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MMMMM! NOS Vintage Kenmore..Must resist
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Sure not giving them away.....
If I Can't Sell It
I'm going to sit down on it; I won't give it away.
*LOL*
I'm going to sit down on it; I won't give it away.
*LOL*
Well, they are beautiful, but they are also too expensive.
Great find
That dryer would have the 50 amp drying capability which you would need with laundry from a wringer in that inefficient dryer's air flow although I wonder how many homes back then would have had the wiring to allow such a connection. Maybe you could make a choice between cooking and drying laundry if you wanted it hooked up for high speed drying.
That dryer would have the 50 amp drying capability which you would need with laundry from a wringer in that inefficient dryer's air flow although I wonder how many homes back then would have had the wiring to allow such a connection. Maybe you could make a choice between cooking and drying laundry if you wanted it hooked up for high speed drying.
Dryer is circa 1958 and top rated by CR of that year.
According to my Buying Guide for 1958 the Lady Kenmore High Speed dryer came either fused for 50amp/230v service or 30amp. Drying times were about ten percent longer with 30amp service however. But then again this would have been with laundry washed either in a wringer or top-loading automatic. Either way back then you were dealing with laundry that was much wetter than now before drying.
A light glows on the console when lint trap requires cleaning and the dryer has a hamper door. Colors are very 1950's; Pink, Yellow and Green.
This was the only check rated electric dryer of 1958, but that applied only if operated on 50amp service.
My mind wonders; how many homes in 1950's had 50amp/230v service?
According to my Buying Guide for 1958 the Lady Kenmore High Speed dryer came either fused for 50amp/230v service or 30amp. Drying times were about ten percent longer with 30amp service however. But then again this would have been with laundry washed either in a wringer or top-loading automatic. Either way back then you were dealing with laundry that was much wetter than now before drying.
A light glows on the console when lint trap requires cleaning and the dryer has a hamper door. Colors are very 1950's; Pink, Yellow and Green.
This was the only check rated electric dryer of 1958, but that applied only if operated on 50amp service.
My mind wonders; how many homes in 1950's had 50amp/230v service?
Well, there was the possibility of a 50 amp circuit for an electric range. Before my parents had the "heavy up" done on our 1955 house, it had 60 amp electrical service so if you did not have an electric range, you could have had the fast electric dryer, but a General Electric dryer was much more efficient and was able to dry the same loads in under an hour on 30 amp service because with the axial airflow it did not have any heated air short circuiting behind the drum and not being drawn through the tumbling fabrics like the WP/KM design.
My neighbor Vernadene had a late 50's Kenmore dryer that was connected to a 50A circuit. They had a gas range at that time, so the dryer was connected to the pullout in the 100A fuse box that was intended for a range. Their washer at that time was a Maytag wringer. She got a new Kenmore 800 set in the Summer of '72, when they built on and did over the kitchen, including a GE Mark 27 range. The electrical service was upgraded at that time.
Our house (built in '52) orginally had a 100A service, and an additional fuse box was added when we got an electric dryer in '63. A new 200A service was installed in '73 when we got central air, with an additional 150A panel the next year for electric heat. These were replaced a while back with a new 400A service.
Most homes built after WWII had 100A service, unless they were very small, or had all gas appliances. In that case they may have had 60A.
I was in a very large house a few years ago that still had the main panelboard that had been installed in '49. That was a 400A service with Westinghouse circuit breakers. It has since been rewired with two new Eaton 225A panels. According to the owners at the time, central air conditioning was also put in back in '49.
Our house (built in '52) orginally had a 100A service, and an additional fuse box was added when we got an electric dryer in '63. A new 200A service was installed in '73 when we got central air, with an additional 150A panel the next year for electric heat. These were replaced a while back with a new 400A service.
Most homes built after WWII had 100A service, unless they were very small, or had all gas appliances. In that case they may have had 60A.
I was in a very large house a few years ago that still had the main panelboard that had been installed in '49. That was a 400A service with Westinghouse circuit breakers. It has since been rewired with two new Eaton 225A panels. According to the owners at the time, central air conditioning was also put in back in '49.
firedome
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Good heavens...
it's only 40 minutes away... sure love the dryer.
it's only 40 minutes away... sure love the dryer.
ovrphil
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Ditto, Firedome
"love the dryer!"
"love the dryer!"
