Standard size appliances.

[toggleswitch]

frequently we have heard form across the pond that the appliances there tend to be a standard size of 24 x 24 for all machines.

whereas our w & D tend to be, IMHO 27 x 27.

How cool would it be to go to 30 W x 27 D washers and dryers?
or even 30 x 24 to be the same size as (our) stoves? How big would the the cylnder of that F/L be?

also a 30 x 24 ref. would be decent.....

 

[westytoploader]

The 1985-and-before BD Whirlpool/Kenmore machines were 29" wide, with the exception of a few 24" models. That's the only recently made washer (well 20 years isn't too "recent" anymore) I've seen that's "wider than usual". I thought my 2002 Kenmore dryer was 29", but could be wrong.

But if you want wide, look at some of the vintage combos! Robert's 1958 Whirlpool is 33" wide and 360 lbs! Greg's GE, Duomatic and Maytag will also be interesting to see at the Convention...

 

[toggleswitch]

Agreed

But how ridiculous was a T/L washer (horizontal axis)that was 29 x 25?

The tub could only be 25 inches wide. Logically a T/L has to be reasonably square...whereas....a F/L.......

For a while there, one of the euros (Miele?) was trying to increase their capacity and introduced 24 W x 27 D machines. Not sure how that fared/is faring.

 

[toggleswitch]

Louis, Louis *PAGING LOUIS*

chime in any time there, sir

 

[gansky1]

The Bendix Duomatic combo had a 27" drum in a 36" cabinet - the largest of the combos. I'd love to have a dryer that huge although the WP top-filter models come pretty close...

 

[kenmore1978]

Big dryers

Sounds like you need the mate to Austin's new Dispensall washer or one of the old Norge/Wards dryers for bigness

 

[toggleswitch]

But how ridiculous was a T/L washer (horizontal axis)that was 29 x 25?

OMG what a mistake!

I meant vertical axis.. LOL LOL LOL

 

[toggleswitch]

Ok Britts and OZ-zies, this one is mostly for you...

kitchen cabinets come with 3" difference from one size to the next, sorta like our appliances.. [IIRC cabinets begin with 9 inches).

(a 20" stove[cooker] should really be 21")
(29 wide Whirmore W & D, really like a 30)
a 40" stove should really be 39")

18- compact DW (40cm)
21- compact stove (Actually 20") (50cm)
24- DW, stove, ref. freezer, gas wall-ovens (60 cm)
27- Washer dryer, older electric GE stoves, ref freezer
electric wall-oven
30- standard stove/range, ref, freezer, newer wall-ovens
(75 cm)
33- ref, freezer
36- stove (old std. size), ref freezers (chest style)
39- actually s/b 40" (big 2-oven stoves)
40" =100+/-cm =1 meter

Refrigerators really have no standard size here, except 24" minimum and generally 36" maximmum.

 

[foraloysius]

I hear ya

Hi Steve,

The actual size of European appliances is 60 centimeters, which is 23.6 inches. That is the reason why European dishwashers are just a bit smaller than the American ones.

Miele indeed makes 70cm deep washers and dryers for the American market. They are based on commercial machines often referred to as the 'Giants'. Recently Miele introduced new 6kg machines in Europe, but they are still 60 x 60cm machines. They enlarged the drum of the washers somewhat and also the drum of the dryers a bit, but I bet the drums of the 70cm deep dryers are bigger than the new 6kg dryers.

The standard for European kitchen appliances is 85cm x 60cm x 60cm, I bet it's a thing from the European community. Fridges come in various widths, 50cm, 55cm, 60cm, 66cm and 75cm. There is no standard height for European fridges other than for under the counter models.

Stoves also sometimes come in 50 or 55cm wide. Wider than 60cm is also available.

Some of the bigger washers hit the European market, but they don't seem very popular. I think a lot of people have put a washer (and dryer) in a very tiny spot to save some space.

According to rumours Miele will introduce a 8kg machine sometime on the American market. I wonder if that will come to the European market as well. It's assumed to be bigger than the European standard machines.

I added a link to an online conversion site. This link goes to the special length conversion. For all sorts of conversion you can look at www.onlineconversion.com.

Louis

Online Conversion - Common Length Conversions