I've never seen one one like this. Offered for fifty dollars. Looks like a lighted control panel.
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Vintage G.E. dryer-Knoxville Craigslist
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It's another oddball. I'd guess that this is one out of the first run of the new designs of 1964 when they phased out the pedestal-style panels and went to the solid slant-backs that they would keep for about 40 years. I'm going to ask the seller for the model number. Either that or could it be a Canadian model? It's still being called a "Clothes Conditioning..." so it would be early.
Mid 1960s GE Dryer
We saw quite a few of these dryers and even the matching washer around here, it was certainly a regular model, and this is about the first model series dryers that GE made in gas. Interestingly the gas dryers matched the washers but DID NOT say GE on the control panels, but instead were called Premier as were gas ranges that GE sold around this time that were sourced from Coloric { I guess that having the General Electric name on gas appliances was just to much for GE to bare, GE was still promoting Nuclear Power that was going to be too cheap to even worry about metering. But competitive pressures forced them into selling gas dryers and unfortunately gas ranges and by the 1990s they even started building their own gas ranges }
By about 1965 GE came out with washer and dryer consoles that had the full width florescent light under the consoles and the compensated dry control thermostat system continued for a few more years.
We saw quite a few of these dryers and even the matching washer around here, it was certainly a regular model, and this is about the first model series dryers that GE made in gas. Interestingly the gas dryers matched the washers but DID NOT say GE on the control panels, but instead were called Premier as were gas ranges that GE sold around this time that were sourced from Coloric { I guess that having the General Electric name on gas appliances was just to much for GE to bare, GE was still promoting Nuclear Power that was going to be too cheap to even worry about metering. But competitive pressures forced them into selling gas dryers and unfortunately gas ranges and by the 1990s they even started building their own gas ranges }
By about 1965 GE came out with washer and dryer consoles that had the full width florescent light under the consoles and the compensated dry control thermostat system continued for a few more years.
There were two similar models, this one with the light above the control panel and another one with the light below the control panel at this time. I think the one with the light below the control panel was a little more deluxe and, in addition to the two timed dry heats, offered the economy setting. With the long timed dry cycle, this could be used on 120 volts. From examining these in the store, the gray area of the control panel looked like it was porcelain. It was a heavier finish than paint. Compared to the vertical control panels of the previous years, these sure looked ugly. I managed to get my parents to buy the model a couple of years newer with the brushed aluminum and black control panel that had the start button on the left and the timer with auto dry on the right. It also had pedal door opener and drum light. The auto dry cycle overdried everything so we only used the timed cycle, but I wanted the drum light and the pedal door opener so we had to get the auto dry cycle. As in other Clothes Conditioners the timed Dewrinkle cycle meant that the last 10 minutes of the timed cycle was the no heat fluff. My twin sheets would dry perfectly when the timer was set to 21 mintues.
Economy Dry Selection on 1960s GE Dryers
I believe that this feature was always used on machines with an auto dry cycle. The neat thing about this cycle was it was used with the compensated dry control thermostat, so when you pushed the economy button you could use the same setting on the timer dial and a little heater-resistor mounted on the dry thermostat would cause the thermostat to still cycle properly even on 1/4 the input heat. On all GEs early auto dry dryers the model tag was riveted on one side and had a screw on the other so you could remove the screw and pivot the tag and expose a slotted shaft that could be adjusted to allow the dryers auto dry cycle to properly shut off on different power supply voltages. You could set it to use the dryer on 120 volts, 208, 230, 240 and have the auto dry cycle shut off properly.
I believe that this feature was always used on machines with an auto dry cycle. The neat thing about this cycle was it was used with the compensated dry control thermostat, so when you pushed the economy button you could use the same setting on the timer dial and a little heater-resistor mounted on the dry thermostat would cause the thermostat to still cycle properly even on 1/4 the input heat. On all GEs early auto dry dryers the model tag was riveted on one side and had a screw on the other so you could remove the screw and pivot the tag and expose a slotted shaft that could be adjusted to allow the dryers auto dry cycle to properly shut off on different power supply voltages. You could set it to use the dryer on 120 volts, 208, 230, 240 and have the auto dry cycle shut off properly.
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