March is GE Filter Flo month

[yogitunes]

John

am I hurting this machine with the extra knocks for the brake?...it does engage and stop the tub....

I do also have a few drips from the top to tub seal, but I will investigate, maybe something in the way not letting it contact tight enough

gonna have to replace the belt too!.....no biggie

 

[mtn1584]

I do remember on occasion my GE knocking like 5 times or so when the spin brake was engaged, it did not happen all the time, but it did on occasion, and I also was at my aunt's house once, and heard her machine do the same thing.
Mike

 

[appnut]

bigload round dryer opening GE dryers

I always thought it was pretty cheesy and cheap that GE would pair in advertisements so many of the extra large capacity machine models with the standard size opening (d-shaped) dryer and std. capcity machine when the big load dryer was still being marketed.  The st.d capacity dryers were really challenged if a fuyll load was put in the ex. large capacity washer.  Norhting but the big door dryer was a consideration for me when I bought mine in April 1978.  In fact, I would cruise through the appliance department of the department store I bought them from for almost a year after I bought the set.  I sold about 5 or 6 of those big door dryers when the salesman was showing sets to customers.  Larger area of tumbling had fewer wrinkles. 

 

[combo52]

GE 27"EXTRA DEEP DRYER DRUM DRYERS

The electric versions of this dryer were very slow unless you had a very short clean vent attached to it. With the heater element in a can under the drum they had to have a very sensitive safety thermostat on top of the heater and this caused the heater to cycle off to often when trying to dry clothing except under ideal airflow situations. The gas version was a little better, but the larger extra wide dryer was a much better performer both in drying speed and ability to produce wrinkle free clothing. Problem was high cost of building and shipping such a large machine and half the time the delivery people could not get the dryer into the house and that meant a costly redelivery of a cheaper machine. So it was easy to see why it was discontinued in favor of a cheaper to build machine.

 

[yogitunes]

It's not even the stores that mix-match capacities of machines........

too many times people buy or replace a washer or dryer without consideration of its counter part at home, I don't think I have ever seen a small capacity washer teamed up to a large capacity dryer, its always the other way around....

and people always think when a salesman ask them what size dryer they have at home when buying a washer, that its a sales gimmick to buy both.....their only tying to solve a potential problem......

but yes it s true about machines fitting in doorways.......I have a matched SQ from the 70's, but the dryer is too wide to fit down the basement stairwell, so it sits alone in the garage, I am contemplating taking it apart, and then reassemble it once in the basement....

 

[yogitunes]

OK.......or should I say....OOOOPPS!...I did it again!......

YES, I am cracked.......YES, I am mental...........and when Tim sees this he's gonna bitch slap me!

but for 30.00......had to have it....

 

[yogitunes]

a basic machine....one speed, two cycle, standard capacity with the rim-flo filtering.....another very quiet machine......just needs a little dusting, other than that, shines realy nice!

 

[yogitunes]

The wash action of this one reminds me of Mom's V12.....at half load, you can't leave the lid open, water is splashing out everywhere.....

 

[wmlask]

TOL GE Dryer

The dryer you have is the TOL model that was sold along with the TOL Spotscrubber Washer.

 

[yogitunes]

Yeah...wouldn't it be great to find the SpotScrubber washer to match....I may keep this as a set for now, but if the SS comes along, then I will pair them up, and let the 5 cycle move on....

 

[mrb627]

Hotpoint

When I moved to Atlanta, my first apartment was equipped with a washer and dryer.  They were Hotpoints just like the one pictured above.  I can't tell you how badly I wanted to drag that machine out of the laundry room and replace the belt and clutch.

 

They sure washed well, though.

 

Malcolm

 

[wmlask]

I have an extra.

I have an extra GE spotscrubber machine. If anyone is interested let me know.
Bill

 

[yogitunes]

What I wouldn't do for that SpotScrubber....dag

 

[laundryshark]

Multiple GE Washer Demo?

It would be neat to have somebody do a demo of two or more GE's running at the same time with good sound quality.--Laundry Shark