Kenmore Slim Washers

[Chetlaham]

Does anyone know the story or deal behind these Kenmore slim washers? What was there intended installation? And what parts were made different so they could be slim?

To be honest I really like them and I think they look cute. It would be nice if Sears offered these as BOL models just for the fun of it. They make nice novelty as full size models.

 

[DADoES]

Early direct-drives were all 24" width. I don't recall exactly when 27" width was introduced, may have been circa 1986 when belt-drive ended.

24" belt-drives were for tight-space installations ... apartment kitchens, bathrooms, etc. There's a brochure on AutomaticE for a WP 1958 "New Yorker" model. I have a 24" KM 110.81156100 \ C14107756 (1981).

 

[Chetlaham]

Do you have pics of your 110.81156100 Kenmore?

These washers are really adorable looking

 

[cfz2882]

24" DDs really rock,much more capacity than a 24"BD-i have 3 : '84 black panel,a '95 Capri one knob,and a portable i just got and don't know anything about. The '84 needs centerpost bearing repair,but that '95 Capri is in good order.

 

[Chetlaham]

Does anyone know the capacity of a 24 inch DD vs a 27 inch DD?


The thing is Whirlpool could technically offer 5 sizes of washers today with the DD design:

A portable size, a small thin twin size, a large thin twin size, a 24 inch and a 27 inch. Except everything would have a back control panel and be permanently installed.

 

[vacerator]

The old belt drive full size capacity was 12#. I think the slim and portable was 8#. Dry laundry weight.

 

[agiflow]

All the way back to 1954 for this beauty

 

[combo52]

The 24 inch whirlpool machines were mainly made for space saving but they also use them in the lowest cost machines because of course they were cheaper to build.

Sudssavers were available from the beginning of belt Drive machines till the end, but it was only on very few models toward the end. They came out with an ad on Sun saver kit for direct drive machines, but it wasn’t very successful so after about five years, it came back with a few models with the built-in sun saver on the direct drive machines.

We have a 1966 24 inch GE filter flow washer, it’s a fully featured two Speed model with mini basket and a fluorescent console light, I was told by a GE rep many years ago that they mainly sold the 24 inch models in the New York area, GE also sold a 24 inch filter flow machine in the 80s and 90s. It came from Venezuela. it was a regular filter flow machine except that it had a removable front panel and didn’t have the cardboard back panel. It was built like the coin machine machines here in the US the filter flow water came out at the 7 o’clock position because the motor and pump were in the front of the machine.

John L

 

[combo52]

The 24 inch whirlpool machines were mainly made for space saving but they also use them in the lowest cost machines because of course they were cheaper to build.

Sudssavers were available from the beginning of belt Drive machines till the end, but it was only on very few models toward the end. They came out with an add on sudssaver kit for direct drive machines, but it wasn’t very successful so after about five years they came back with a few models with the built-in sudssaver on the direct drive machines.

We have a 1966 24 inch GE filter flow washer, it’s a fully featured two Speed model with mini basket and a fluorescent console light, I was told by a GE rep many years ago that they mainly sold the 24 inch models in the New York area, GE also sold a 24 inch filter flow machine in the 80s and 90s. It came from Venezuela. it was a regular filter flow machine except that it had a removable front panel and didn’t have the cardboard back panel. It was built like the coin machine machines here in the US the filter flow water came out at the 7 o’clock position because the motor and pump were in the front of the machine.

John

 

[Chetlaham]

Can you post pics of the 24 inch GE FF machine? I'd love to have on of those. 24inch machines should have stayed in production. There is demand for them based on their size and of course lower cost.