GE dryer, lightly used.
http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/app/5125746872.html
That was fast.
But here's another GE dryer, lightly used.
http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/app/5125746872.html
John LeFevre has this dryer and the matching washer in Beltsville. Robert has the 950, one step down, but still a TOL in more ways.
The controls on the 1050 series were pretentious and designed to impress the geek husbands more than be useful to the wives or others actually doing the laundry. The 950's had 2 cycles instead of 1 and had versatile, common-sense controls. I think all the manufacturers back then were trying to mimic the TOL Maytags without having the guts or the engineering skill to commit to that true "One Button" operation. This dryer was much more successful in that respect; all those TOL GE's of that vintage, especially the 1960 and 1961 models, featured a control dial that did everything. The button on the RH side was for the fancy-schmancy air freshener canister.
Also, according to John, that groovy bleach dispenser was prone to rusting the cabinet with chlorine fumes from the storage well. Still, I wouldn't throw any one of them away.
The controls on the 1050 series were pretentious and designed to impress the geek husbands more than be useful to the wives or others actually doing the laundry. The 950's had 2 cycles instead of 1 and had versatile, common-sense controls. I think all the manufacturers back then were trying to mimic the TOL Maytags without having the guts or the engineering skill to commit to that true "One Button" operation. This dryer was much more successful in that respect; all those TOL GE's of that vintage, especially the 1960 and 1961 models, featured a control dial that did everything. The button on the RH side was for the fancy-schmancy air freshener canister.
Also, according to John, that groovy bleach dispenser was prone to rusting the cabinet with chlorine fumes from the storage well. Still, I wouldn't throw any one of them away.
I am surprised the control panel lasted with the way it flexed when you pulled the "pull to start dial" which this dryer had instead of the push to start button.
Mine doesn't flex at all so you might have some screws loose.
1961 was the only year GE chose to feature the "Pull to Start" dials in its 3 TOL models(1960 used it only for the 1020 model) so it's safe to assume that somebody significant preferred the separate "START" switch. It would have been better had they used a mechanism, like the Maytags, where the user pushed the dial in, rather than pulled.
1961 was the only year GE chose to feature the "Pull to Start" dials in its 3 TOL models(1960 used it only for the 1020 model) so it's safe to assume that somebody significant preferred the separate "START" switch. It would have been better had they used a mechanism, like the Maytags, where the user pushed the dial in, rather than pulled.
Plenty of screws loose, but this was on the showroom floor and it did not impress me favorably.
