I now own a Wascomat washer

[adam-aussie-vac]

Hey guys, the trio arrived today, a 6 kg dryer, 7 kg washer and a 25 kg extractor, The washer is steam heated as well as the dryer, the extractor runs off three phase, everything runs off three phase but I’ll try to convert the dryer and the washing machine to single phase and replace the steam radiator at the back of the dryer with heating elements, I thought about potentially trying to reuse the old steam radiator and just have really hot water circulating in a loop the same way how hydronic heating works and have the dryer be heated that way without removing or modifying any original components

I want to hear what you guys think

 

[appnut]

WOW!

 

[adam-aussie-vac]

WOW!

Thank you, it even came with a brand-new Door seal so that I’m very happy about it came from a little place in Bowral New South Wales, part of one of them religious covenant places although the badge or label is missing and this is probably slightly a older or newer version with just a knob instead of the large drum switch style knob but it does show the space for the large square metal plate with black text, so kind of makes me wonder

 

[launderess]

Congrats!

You'll be taking in washing by this time next year! *LOL*

Need to add a mangle to your collection to make professional suite complete.

 

[simpsomatic]

Congrats!

You'll be taking in washing by this time next year! *LOL*

Need to add a mangle to your collection to make professional suite complete.

Unfortunately looking at the tiled floor and the window this room is no doubt an interior bedroom filled with junk, including the latest acquisitions, mother must be tearing her hair out.

 

[gansky1]

This is so cool, love the styles of all of them. You nay have to research the 10 atu rating for steam and determine the BTU output to correlate that to a new heat source. The electric elements might be more efficient and easier (?) to do.

 

[launderess]

Hey guys, the trio arrived today, a 6 kg dryer, 7 kg washer and a 25 kg extractor, The washer is steam heated as well as the dryer, the extractor runs off three phase, everything runs off three phase but I’ll try to convert the dryer and the washing machine to single phase and replace the steam radiator at the back of the dryer with heating elements, I thought about potentially trying to reuse the old steam radiator and just have really hot water circulating in a loop the same way how hydronic heating works and have the dryer be heated that way without removing or modifying any original components

I want to hear what you guys think

Steam has greater heating capacity than hot water. You see this in difference between convectors or radiators used for hydronic (hot water) heating versus steam. Those for former must be larger or more of them than when latter is used.

Dryer design will only accommodate radiators/convectors of certain size, this in turn will limit amount of heating power.

Generally steam heated dryers cannot reach same high temps as those heated with gas, thus are bit slower. Switching to hot water may mean slower drying than with steam.

 

[adam-aussie-vac]

Yeah, now I’m thinking about probably using some electric elements, the kind that are in a W shape if I have two that are 1500 W that are slightly offset from each other so it covers more of the Open space that the steam radiator used to occupy, I am gonna make sure there is a screen in front of the intake before the heating elements to make sure that there’s no Lint getting sucked in into the intake onto the elements

what do you guys suggest?

 

[realvanman]

If you want to go with electric heat, I would build a small electrically heated boiler with the correct amount of heating capacity to match the load of the dryer.

Keith

 

[launderess]

Yeah, now I’m thinking about probably using some electric elements, the kind that are in a W shape if I have two that are 1500 W that are slightly offset from each other so it covers more of the Open space that the steam radiator used to occupy, I am gonna make sure there is a screen in front of the intake before the heating elements to make sure that there’s no Lint getting sucked in into the intake onto the elements

what do you guys suggest?

Am no expert but do not believe immersion heating elements (shown in picture) can be swapped in as replacement for convector type.

Will give you that convectors usually are nothing more than one or series of tubes surrounded by fins, but that's the thing isn't it? Fins are there to create and or enhance airflow over coils. Just having naked coils alone may not produce same effect.