My first time seeing this:
Sears Timed Only Dryer
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My first time seeing this:
warmsecondrinse
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Looks like it's been sold.
Was the dryer a 120v electric? A ~24" 'apartment' sized? Those are the only dryers I've seen that have a timer dial as the sole control.
Was the dryer a 120v electric? A ~24" 'apartment' sized? Those are the only dryers I've seen that have a timer dial as the sole control.
That is a 29" dryer, as it has the top-mounted lint filter.
I'll bet this was one of the loss leaders Sears was famous for advertising in newspapers. People would come in only to find there was only 2 they got that were already sold and then tried to up-sell them to a more expensive model. No rain checks on sale items.
Talk about BOL dryer with the new control panel style instituted Fall 1986.
That one must have been advertised for $169.00.
Though it's a BOL usually there is one Auto-cycle, but all timed?
Only difference between Normal and Perm Press is a longer cool down on PP.
Don't know why this dryer is so shocking
It is just a larger version of Whirlpool (also sold as Kenmore and Inglis) portable or stationary compact dryers that have been around for ages.
My WP compact dryer (in lovely harvest gold) is pretty much same timed drying cycles. Only difference is as above the PP has longer cool down period than normal cycle.
If advertised same Whirlpool et all touted "Three Cycle" and "Cool Down Care". In some people's minds they may think that meant three different heat settings, but not a bit of it. There was just "on" heat and "no" heat as in either air dry or thermostat was satisfied and turned off heat during portions of drying cycle.
All and all BOL or not, a housewife in certain instances faced with either line drying or this dryer likely would have opted for what she could get, and be happy.
Don't think drying sensors and auto shutoff trickled down to even various BOL models of dryers until recent push by government mandated in name of energy efficiency.
https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?43592
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It is just a larger version of Whirlpool (also sold as Kenmore and Inglis) portable or stationary compact dryers that have been around for ages.
My WP compact dryer (in lovely harvest gold) is pretty much same timed drying cycles. Only difference is as above the PP has longer cool down period than normal cycle.
If advertised same Whirlpool et all touted "Three Cycle" and "Cool Down Care". In some people's minds they may think that meant three different heat settings, but not a bit of it. There was just "on" heat and "no" heat as in either air dry or thermostat was satisfied and turned off heat during portions of drying cycle.
All and all BOL or not, a housewife in certain instances faced with either line drying or this dryer likely would have opted for what she could get, and be happy.
Don't think drying sensors and auto shutoff trickled down to even various BOL models of dryers until recent push by government mandated in name of energy efficiency.
https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?43592
Vintage portables!
As promised in another thread, here are pics of the portables I picked up the other day when someone beat me to the 1-18's. First off, the Kenmore portable washer, paired with the Whirlpool 220 volt portable dryer. Both are on casters, and I have the sink converter kit for the washer tucked...
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Launderess, it's just that I've never seen a 29" model designed like this.
The 24" links you've posted would be the norm for 110/220 volt.
Understand what you're saying.
Just explaining from a marketing point of view can see why WP would have a full sized or whatever one temperature/timed only dryer.
Long as you're building 29" dryers anyway that takes care of the cabinet and many other bits.
Just explaining from a marketing point of view can see why WP would have a full sized or whatever one temperature/timed only dryer.
Long as you're building 29" dryers anyway that takes care of the cabinet and many other bits.
easy
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Timed only dryer
Sears sold 29" versions of this dryer since the 1960's. I remember seeing them in Sears every time I went in. There were probably the first dryer someone bought especially if they were on a budget.
These usually were matched to one of their BOL washers including the direct drives. If you have any old Sears catalogs, you will see this dryer with different consoles including the ugly (I think) plastic ones. I also remember seeing them in several houses and their owners seemed happy with them.
Maytag sold lots of their 306 dryer that also had the three cycle configuration. I don't know if the 306 had different temperatures for the regular and permanent press cycles. I seem to remember seeing 3 cycle timed only dryers from almost every manufacturer.
Sears also sold the center dial black console dryer with four timed only cycles. The fourth cycle was Knit/Delicate with low heat.
David
Sears sold 29" versions of this dryer since the 1960's. I remember seeing them in Sears every time I went in. There were probably the first dryer someone bought especially if they were on a budget.
These usually were matched to one of their BOL washers including the direct drives. If you have any old Sears catalogs, you will see this dryer with different consoles including the ugly (I think) plastic ones. I also remember seeing them in several houses and their owners seemed happy with them.
Maytag sold lots of their 306 dryer that also had the three cycle configuration. I don't know if the 306 had different temperatures for the regular and permanent press cycles. I seem to remember seeing 3 cycle timed only dryers from almost every manufacturer.
Sears also sold the center dial black console dryer with four timed only cycles. The fourth cycle was Knit/Delicate with low heat.
David
easy
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Forgot
I also remember that Sears had that four cycle timed only dryer mentioned above where the air fluff cycle (30 minutes?) was a continuation of the Permanent Press cycle. They advertised this dryer as having "Wrinkle Guard".
I also remember that Sears had that four cycle timed only dryer mentioned above where the air fluff cycle (30 minutes?) was a continuation of the Permanent Press cycle. They advertised this dryer as having "Wrinkle Guard".
My "other mother" had 3 dryers in 55 years. The sunburst 57 Frog Eye Kenmore. Then she got from her sister the 1960 Hotpoint all pushbutton with rapid advance timer dryer in the early 1970s. Her last dryer was a 4-cycle timed dry center dial Kenmore from the early 1980s. Her son kept this dryer, her A207, and KDS16 running until she had to move out of the house in 2012-2013.
David, the Maytag 306 3-cycle dryer achieved "all fabric" status by simply having all timed dry cycles set at low heat. That was the case for their original electronic control dryers. The latter only differentiated by the wash'n'wear/perm press button dried clothes to a more dry type of scenario. Not until later 06 dryers started offering models with regular and delicate temperature buttons was the user able to select appropriate temps themselves.
Dryer Temperatures
All MT HOH dryers had only one operating thermostat and while it was not as hot as some brands that gave you several temperature options it certainly was not a low temperature either.
HOH dryers used 145F or 155F operating thermostats depending on their age which is much higher than the low on most dryers [ 125-135F ] that gave you a choice.
John L.
All MT HOH dryers had only one operating thermostat and while it was not as hot as some brands that gave you several temperature options it certainly was not a low temperature either.
HOH dryers used 145F or 155F operating thermostats depending on their age which is much higher than the low on most dryers [ 125-135F ] that gave you a choice.
John L.
BOL Kenmore
My parents bought what I'm assuming was a BOL Kenmore "Soft Heat" 600 dryer around 1967. It only had a 90 minute timed dry and 15 or so minute air fluff cycles, and an end of cycle buzzer you could hear throughout the entire house. Top lint filter. They ran that dryer for 40 years! My dad did whatever repairs it needed, and was one of the last appliances to be replaced long after I left the house.
My parents bought what I'm assuming was a BOL Kenmore "Soft Heat" 600 dryer around 1967. It only had a 90 minute timed dry and 15 or so minute air fluff cycles, and an end of cycle buzzer you could hear throughout the entire house. Top lint filter. They ran that dryer for 40 years! My dad did whatever repairs it needed, and was one of the last appliances to be replaced long after I left the house.
A 600 isn't BOL. "Hundreds" vs "tens" differences varies through the years but a 600 is typically like a 60 with a bit more styling or bit of feature step-up (such as the cycle signal). A 600 or 700 washer for example would possibly have A-B-C alphabet cycle designations and programmed temps on the timer (but not pushbutton) while a 60 or 70 would not be alphabet or temp-programmed.
100 or 200 would be BOL.
easy
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HOH drying temps
I purchased a 1958 Highlander 67C HOH dryer in 2013 - see post# 663122. In Reply #20, Coldspot66 answered me that on Regular the temp was about 135 and on Wash and Wear the temp was about 160. From my experience, the dryer was hotter and the drying times shorter if I used Wash and Wear.
I purchased a 1958 Highlander 67C HOH dryer in 2013 - see post# 663122. In Reply #20, Coldspot66 answered me that on Regular the temp was about 135 and on Wash and Wear the temp was about 160. From my experience, the dryer was hotter and the drying times shorter if I used Wash and Wear.
HOH Drying Temps
Hi easy, I will stand corrected, the first of the HOH dryers did have two operating thermostats but by the early 60s they dropped any temperature choice till the end of the HOH dryers around 1975.
John L.
Hi easy, I will stand corrected, the first of the HOH dryers did have two operating thermostats but by the early 60s they dropped any temperature choice till the end of the HOH dryers around 1975.
John L.
