I'm just avocado green with envy.

[thomasortega]

Simply fantastic...
congratulations!!!

Thanks for the lovely pictures.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Side view.

So this little dryer, my new end table, is

24 inches wide. (60cm)
15 inches deep. (38 cm)
30 inces high with casters. 76.2cm

TA TA.

Here is is spooning with the Kitchen Aid dishwasher.

 

[toggleswitch2]

OOOPSIE 1,450 watts.

*LOL*

12 amps at 120v which is 80% of 15a and the maximum allowable on a 15a regular lighting circuit.

TTFN

 

[bpetersxx]

Enjoy them in good health

i had to give up on my Maytag TT project I aint gonna pay the money amount of a restored automatic

In fact one of them I think was green

 

[peteski50]

Maytag Dryer!

We had the same Maytag portable model dryer in white when I was in high school. My mom didn't use it all the time to dry the clothes as she complained it took to long. It was well built. We had a filter flo washer and we mostly took the cloths to the laundry room dryer which would dry a full load in 22 minutes.
Peter

 

[launderess]

Way To Go Toggles!

Always wanted a vintage Maytag or Hoover portable dryer to go with my Hoover TT, however the lack of an outdoor vent hose and scarcity put me off. Like your unit, my vintage Whirlpool portable runs on 1450 watts, and yes have it connected to a 20amp circut. Takes about an hour or so for a load of heavy things like towels and such, but if one is careful about loading drying times are manageable. All these dryers work better with loads that have been extracted to within an inch of their lives, such as with a Hoover TT spinner or any other washing machine that has >1000 final spin extract speed.

Good luck finding belts and other parts. Did you try Sears Parts?

L.

 

[dj-gabriele]

That dryer cord is just so thick! It looks as thick as the water pipe running to my washer! I really have never seen such a thick one in a domestic setting! The next similar thing was the cord for the air conditioner in my dad's laundy for a 25 amps service at 230V and shielded because it ran outside the building!
Anyway that drier is simply cool! And the avocado colour is so nice What is the weight that it can handle(or drum volume)?

 

[toggleswitch2]

The drum is 22.25 inches in diameter x 11.25 inches deep.

566mm diameter x 284mm depth.

As a square box that would certainly be less than 4.0 cubic feet (since we have a size that is less than 24". Rounding off the corners to make a circle, that intuitivley looks like less than 2.0 cubic feet to me.

Can anyone show me/us how to properly calculate the size of the drum?

 

[dj-gabriele]

Cilinder volume is pi x R^2 x h

Pi=3,14159
R= radius od drum
h= height of drum

or istead of R^2 you can use d^2/4

this gives around 71,5 dm^3 that is 71,5 litres of capacity, less than a standard 5 kg dyer drum I believe.
It is around 2,5 cubic feet.
Thanks for your quick answer!

 

[gansky1]

Very nice find! The belt was silicone and very similar to those used on Whirlpool fan belts and Maytag dishwasher belts but a different size, of course :-( If you don't find the belts this time, try Larry at Modern Parts in Parma, OH. He may have some around.

I used one of these in coppertone when I lived in Phoenix for about a year or so. They work very nice and are best when clothes are spun really well - as out of a twin-tub washer or good front-loader. A neighbor of ours had a Hoover TT and matching dryer to wash for a family of five - I was always amazed at how that little dryer could keep up fairly well with the washer. She used to roll the dryer outside on the patio in decent weather to keep the heat and lint out of the house.

 

[andrewinorlando]

Can those dryers be vented to the outside? Looks like a smaller than standard vent opening.

 

[jasonl]

Why is this in the Super forum? This should be in the Imperial since I'm sure this is a <1986 appliance.

Great dryer, BTW and my favorite color!

 

[gansky1]

Maytag ended production of these in 1983 but I don't know that they were available in avocado until then so it probably is older.

They can be vented to the outside - attaching a 3" rigid or flexible duct to the exhaust port is simple. I had mine vented through the 4" duct in my apartment in Phoenix and it worked just fine.

 

[brisnat81]

Nice Dryer Steve

How are you going?

That Dryer looks very similiar inside to the Whirlpool, Simpson, Malleys dryers that were onsale here in the 70's - 2003.

It is a simple design that other than the felt burning crisp, will run forever. I've replaced the felt with the new Kevlar stripping and its always good to go again.

A dryer with those cabinet dimensions here, would be rated at 3 or 3.5kg.

Our standard 4.5kg or 5kg dryers are in a 60cm x 60cm x 80cm cabinet.

I agree with Diomede, that power cord is thicker than what you'd find on a 20amp dryer here. Is it all conductor, or just very very thick outer insulation?

Cheers
Nathan

 

[redcarpetdrew]

What a neat little thing...

I have the matching A50 twin tub washer in harvest gold. I've torn apart and repaired a few of those 50 dryers. (I may even have a few random parts hidden away...) The picture you took of the Model/serial tag was a little off. If the letters at the end of the serial were HU then its a Sept, 1969. If not, please to clarify letters... They run really quiet, too.

RCD

 

[toggleswitch2]

Hi Nathan *WAVES*

Oh do show a linkie to Kevlar strips. IIRC isn't that the material of which bulletpoof vests are made?

The (flex) cord is riduculoulsy thick. Seems to be the conductors. Believe it or not zip cord / lamp cord is what I am used to and these types of cords (double insulated) seem odd to me.

~That Dryer looks very similiar inside to the Whirlpool, Simpson, Malleys dryers that were onsale here in the 70's - 2003.
Photos and links are very much appreciated!

I had an epiphany earlier. A 20a 110v plug would have a different prong (pin) configuration. Seems to me a higher wattage is squeezed through these, even though rated 15a by having the base volage as 125v rather than somtheing lower.

It's a fun little toy of a machine and I look forward to adding the fan belt in order to have it run!

Of course if I get really creative I may have to up the wattage on the heating element by using a 220v heater with a relay to control it. This sort of reminds me of the wall-mounted Aussie dryers we have been familiarized with here on this site.

BTW does shortening an open heating element coil increase or decrease the wattage?

 

[toggleswitch2]

Perfect dryer for one's dainties and unmentionables!

Hi RCD.

The serial number is..........
989781 HU.

DING DING DING DING.
September of 1969 it is

Would you believe I found avocado green shag carpet fibers in the casters?

What is the name of the grey color on the rear panel and what type of paint is it? Still available? Or should I just have the color computer matched?

 

[dj-gabriele]

Toggleshitch: shorting a heating element will decrease the wattage: the resistence of the element is calculated as R=(r*l)/A

where:
- l is the length
- A is the area
- r is the specific electrical resistance or resistivity

in case of nichrome r is 1.10×10−6 ohm per metre
So shorting a piece of the coil with copper wire is the same as phisically cutting it out of the circuit.

Nathan: btw, I'm not Diomede but Gabriele

 

[bendixman]

Parts for Maytag Dryer

I live on LI and have the same dryer as you but in white. I found the silicon belt at Universe Appliance on Merrick Road in Seaford.This was about a year ago. Universe Appliance have been in this location forever and they seem to have lots of odd parts.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Thanks Bruce. Should be easy to get to.

I'm in central Nassau county now- Mineola. Soon to be Floral Park- (Nassau) about 5 block away from NYC.