NORGE 20lb SET
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Are these the Magic Chef ( pre maytag) or the Fedders made machines?
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
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
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Just bought the exact dryer, not much info out there. Any chance you know the production year? I'm guessing 1983 based off the washer (Maytag) I bought and the history of the owners
congrats on a great pair
Peter
Peter
Jim, what an awesome find! Norge/Wards has always been my favorite. Looking forward to videos.
Cheers,
Todd
Cheers,
Todd
phillymatt53
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Curious...
Why do they call it a "burpilator"?
Why do they call it a "burpilator"?
Given that this is Norge, would it have a similar drivetrain to what Maytage acquired in the Magic Chef buyout - so eventually what would become a Maytag Performa?
Filtering isn't via flow by the motor-driven (drain) pump. There's a water-pumping channel in the agitator that on on the counterclockwise stroke spews water into the filter pan which sits on top. Thus, the agitator "burps" water into the filter.
Signed: Goofy Glenn
phillymatt53
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I watched the video.
I don't like that type of filtering design at all.
And how efficient would it "burp" with a low water level?
It does have a nice fast draining before the spin, but that's it.
No filtering devredxat on lowest wwFer level
phillymatt53
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I didn't think so.
My Maytag doesn't filter on low water level either.
But I rarely use that setting, mostly medium, large, or extra large.
I don't recall these being very good machines, lots of pot metal and noise. The dryers were even more goofy, they pressurized the drum with a big pinwheel. Every other dryer built in the free world has a negative pressure in the drum, which minimizes the lint that would find it's way out. I recall working on one of them that had a solid block of lint filling the entire cabinet... at least it wasn't a real fire hazard at that point, no room for enough air for sustained combustion!I watched the video.
I don't like that type of filtering design at all.
And how efficient would it "burp" with a low water level?
It does have a nice fast draining before the spin, but that's it.
Still, it's amazing any at all have survived, let alone in working condition... Kudos to whoever wants to keep them around, I honestly think every design should be preserved, whether I like them or not!
Is your Maytag washer with the lint filter in the agitator? If so, that's why nofiltering on lpwest water ;eve;/
phillymatt53
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Yes, it's got that aquamarine/blue agitator.
1987 model A482
mrb627
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Those dryers are CRAZY!
Some in the past have made comments to the effect that those dryers could flock a Christmas tree
cfz2882
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Parents had 1980 monkey norge dryer bought new and served well for next 18 years until the motor seized and no replacement avalible at the dump. Design started about 1968 and ran to about 1982 using a 1/2 hp motor.About 1983 same basic design had fan reduced in size a little and changed to radial type,motor reduced to 1/3 hp. ~1986 different dryer design-similar to WCI products and conventional blower on end of 1/4 hp motor. ~1967-earlier Norge dryers also had delt driven radial fan behind the drum blowing through the 3 ports at back of drum-I think these had 1/3 hp motor
phillymatt53
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LOL!
Malcolm, I may have already said this, but good to see you posting.
Our Norge-built 20lb washer and dryer seemed, at first, to be built like tanks, although tanks were much quieter than the 20 pound washer. I worked outside on communications sites and towers, so my work clothes got quite dirty. The washer did a better job at getting them clean than than its Maytag 806 predecessor. We would have never purchased the set if we had know about the positive airflow dryer. Our experiences with it were not so positive. It was truly the lint bucket you mentioned. Thankfully, it disassembled easily so quarterly cabinet lint removal jobs were annoying, but not difficult. The aggressive washer didn't help as it also created a lot of lint. The Burp-o-Lator agitator simply did not have enough water flow through it to do a good job.
phillymatt53
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As you all must already know, a washer can only filter some of the loose lint during agitation.
And the dryer is what collects most of it.
The reason is, of course, the damp clothes, etc, are still loaded with lint that natually adheres to the damp articles.
It's only by drying, tumbling, that that lint is finally able to break loose and wind up in the dryer's lint screen.
"This has been your reality lesson of the day, class dismissed"
And the dryer is what collects most of it.
The reason is, of course, the damp clothes, etc, are still loaded with lint that natually adheres to the damp articles.
It's only by drying, tumbling, that that lint is finally able to break loose and wind up in the dryer's lint screen.
"This has been your reality lesson of the day, class dismissed"
phillymatt53, LOL. Thanks! I have lernt this here lesson, pardner. I live in the rural planet of Idaho and ate too much white library paste in the 1st grade. The results are obvious.
Looks like a great set, and what I would have bought, when there was a Mont. Ward, long ago near me... With a General Electric being maybe a 2nd consideration, and a Frigidaire being 3rd, and Maytag as 4th...
phillymatt53
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LOL!
Great reply Eugene!
I never could understand why kids in grade school talked about eating Lepage's Paste.
I knew what it was for, and thought it was silly to eat.
I always was one that didn't want or like to follow the crowd.
By the way, you're in Idaho, how come my local supermarket (ShopRite) has been getting those huge monster russet potatos lately?
Them things are a meal all by themselves! - some 6 to 7 inches long!
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My friend and classmate in elementary school, Mary Jo W., would eat her paste. In second grade we usually did art things in the afternoon, however one day were doing such right before lunch. She, Mrs. Morton (teacher), and the entire class regretted her appetizer of paste before her lunch of chili and grilled cheese.
I too used to love to eat the paste in elementary school!
The teacher in kindergarten used to tear off 4”x4” pieces of brown paper towels and take a wooden tongue depressor and drip into the BIG glass paste jar and smear an glob of paste on the paper towel squares and dole them out to each kid. As soon as I’d get mine I’d start eating it.
My Mom used to yell at me, “Eddie are you crazy, that paste is made with horses hooves and you’re gonna get tuberculosis if you keep eating that paste”. But it didn’t stop me.
Eddie
The teacher in kindergarten used to tear off 4”x4” pieces of brown paper towels and take a wooden tongue depressor and drip into the BIG glass paste jar and smear an glob of paste on the paper towel squares and dole them out to each kid. As soon as I’d get mine I’d start eating it.
My Mom used to yell at me, “Eddie are you crazy, that paste is made with horses hooves and you’re gonna get tuberculosis if you keep eating that paste”. But it didn’t stop me.
Eddie
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