launderess
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Atlanta, GA to be exact.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Dryer-GE-Model-...4QQihZ002QQcategoryZ71254QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Heads Up! GE Electric Dryer in GA
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Wow
Megadoor. What was the idea behind this design?
Megadoor. What was the idea behind this design?
gyrafoam
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I always loved the idea of those for the huge opening and drum, but seems like someone (Gansky?) told me they didn't dry too good.
Here (was) mine...
Oh, Hunny puhlease! Don't get me started!
Actually, they aren't the worst ever but do have some unattractive character flaws.
This is/was originally a Hotpoint designed dryer, built in the Hotpoint factory, not in Louisville at GE. The overriding flaw of these machines is that they used the blower from a standard capacity GE dryer which wasn't enough air-flow through the drum to carry away the hot, moist air and lint fast enough which made a mess and lengthened drying time - especially with large loads in that 7 cu. ft. (?) drum. The load would heat up and moisture would begin to condense around the door opening and around the outside of the filter-grille inside the door. This moisture attracted lint, hair, etc. When the clothes were done, you had to clean the entire circumference of the door opening before removing the load or the lint would end up on the clothes that you had waited an extraordinary long time to finish drying. Adding to the aggravation was the extra large door that would push almost any laundry basket away from the machine or prevent the closing of the door unless it was moved first - especially annoying in a tight laundry space. The TOL models did have a very good moisture sensor and they were relatively quiet.
I'd give it two stars out of five ;-)
Oh, Hunny puhlease! Don't get me started!
Actually, they aren't the worst ever but do have some unattractive character flaws.
This is/was originally a Hotpoint designed dryer, built in the Hotpoint factory, not in Louisville at GE. The overriding flaw of these machines is that they used the blower from a standard capacity GE dryer which wasn't enough air-flow through the drum to carry away the hot, moist air and lint fast enough which made a mess and lengthened drying time - especially with large loads in that 7 cu. ft. (?) drum. The load would heat up and moisture would begin to condense around the door opening and around the outside of the filter-grille inside the door. This moisture attracted lint, hair, etc. When the clothes were done, you had to clean the entire circumference of the door opening before removing the load or the lint would end up on the clothes that you had waited an extraordinary long time to finish drying. Adding to the aggravation was the extra large door that would push almost any laundry basket away from the machine or prevent the closing of the door unless it was moved first - especially annoying in a tight laundry space. The TOL models did have a very good moisture sensor and they were relatively quiet.
I'd give it two stars out of five ;-)
Hard to believe, but that was the dryer that I got when I got my 1978 GE pair. It was ok.
GE big mouth dryer
Before I got my Cabrio dryer, John and I were talking about putting an auxillary fan in the exhaust to pull more air through this dryer. It is do-able, but we moved the big mouth GE back to the museum and its matching washer when the Cabrio came to live with me. Granted, the Cabrio is decades newer than the GE, but it is based very closely on the WP dryer design available at the same time that the GE was marketed and the GE does have a few design flaws, as Greg mentioned. They could have made the door and opening smaller and fixed a lot of the fuzzy deposits that accumulate there, but it would not have been as dramatic looking.
Before I got my Cabrio dryer, John and I were talking about putting an auxillary fan in the exhaust to pull more air through this dryer. It is do-able, but we moved the big mouth GE back to the museum and its matching washer when the Cabrio came to live with me. Granted, the Cabrio is decades newer than the GE, but it is based very closely on the WP dryer design available at the same time that the GE was marketed and the GE does have a few design flaws, as Greg mentioned. They could have made the door and opening smaller and fixed a lot of the fuzzy deposits that accumulate there, but it would not have been as dramatic looking.
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