Push button something or other washer San Diego

[stricklybojack]

Is this washer anything? See link.
I have also gleaned from the posters on this website certain Kenmore electronic control dryers are desirable . Would the one pictured qualify?

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/app/4825931344.html

 

[danemodsandy]

Maytag:

Late '70s/early '80s 10-Series, pretty far up in the line, but not yet a collector's dream.

 

[wayupnorth]

Washer is definitely the top of the line Maytag in my machines vintage style which is around 1984. Still the old school washer with a more modern look for the time.

 

[appnut]

That is the TOL model for that series. 

 

[danemodsandy]

Tim:

I looked again, and you're right - that's the TOL machine, an A710. I missed the presence of the infinite water level control to the left of the pushbutton arrays.

 

[appnut]

Sandy, the 5 temp buttons and 4 speed buttons gives it away more than the variable water level. 

 

[danemodsandy]

Bob:

You're right, but then I'm not as "into" the 10 and 12 series as I am the New Generation machines, so I have to look and think - and sometimes fact-check - a little more when 10s and 12s are under discussion. For me, that snazzy water level control is the clincher.

I also have a problem with the entire 10 series - I really dislike the control panels intensely. The reason is the white buttons and knob. For my money, it was a cheap look. I much prefer the black buttons and knobs of the 12 series, which makes those machines look much more expensive.

 

[appnut]

Sandy, I agree, the white buttons are off-putting.  I thing Maytag's logic was their dishwashers had white buttons so keep similar with the new, redesigned console.  I prefer the darker buttons and such for later models. 

 

[danemodsandy]

Bob:

I agree.

As much as I love the New Generation machines (particularly early ones with the blue control panels and chrome-top lint filters, etc.), I could see myself with a 712 pair.

But not the 710s; those buttons are not my thang.

P.S.: Here's a link to a thread where the entire 12 series brochure is reproduced. The machines are gorgeous, but when the history of Ugly 80s Hair is written, that model is going to be on the cover:

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?37095

 

[stricklybojack]

I think...

it's an A710s..

Don't know what the difference is though.

http://www.appliancepartspros.com/04-control-panel-parts-for-maytag-a710.html

 

[danemodsandy]

A710S:

"S" for suds saver?

Anyone know?

 

[wayupnorth]

Actually, according to my old brochure pictures. It should be an LA810 with all the bells and whistles.

 

[stricklybojack]

A810

Borrowed this pic from another thead, thanks Mayfan69.

 

[kenmore71]

Wayupnorth is correct.

 

It is either an A810 or an LA810. (A only would be white, LA would be Almond)

Left 2 buttons are "soak advance to wash"

Next is infinite water level control

Next is 5 water temp combos

Last is 4 speed combos.

Manufacture is July 1980 to June 1984.

 

 

[danemodsandy]

Thanks, Mark!

Note to self: Must get 10-series brochure.

P.S., Mark - you still coming down?

 

[ovrphil]

My

vote here is for the dark color buttons of A710; have not seen this A/LA810 model in CL searches.

 

[rp2813]

I like the light buttons.  It's a nod to the center dial models, and the brown-on-brown is monotonous.

 

[ovrphil]

Not one to shun contrasts, but...

Monontonous is defined in the eyes of the beholder…many minds with many tastes, Ralph. White looks cheap to me, but I can fully appreciate many minds many tastes. And especially…many smiles for the differences that keep it all interesting.

 

[rp2813]

Well, if a well-built Maytag with brown buttons came my way, I'd surely not turn it down!

 

[kenmore71]

DARK color buttons came with the 12 series in the summer of 1984. If it has almond buttons, it's a 10 series.

 

[ovrphil]

Dark Color Button set - speaking of

these aren't pictured, and I'm guessing that the washer has a suds-saver button, not pictured in the 12 series brochures…can anyone identify these?

http://greenville.craigslist.org/app/4794441497.html

 

[super32]

Ovrphil

The washer looks like a A612S and the dryer looks like a 712.

 

[ovrphil]

Super32 - dryer a 712?

I thought so, too - a sudsaver switch, but the dryer a 712…? It has six buttons, far left is a start button(I think) and the other slider control(?) or button to the right of the cluster? I don't see a 712 in the brochure matching that panel.

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?37095

 

[appnut]

The white/light buttons seem to kind of discolor, turn yellow, just like the plastic parts of modern white appliances. And that tends to look like almond, bisque.  Have a friend whose kitchen has all white appliances and every plastic part has "yellowed".  It looks like white with almond accents and looks horrible.  And I can't stand all stainless steel.  So black it is for me.  No yellowed white plastic showing.   

 

[appnut]

3-button dryer

Phil, that's an electronic dry control dryer.  The slider switch is for variable buzzer/signal loudness.  First time Maytag got smart and offered being able to do something with that buzzer if you didn't want it on.  One bank of 3 but5tons is for air, delicate and regular temps.  The other bank is for degree of dryness from the electronic sensor--essentially less dry, normal dry, and more dry.  The most user-friendly/flexible dryer Maytag offered at the time as far as I'm concerned. 

 

[ovrphil]

Bob -

I thought SO! But I couldn't find a photo in the brochure of it. I took a double-take when I glance, thinking it was a washer with all those buttons, at first.

 

[wayupnorth]

Although those are not the best pictures, I am guessing the washer is a 612 and dryer is the top of the line 713 from what I can tell in my old brochure.

 

[danemodsandy]

Bob:

I hear you about yellowed plastic on white-on-white appliances!

For me, the perfect modern-day combination, where plastic must be used for cost reasons, was black handles, etc., on white. I know a lot of people feel it's a dated look now, but at least the trim didn't yellow.

 

[circlew]

Don't know why white trim on newer appliances tends to go yellow, while some much older plastic parts stay their original shade. For example, the knobs on my '53 Westinghouse range are still a bright white. I also noticed the white control knobs on the church's Westinghouse roasters have not discolored in 50+ years.

 

[stricklybojack]

I called the guy..

It s an 810. The connection wasn't great but I think he said LA810, the 810 part I am sure about.