Looking for a 1950's Frigidaire Filtra-matic electric dryer

[1968ladykenmore]

Hey everyone,

I have a 1954 Frigidaire Filtra-matic electric dryer, but it is in mint condition and I don't want to mess it up.

So, I am looking for another one like it, preferably in scratch & dent condition, since i already have a perfect one.

Does anyone know where I can find another one?

 

[appliguy]

Ben, here is something you may not know about your dryer

It is made of Lifetime Porcelain inside and out and that is why it still looks so good. The porcelain coating used on your dryer will with stand a lot more bumping and spilling than you think it will so if I were you I would just use and enjoy the one I have instead of taking up room with a duplicate. PATRICK COFFEY

 

[1968ladykenmore]

Still need duplicate

Hi, I would like a duplicate, because I moved to Florida and my other one is in New Jersey. I have other reasons too, I can't just move that one down here. By the way I am looking for the companion washer to this dryer if I ever see one.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Most of the year, the weather in FL is too warm to use a Filtrator inside because you are having to use air conditioning to cool the dwelling. If you are using a dryer in a garage like so many Florida dwellings do, there is no point in using a dryer that consumes so much energy in drying. The dryer evaporates moisture far faster than it can condense it and the warmer the air is that passes over the Filtrator cartridge, the less efficient the condensation process is.  I used to use Filtrator dryers during the winter heating season in an electrically heated house, but never during warm weather. 

 

[1968ladykenmore]

Filtrator still wanted in Florida

Thank you for your kind answer. I really appreciate your prospective. We use clothes lines in warm weather, which is most of the year. So I won't be stressing out my central air. I just really love this model dryer.

 

[maytag85]

Condenser dryers work great since there is no need for a vent and can literally be put where there’s no vent available but they don’t work well in warm weather like Tom mentioned since it needs to be in a cool environment for the condenser to condense the water. I have a friend in North Carolina who has a few Frigidaire Filtrator dryers and he doesn’t use them in the spring and summer since it’s too warm and won’t work properly since it needs to be in a cool environment for the condenser to work properly. I am not familiar with drying times on a Frigidaire Filtrator condenser dryer, but I imagine it’s a lot slower than a Maytag HOH is, or even a older Whirlpool 29” dryer built before 1966 if it happens to be in a warm environment or area.

 

[1968ladykenmore]

I can appreciate what you say about the condensing, but I am thinking about running it at night in cool weather, in an outdoor screened patio.

Do you have pictures I can look at?

My 1954 Filtrator dries clothes amazingly fast, probably because it makes a massive amount of heat. People in the vicinity worry that I will burn the place down! Average clothing dries in about 5 minutes.

 

[combo52]

Air Cooled Condensing Dryers

Will work very well at room temperatures from 70-90 F, because the internal temperature is almost 200F the moist vapor will still condense very nicely in 90F weather.

 

Yes it is not efficient [ operating cost wise ] to run an air-cooled condensing dryer in the house with the central A/C running, but running a FD FT dryer out on the screened porch on a 90F day should work really well.

 

John L.

 

[1968ladykenmore]

Friend in north Carolina

Hey, Maytag 1985,

Would your friend in North Carolina be interested in selling me one of his dryers? If so, what part of North Carolina would he be in? This way, if it works out, I can put together a little excursion to go take a look, and maybe even come home with one.

Also, and this is important, do any of his dryers have the front exhaust? Because that is exactly what I am after.

Thank you so much for your help, I really do appreciate it!

 

[combo52]

1950s FD Air-cooled Condensing Dryers

Room temperature does not effect drying times on these dryers at all, Yes if it is run in a cooler room they may condense more of the moisture that is being forced out of the clothing by the electric heaters, but the hot moist air will be forced out in any case.

 

In fact these dryers will dry faster in a 90 F room, these dryers operate by heating the damp tumbling clothing forcing the moisture in the clothing to become steam [ just like a vented dryer ] But these FDFDs do not have a sealed air system, they force about 5 CF of air a minute through the tumbling clothing and out through the condenser.

 

In the best of cases these dryers only condense about 50% of the water leaving the clothing, the rest is just released into the room.

 

If the room temperature is higher, say 90F or even more they still force the same amount of moist air out of the load of tumbling clothing so drying times are not affected at all.

 

However most air-cooled condensing dryers built around the world including FDs 1962-1967 models have a  more tightly sealed air circulation inside the tumbling clothing  and these style dryers probably will slow down in warmer rooms, However in my long experience working with appliances I have never heard anyone say ACCDs slow down in warm weather so I would guess the effect on drying speed is very minimal.

 

John L.

 

[1968ladykenmore]

Looking for a front vent electric dryer

I am looking for a front vent electric dryer. I would prefer for it to be a 1950's Frigidaire Filtra-matic, but I am not having much luck finding this exact dryer. So, does anyone know where I can find any kind of front vent electric dryer?

Thank you.

 

[1968ladykenmore]

1980's direct vent clothes dryer

Hi, I am looking for a 1980's clothes dryer that was designed to have a direct vent only. I want something from at least the 1980's that was designed only to be vented back into the house and not designed to be vented to the outside. I want to use it to dry clothes and heat the inside of my retro man cave in the winter. Let me know where to get such a thing. It could be older than 1980's but I don't want anything newer than 1980's.

 

[jamiel]

General Electric made a compact dryer with a trough lint filter at the bottom of the door...I think it was the predecessor to the Canadian-made compacts.

 

[jamiel]

this has a small picture

1980 General Electric Filter-Flo Washers and Dryers Brochure

1980 General Electric Filter-Flo Washers and Dryers Brochure

www.automatice.org

 

[1968ladykenmore]

Small picture

Which small picture should I be looking at. There are a lot of small pictures of washers and dryers. In other words, what particular brand and model is the picture you are talking about?

 

[1968ladykenmore]

Phillips D162 clothes dryer fans

Hi, another thing I forgot to mention is I would love to see some pictures of some fans from Phillips D162 clothes dryers.

1960's Phillips D162 clothes dryer fans photos

 

[jamiel]

In the third panel, "compact laundry"

 

[1968ladykenmore]

1950's Frigidaire Filtramatic electric dryer

Hi. I have a question about my 1950's Frigidaire Filtramatic electric dryer. It is the one in my dad's basement with the exhaust hose coming out the front and out the basement window. It is either a DV-65, a DV-651 or a DV-652. It is 115/230 volts. It was sold on 1/8/1954. I am very curious to know which one of the 3 models it is.