Seen at a tag sale today, but it's electric, I have enough electric dryers. IT's so much bigger than the GE's I'm used to, lots of bells and whistles. Anyone know the era?
Hotpoint Heavy Duty XL
Hotpoint Heavy Duty XL
Huge Hotpoint dryer
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That thick door takes up some drum space, but there's also an extension out the back, it looks like a WP-size, almost. And one of the thermo's is exposed, left side of the lint filter.
That thick door takes up some drum space, but there's also an extension out the back, it looks like a WP-size, almost. And one of the thermo's is exposed, left side of the lint filter.
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Model DLB8810100??
Model DLB8810100??
last one
really deep cabinet and the back extension, all so much bigger than the GE. And 5300 watts.
really deep cabinet and the back extension, all so much bigger than the GE. And 5300 watts.
1969 Silhouette before the assimilation
It's a GE big-door dryer with a Taylor Avenue Hotpoint backspash on top. There are cut-sheets for this model in Ephemera. Some people on this site say that Hotpoint created this for GE but I haven't seen the evidence.
Very nice model. I'm tempted.
It's a GE big-door dryer with a Taylor Avenue Hotpoint backspash on top. There are cut-sheets for this model in Ephemera. Some people on this site say that Hotpoint created this for GE but I haven't seen the evidence.
Very nice model. I'm tempted.
And, unfortunately, the same blower as the smaller dryers so you have weaker air flow and lint catching all around the door plug, some of which falls on the floor when the door is opened and the rest catches on the clothes as they are removed.
Be that as it may
In defense of these dryers, if you keep the lint filter and the door guard area clean, that doesn't happen. And although they aren't as fast as they would be with a larger blower, they're pretty darn fast. There's a reason that one of these is my daily driver. Nothing IMHO is better than these wide drums where the diameter is bigger than anything on the market today. The problem with todays huge dryers is that although the cylinders are very deep, something about having those extra inches for tumbling through heated air leaves the fabrics in very good condition and makes up for the blower shortcoming.
I'm looking forward to comparing it to the extra-large Kenmore/Whirlpool dryers of the same era, but I haven't snagged one yet. The one I was supposed to get with my last Lady Kenmore was sold out from under me before the shippers got to the seller.
In defense of these dryers, if you keep the lint filter and the door guard area clean, that doesn't happen. And although they aren't as fast as they would be with a larger blower, they're pretty darn fast. There's a reason that one of these is my daily driver. Nothing IMHO is better than these wide drums where the diameter is bigger than anything on the market today. The problem with todays huge dryers is that although the cylinders are very deep, something about having those extra inches for tumbling through heated air leaves the fabrics in very good condition and makes up for the blower shortcoming.
I'm looking forward to comparing it to the extra-large Kenmore/Whirlpool dryers of the same era, but I haven't snagged one yet. The one I was supposed to get with my last Lady Kenmore was sold out from under me before the shippers got to the seller.
I had the 1978 GE version of this. And Ken is absolutely correct about this huge drum and less wrinkeling and dried nicely. I've had this, a 1986 LK (before WP made the lerger drum with the lint trap inside the drum); and a 1994 Maytag Dependable Care. I liked my GE version overall. With some complaints. One, low/delicate selection could only be used for Timed Dry only (just like on the above specimine) and Permanent Press/Poly Knits was automatic dry, but temperature on panel was designated as high heat. I permenently ruined a poly outside fiber mattress pad becaue I dried it on Knits Cycle anbd heat button raqther than the low/delicate temperature button on timed. Because of what I've seen due to this group, I've seen other GE & Hotpoint models before & after that offered auto dry for low temp and also offer medium heat for permanenbt press. Because of this dryer, every subsequent dryer had to have auto dry operate independently of temperature selection as well as there being a medium heat in addition to high & low heat.
What I remember from when I had one for a time was that somehow the amount of heat at the front of the cabinet was insufficient to prevent a great deal of condensation around the door plug when drying heavy fabrics. The area being so wet during drying is what causes the lint to stick to the the surfaces. I do not dispute that the large drum size makes for good drying, but heavy loads of lint shedding fabrics make a mess in this machine that you do not find in large capacity WP-made dryers with the lint screen behind the rear bulkhead. Not only is the area warmer than the front of the large HP dryer, but the clothing tumbling past the exhaust grill keeps the area swept free of lint. I have no experience with the 27" WP-made dryers with the lint screen at the front, but the design does not use a door plug so it might not be a lint catcher either.
Speaking of condensation at the front of the dryer reminds me of what CU said about the early Speed Queen dryers that had the heavy metal lint screen in the door. They said that in cooler environments, like some basements, the humid air from the dryer could condense on the cooler metal of the door assembly and drip down onto the floor.
Speaking of condensation at the front of the dryer reminds me of what CU said about the early Speed Queen dryers that had the heavy metal lint screen in the door. They said that in cooler environments, like some basements, the humid air from the dryer could condense on the cooler metal of the door assembly and drip down onto the floor.
Tom, I had my GE dryer, except for 9 months here, all its life was in Houston, high-humidity city. 6 years laundry was in garage. I never once experienced any of the problems you've stated when drying huge loads of towels or whites come out of the GE washer and into the GE dryer. No condensation or heavy/sticky lint which stuck to the dry load or got picked up by fabrics as they were unloaded. Granted, on loads containing new garments, the lint screen was quite full at the end of dry cycle.
Extra Big GE-HP Dryers
I am fairly sure that these dryers did come from the HP side of GE, in fact they had the same crummy all red and yellow wiring that earlier HP built dryers had as compared to the better color coded wiring that GE dryers used. I certainly agree with Ken and Bob about the advantage of a bigger diameter dryer drum and I also agree with Tom about the mess of lint these [and all GE dryers ] around the lint filter and door when drying very linty loads. I wash lots of loads of very worn old towels both from our shop and Smittys body shop.
I am fairly sure that these dryers did come from the HP side of GE, in fact they had the same crummy all red and yellow wiring that earlier HP built dryers had as compared to the better color coded wiring that GE dryers used. I certainly agree with Ken and Bob about the advantage of a bigger diameter dryer drum and I also agree with Tom about the mess of lint these [and all GE dryers ] around the lint filter and door when drying very linty loads. I wash lots of loads of very worn old towels both from our shop and Smittys body shop.
Bob, it's probably not the humidity that is the big factor as much as the ambient temperature and Houston is generally warm so you would not experience the condensation that we experienced in our cooler basements. As I said, it's a matter of the cooler surfaces at the front of the dryer and in Houston, that probably would not be as much of a factor with this dryer.
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