NORGE 20lb SET

[swestoyz]

Jim - conrgats! Nice matched pair there. I've actually never seen a perforated Norge machine in action - so you'll have to provide lots of pictures!

Ben

 

[alr2903]

Those are NICE

I had the Magic Chef version right after maytag acquired them, the burpalotor filter was gone and the door opened to the back. This would of been around 1990. The agitator was like the one in the picture, it was very Powerful, washing a king size quilt or mattress pad was never a problem. The chef version of the dryer, unlike the picture had the stationary bulkhead in the back of the drum. Only matched set i ever bought that the washer outlasted the dryer. Poor Maytag was pretty good at guttin out a company too

 

[jetaction]

Never seen that set before!

What a wonderful find! Congrats, they sure are workhorses!

 

[gyrafoam]

I wonder why the fist extraction was "extract" and the final one was "spin"? I guess kind of like Frigidaire's "dry".
Of course some machines had "spin dry".
(Who is on third?)

I guess the designers assumed that most Americans did not know the meaning of "extract"?
Or in this case, only half of them.

 

[gansky1]

Who is on third?

Damp Dry.

Very nice set of Norges - TOL too!

 

[rinso]

I had the Montgomery Wards version of this set, circa 1985. It was great, I wish I had kept it. Very powerful washing action, be sure to wash knits on a delicate cycle. The matching dryer is a positive air flow design, and blows hot air in, instead of sucking it through. It needs the lint cleaned out of the outer cabinet frequently, but it was a very fast dryer.

 

[mayken4now]

Wonderful machines. Congrats.

 

[toggleswitch]

Is that a fill-flume in the back?

or a recirculator?

On my mom's Norge it was recirculation. There was no burp-alat-in' in my childhood!
..and BOY did I get into trouble when I opened the lid during spin and BANG! went the spin-solenoid/brake!
IIRC the belt configuration/location is under the base, like a Maytag!

CONGRATS WHAT A PAIR!

 

[chestermikeuk]

Duo

What a fine looking set, love the chrome n black look, was just going to ask the same as Toggs, was the flume for fill and spray or recirculation??

Mike

 

[fridgiman]

Hey guys thanks for all the great feedback. The wash action is indeed very powerful. And yes, that is a fill flume not a recirculator. The first time I lifted the lid during spin and that tub brake hit I almost sh*t !!! But boy that tub stopped in 1 sec flat.
I purchased this set from a guy that just bought a home from a 90 year old widowed gentleman. The set came with the house. The guy that bought the home didn't want the set because he already had a new washer/dryer set. So the set was basically one owner. I'll be posting wash pictures soon.

thanks-------- Jim

 

[appnut]

Steve, as long as I have been around perforated Norges & Monkey WArds' cousins, the first spin had extract. I know the 63/64 Monkey across the street had a very narrow "ext" on the tiemr dial for the drain period after the rinse, but had spin following that segment. On our 1964 DispensoMat, there wasn't an "ext." on the dial after the rinse, but the shade of blue at that point was also the same shade of blue behind "Extract". And that was an awesome 4 minute rinse. Softener was dispensed during the last minute.

 

[norgeman]

Re: What year it is ?

I'm going to say that I think it was proballey a 1980's to mid 80's somewhere around 83 I'm guessing.

 

[agiflow]

Are these the Magic Chef ( pre maytag) or the Fedders made machines?

 

[fridgiman]

Norgeman, not really sure on the date but I think that these are early 80's. If I find out I'll post the actual date.

 

[jetcone]

best looking Norge set

I have seen, I love the chrome panels! Never saw those before.
Yes I bet you got a shock with the mighty solenoid spin stop =msss!! HAHA its a Klunker.

Great machines enjoy!

jet