I found a partner for my Frigidaire Unimatic!

[toggleswitch2]

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~IIRC the last 10 minutes of the cycle is tumble only.

If so there should be a "click" heard and or felt in the timer at that point.

It should be interesting to see if the ozone lamp and the light lamp(bulb) are wired seperately, in parallel or in series. If we ( oooh did I just volunteer? LOL) have to do some creative witing to get rid of the ozone lamp and get the drum lamp working, i'd say is should be no problem.

I will probabably be in NJ the weekend of 02/27 and 02/28 if you want to do this excercise all over again to get you a few 110v lines! Let's talk offline.

Glad the machine is bringing you such joy!

Many condenser dryer will not fully dry the clotes and leave them a bit dew-y. Once they sit in the room for a few minutes they finish drying! Nice to see that the thermostat has infinite settings between its "high" and "low". I'd use th "low" at all times!

Didn't someone say that these machiens fluff towels and leave them soft as heck?

 

[joelippard]

I didn't realize

there was a cool down on these since mine doesn't say it on the timer and everything is still so hot when to comes out. I'm glad to learn something new.

 

[appnut]

Joe, it's a very short cool down. I don't think there was much change in Filtrators from 1952 on. The 1958 Filtrators advertised "wrinkles-away" for wash'n'wear. Tomturbomatic mentioned once that in the owners manual the instructions were something like partially pulling out the filtrator cartridge for washn'nweear loads and reducing th4e temperature quite a bit. This also let the load cool down more. Many dryer manufacturers began touting a "conditioning" period at the end of the cycle to allow theload to cool some (about 5 minutes). I remember our 1952 or 1953 TimeLine dryer did this for about the last 5 minutes.

 

[golittlesport]

As Appnut stated, I grew up with a 55 Filtrator and my mom would never set it above "medium" because it got so hot. I recall Frigidiare repair men always telling her she should get a Frigidiare washer because the Filtrators were not designed to be used with washers that did not extract well. (And I would try to talk her into doing that...although I loved the Westy Laudromat we had, I also loved my grandmother's 55 Unimatic, which was the twin to our dryer.) But my mom never did run out and buy a new washing machine just because I thought she should...go figure.

I am very fortunate to have a set of 55's now...my dream machines. I had forgotten how hot that dryer gets. But that steam-baking really makes for soft towels!

 

[brianl]

About the lights

They are wired in series, I think with the regular bulb first and then the ozone. I put a new bulb in because the 40w Sylvania was burnt out. Unfortunately the bulb still does not light. I am not sure if the ozone bulb still works, but I noticed a little drop of mercury rolling around inside it. I just left the ozone bulb in the socket to keep dirt out.

Is it the most likey burnt out ozone bulb preventing the regular one from lighting since they are in series?

Also, did notice the dryer yellowed a pillowcase and old sweater from being
too hot. Oops! I will try medium and lower from now on.

From my Whirlpools to the Filtrator, I get about half to two-thirds full tray of water. Noticed water under the dryer though. Have to read the info page more. Is there more about the dryer then those 2 pages?

 

[appnut]

Brian, someone around here has to have an owners manual for a filtrator. Hopefully someone will post the manual.

 

[toggleswitch2]

~They are wired in series.

Try two light bulbs of the same wattage. they'll each be getting only 55 to 60v, but it's better than nothing.

I'd wrap the ozone lamp in a plastic bag before attempting to remove it. If remvioing it that scares you, then maybe it's best to just bypass it electrically, and leave it in place.

 

[brianl]

I think I will just leave the ozone lamp in place and rewire the socket to bypass the ozone lamp so it will work again. Still deciding if it would really be beneficial to have an ozone lamp. It would be funny to see a 60w bulb only being 30w though due to the half voltage if I put in 2 regular bulbs. At least the 2 bulbs would last a very long time though. Just not keen on them being wired together though because then the tub bulb has to be on during the drying load for the ozone bulb to have an effect, or the ozone lamp on when your removing clothes, which cannot be healthy for your electric bill or you respectively.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Actually, cutting the voltage in half with a constant resistance (Ohms) means you will be drawing 1/4 the rated wattage.

My regualr U.S. electric dsryer is designed to have 220v across the heating element which normally draws, say, 5,000w. On 110v it draws only approximately 1,250w enabling me to use an ordinry 110v home circuit.

So, in theory, two 100w lamps in series each getting 55-60v each will draw 50w! LOL

 

[toggleswitch2]

25w each OY VEY!