Last Norge

[singsonglee]

Norge

On the Norge picture I'm going to guess it's about a late70's or early 80's but not exactly sure. But I think is close.

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[maytaguy]

junk by any other nane.....

I know junk when I see it, frigidaire ge brands, norge and all the others , can never compare to the old style dependable care Maytags.

 

[gansky1]

The Glory Days Of Norge

From the early 70's I believe...

 

[gansky1]

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[veg-o-matic]

Man, Norge had some bigass control panels!

vweg

 

[singsonglee]

Norge dating

I'm going to say the late 60's and maybe 70 or 71 but realy close to it as it was in the early 70's that Norge started puting 3/4 hp motors in their washers and boosted it up to 20lbers. How I know this is when I was growing up at home my folks used to get the speigals catalog and they had Norges in it and remember reading about them, with the features that they had. But like I said it might be really close. Thanks gansky1.

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[singsonglee]

norge line

maytaguy if you only knew about maytag that I know and that is at this time during the 70's, Maytag was only putting a 1/3
hp motor in their washers and they washed clean for about 5 years and after that they would bog down under heavy loads and didn't get clothes as clean, but they lasted long.

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[gansky1]

Maytag always used 1/3 HP motors in their Helical Drive machines, if it "bogs down" there's another problem, motor glides, belts, etc.

 

[kenwashesmonday]

The way the 70s Maytag is designed it would be impossible for the motor to bog down. If the machine is OVERloaded, the belt would slip to protect the motor (best and most simple clutch system of any household washer).

What makes you think that an electric motor gets weaker with age? This is a popular misconception.

Did any home washer really have a 3/4 HP motor? That's huge, not to mention it would weigh about 30 pounds and draw about 15 amps!

Ken D.

 

[westytoploader]

Horsepower is misleading as well...there is really no difference between the Norge's 3/4 and the Maytag's 1/3, IMHO. And to top it off, the Unimatic uses a 1/4 HP motor to drive the transmission and spin the tub at 1140, with no reduction gearing whatsoever!

 

[singsonglee]

Last Norge

Yes Norge really did put3/4hp motors in their machines as I had one through Montgomery Wards and saw it a time or two. Yes it was bigger than most but still in the bottom of the washer near the belt on the outside bottom of the washer. All I know is what I have seen when using a Maytag washer and comparing it to a Norge, the Norge was much stronger and didn't bog down under heavy loads. For instance we could puttwo twin size fuzzy blankets in at one time and it would roll them over with out missing a stroke. And also that is because of the 202 degree turbo sweep agitator.

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[singsonglee]

Norge line

One other thing about Maytag washers was the power flex agitator which had the flexable fins at the bottom these agitatiors tended to fray the edges of towels faster than a solid fin. How I know this is when my wife and I were first married we were using a Maytag and it was about a year after that my wife was doing the washing and she came up to me with a towel and asked me why all of our towels were starting to fray around the edges. I said it was because of using a Maytag washer with the flexable fins. She said that she would not have believed it if she hadn't seen it for her self.
and the fact that they were underpowered.

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[singsonglee]

Last Norge

Thank you Agiflow for the nice welcome. Will be talking alot
with you guys as like most of you I thought I was the only guy out there that liked washers and dryers. I'm so glad that I am not alone.

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