Industry Firsts, appliance brand heritage

[jkbff]

I'm glad they kept their amana.. I know when they need appliances they will be back to purchase from me. Trying to find the right sized fridge took up most of the day lol.

What I don't get is why aren't customers standing up to these companies complaining because they are only getting a few years out of new stuff?

Today I had a lady come in and order a GE advantium oven and convection wall oven because she bought a whirlpool black ice microwave oven combo unit and the thing went out. It was two years old... Now she is going to spend $5000 to replace what was just bought, and she's paying more because she doesn't want a combo product.

People keep asking me why I'm so obsessed with appliances that I research them and read about them etc. I tell them "because I don't want to spend a ton of money just to have something break on me right away. I also don't want to sell my customers something that will break down right away."

 

[mieleforever]

@ Jkbff,

I cannot agree with your statement regarding the Samsung appliances more, I cannot take it when people, customers, friends or family think that they now own the best of the best because it is a Samsung!! I have had my share of Samsung experiences which was pi@@poor to say the least!

They must have a HUGE marketing campaign budget for being able peddle their disco boxes which always by the way have got some or other childlike tune at the beginning or end of a cycle and is constantly giving out error codes.

Good now I feel better, all of that bad stuff is out, oh wait no, looks like there is still more, but I will keep that for another day.

 

[askolover]

I know my

only experience with a Samsung appliance was with a Samsungtag Neptune.  Never again.  TV's, that's another story.

 

[philr]

Phil is right about the efficiency. I have run a 1998 Bottom-freezer 18 Cu-Ft GE (frost-free of course) on a wattmeter for a while and I doubt any similar size manual defrost or cycle-defrost refrigerator from the 1970s or earlier would beat that. 

 

I should try that on my 1955 CIV-103 Cycla-Matic or my 1969 D-116N as they are the only non-Frost-Proof refrigerators that I have.

 

The pictures below show the result I have on a watt-meter that has been connected to my 1998 GE Profile fridge in the basement since January 2013. I had set the watt-meter at the 7.5 cents/kWh which was about the rate we paid here at that time. I guess these don't use any electricity when the compressor is off and the "on" time seems to be about 1/3rd of the time (not opened and closed very frequently). It was the most efficient model in it's category according to the EnerGuide sticker that year but that's 17 years ago, I guess the newer ones are even better!

 

When testing my 1963 Frigidaire 16 cu-ft refrigerator, the defrost timer and condensate dryers were always on on this one so the "On" time reflected the time it was connected. The compressor run time was slightly higher on this one and it used more electricity too, Exactly the same amount for the two years it was connected, $103 per year. Still not that much but not comparable with today's models. And if you live in a state where the electricity rates are about 20 cents a kWh, the amount is much more considerable. 

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[whirlykenmore78]

I can't leave out the Flight Dishwasher:

First introduced by Hobart in 1953. These massive machines allowed large volume operators to wash and sanitize dishes much faster and with less manpower than traditional conveyor-rack machines. In this type of DW soiled dishes are loaded onto a conveyor made up of rows of pins like a dishrack. The dishes are then pre-scrapped, washed, rinsed and sanitized before leaving the other end of the machine. These machines can clean up to 16000 dishes per hour. Water is counterflowed from the final rinse through the prewash.
WK78

 

[jkbff]

Moving some stock around

I am willing to bet as the new 'HE' washer evolve they come back with a top mount agitator.

Think about it, these machines were the first 'HE' machines. You did the wash for the week for a family of 6 with one tub of soap water and one tub of rinse water. You can't get more efficient than that.

I would definately buy one if it had a drop down agitator.

 

[frigilux]

Love that beautiful Maytag pair in charcoal gray.  Are they the 8100's?  Thanks for sharing your photos, Joshua.

 

[wayupnorth]

There used to be a Maytag dealer in a near by town that the owner kept one of each in his own museum and found the older ones to fill it all out from the beginning till he died. I did see it once and wonder what happened to all those beautiful machines after it closed. He would never sell the Maytags of today.

 

[abcomatic]

'Fridge

My great aunt bought a brand new Coolerator refrigerator in 1957 with a bottom freezer. She lived in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Who made that brand?

 

[polkanut]

Gary,

Here's the info you wanted about Coolerator appliances.

http://https//libarchive.d.umn.edu/?p=creators/creator&id=760

 

[goatfarmer]

I have a Coolerator in storage. I really need to plug it in, and see if it works!

 

[gelaundry4ever]

GE appliances

Update: as of 2016, GE is now owned by Haier.