Kenmore Six Hundred in Northern Virginia
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classiccaprice
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I'm sooo jealous. Congrats Jeff!
philcoford
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I had never seen one of those
Great find, can't wait to see it operate. Congrats Jeff, it looks like new inside, can we also get a closer picture of the control panel?
Thanks!
Great find, can't wait to see it operate. Congrats Jeff, it looks like new inside, can we also get a closer picture of the control panel?
Thanks!
Big DW Motor
The motor is a fairly standard [ for the time period ] 1/3 HP, it does look big in the picture. Impeller DWs almost always had a 1/3 HP motor that ran at 1725 RPMs. Better DWs that had a pump usally used a 1/3 HP motor that ran at 3450 RPMs, I think that KA was probably the only company to use a motor rated at 1/2 HP, they used a 1/2 HP motor on the 15-22 series DWs.
The motor is a fairly standard [ for the time period ] 1/3 HP, it does look big in the picture. Impeller DWs almost always had a 1/3 HP motor that ran at 1725 RPMs. Better DWs that had a pump usally used a 1/3 HP motor that ran at 3450 RPMs, I think that KA was probably the only company to use a motor rated at 1/2 HP, they used a 1/2 HP motor on the 15-22 series DWs.
Motor shot
Note the insulation in between the double walls of the tub and cabinet. Unlike the single wall GE, the wash chamber is pale pink porcelain, not Plastisol. Next to the motor, note the rubber sump for the drain pump. That is one place where you can run into serious trouble if the rubber gets hard and cracks; not as much trouble as with using a rubber carried in a wallet for a couple of years that degrades before use, but none-the-less, a situation where liquids are not contained.
Note the insulation in between the double walls of the tub and cabinet. Unlike the single wall GE, the wash chamber is pale pink porcelain, not Plastisol. Next to the motor, note the rubber sump for the drain pump. That is one place where you can run into serious trouble if the rubber gets hard and cracks; not as much trouble as with using a rubber carried in a wallet for a couple of years that degrades before use, but none-the-less, a situation where liquids are not contained.
