GE Versatronic Control Dryer

[Versatronic]

I can't find that thread, but...

A very nice member just emailed me photos of the washer. This is the first time I have ever laid eyes on it. This is fantastic. Thank you everyone.

 

[deeptub]

Control Panel

I'd love to see the pictures of the Versatronic washer. The control panel I had off my grandmother's diappeared c. 1981 when my mother went on one of her cleaning rampages. I haven't laid eyes on a Versatronic washer since.

T.

 

[petek]

Mike, great dryer, I'd never heard of an oil dryer either. Does it say where it was made on the serial plate?

Would love to see pics of your lamp collection and other small appliances, as you've probably noticed there are lots of eclectic collectors here. Noticed your orange glassware as well, that's sort of where I started with this craziness, buying Murano glass etc. Now I can't stop.

 

[fixerman]

Here's an interesting link that could be useful in dating some of our machines. On the GE page it only goes back to 1980. If it is like it appears, the year letters seem to repeat every twelve years, one could make an guess/assumption for older models.

How Old is my Appliance? | Appliance Aid

www.applianceaid.com

 

[fixerman]

What's the serial number on your GE?

 

[launderess]

What sort of "oil" does this dryer run on anyway? Bunker fuel grade 4? *LOL*

Launderess

 

[toggleswitch]

Hi and WELCOME!

Oil-fired dryer?
STOP THIS MERRY-GO-ROUND RIGHT NOW! LOL

PLEASE describe the burner, and does the machine have a fuel storage tank within or like today's oil burners, is the oil supply just piped in?

Since early oil burners were not the cleanest burning and did not have complete combustion, carbon and soot and odors would in theory be a problem. I am guessing, therefore, that a heat-exchanger would be expected here. (Like a frigidaire filtator that used room air to cool the warm moist air that circulated though the clothes and drum. The two air streams did not mix).

I am theorizing, then, that cool dry clean air is heated by passing over the air-stream of the combustion, but the two air flows don't mix. The dryer then may have had a vent for the warm moist air and another for the products of comustion (or perhaps hey were combined before exiting the machine).

I would personally kiss your feet for pics of the guts of this dryer.

Thank you so much for posting and sharing you insights and discovery.

 

[Versatronic]

Serial Number

The plate with the serial number is shiny like a mirror and I can't read the numbers in the current light. I tried putting thin paper over it and rubbing a pencil on it, but that didn't work. I think I'll have to wait until there is normal daylight to read it. The plate does say made in u.s.a. in appliance city, Kentucky. I'll try to get the serial number tomorrow in normal daylight.

 

[Versatronic]

Oil Dryer

This place has two big honking oil tanks in the bomb shelter in the basement. You know, fuel oil tanks. And there's a little copper tube that snakes through the place somehow, somewhere and come out of the floor right behind the dryer. So, it's normal fuel oil.

For the nice fellow who wants to see some of my small appliances, I'm posting some pictures. I have maybe a dozen blenders. This is my all-time favorite. The Galaxie Ten Oyster. This isn't my favorite coffee maker, but it's in my top 3 and happens to be on display at the moment.

 

[veg-o-matic]

Well, butter my butt

and call me a biscuit. An oil dryer. Never heeerd of such a thing!

Vers', I love your house! I have the same two-tier candy dish as you, but mine's in lovely Avocado green. Would that fabboo turquoise perc be a West Bend Fiesta (ole!) Perc? If so, I have a similar one in orange.

More pics, please! And welcome to the club!

veg

 

[Versatronic]

West Bend

The candy dish is Haeger Mandarin Orange. I have that stuff all over my living room. I'm doing a red, orange, yellow thing in there. I can't tell you if the coffee pot is a "Fiesta" but it is a West Bend. I love West Bend stuff. I even have an old west bend automic drip coffee maker in yellow and brown which I actually use every day. Just for you, I pulled out my all-time favorite coffee pot. It is also, you guessed it, a West Bend. Check out the George Jetson styling on this beauty. That's a GE can opener in turquoise in the background. I have 2 in white as well, and god knows how many sunbeam and other can openers. It's sick, I know, but that's why I fit in here, I think. Anyway, survey says...

 

[Versatronic]

Banquet

This is my last post for tonight. I never expected such an immediate and overwelmingly friendly response. Thanks to everyone for cheering me up as I recover from the kelvinator shock. I'll be checking back tomorrow and I'll try to get the serial number on the versatronic. I'll leave you with one angle of my kitchen. It's a section that has a built-in banquet. Naugahyde I believe. It was there when I moved in. On the side coming out from the wall, in the back, it has the heater/radiator or whatever you call it built right into it. The table matches the counters, although I know that the "legs" of the table weren't original. It originally had chrome legs. The walls of the kitchen are dripped porcelain on metal. A magnet sticks to the walls. The ceiling is all white shiny metal, like you would see for the ceiling of a diner. It's all in immaculate condition. I was very lucky to get the place and feel an obligation to preserve it.

Thanks again all.

 

[launderess]

To Veg

Will that be unsalted or salted butter?

*wink*

Launderess

 

[tlee618]

You definitely fit in here. Thanks for sharing all the great pictures. Where in the world did you get the beautiful Sunbeam mixer in Turquoise? That sure is a beauty. An oil dryer, now I have heard of everything. Sure hope you can show us some inside shots sometime. Welcome to the club. Terry

 

[Versatronic]

I lied...

...but I'm shutting down and going to bed now. I picked up the '57 Mixmaster at a flea market. I couldn't believe the condition it was in. No paint chips anywhere. Just gorgeous. I have another turquoise one is great shape but with no bowls. I have two chrome ones and one white one. One of the chrome ones had all kinds of great attachments with it. My favorite is the glass juicer that goes on top. I also have one chromed out dormeyer that is gorgeous. All flea market finds over the years. Sometimes I have two or three of the same thing. It's a disease. So if anybody ever wants to trade, I'm always up for that.

 

[appnut]

I love all the pictures. Thanks a lot for taking them. That cooktop is breath taking as is the oven. Is there a dishwasher? I look forward to the rest of the interior too. I particularly love the turqoise period pieces.

 

[Versatronic]

The Dishwasher

You guys have me wound up. Here's the diswasher. The whole kitchen was decked out in GE stuff. I manuals were left behind as well.

 

[Versatronic]

Inside

Now here's the obigatory and gratuitous automaticwashers.org "pop-that-baby-open" shot.

 

[Versatronic]

Stove Top Money Shot

Appnut, I thought you might be interested in seeing more of the Stovetop. The door in the middle of the stovetop opens to reveal a grittle. I pulled the grittle aside so you could see the heating elements underneath it. Pretty cool, huh? Notice that the grittle still has an original factory sticker on it, meaning, it's never been used!

 

[gansky1]

You have quite a treasure trove of appliances there - thanks for the pictures! How does the dishwasher clean?

There should be a wiring diagram on the back of the dryer, can you photo that? An oil-fired clothes dryer does seem highly unlikely given the nature of the fuel, its combustion and the ignition system needed to make it work, this will be interesting!