Westinghouse Deluxe Refrigerator - 1935

[turbokinetic]

Bill, thanks for thinking of me with the Westinghouse parts! E-mail sent.

 

That is a nice dehumidifier in the picture. I've not seen one like that before. Apparently it has a compressor similar to the fridge compressors, to run that fan motor.

 

I do have an appointment to see another old Westinghouse fridge today, as well. This could be "meant to be" as they say!

 

[wiskybill]

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Some pics of the guts of the dehumidifier.

Also, a pic of a more deluxe model that has a space heater. It has
the same works in it with the addition of a heating coil. This one is going to go live with another member here. He collects Westinghouse.

 

[turbokinetic]

Very neat. That seems to have a similar compressor to the Westinghouse fridge, minus the cooling fins on the compressor. I have a compressor almost exactly like that which I found in a dirt pit where an old house had been torn down and buried. It was rusted horribly bit I got it to run!

 

Nice that the deluxe Westinghouse dehumidifier is going to a collector and be appreciated!

 

[combo52]

Westinghouse dehumidifier

These are great machines, I have two of these [ the model without the heater], one has been running in the basement of the W.Va house for over 25 years without any problems, I have it on a 24 hour timer set to run from about 10pm till 4am every day to keep the basement drier.

I love the gentile purring sound of the WH compressor on these DHs and the fan is almost silent as well.

John L.

 

[2packs4sure]

The emblem on that deluxe unit is a work of art !!

Nice units wiskybill, the emblem on that deluxe unit is a work of art !!
It's a shame that it's tweaked on the left side..

 

[2packs4sure]

The emblem on that deluxe unit is a work of art !!

Meant the right side.............

 

[circlew]

I like both Ralph and Fred's Hall China pitchers! But then, I like just about anything made by Hall.

The Westinghouse dehumidifier looks to be an older model than the one we had. Ours was bought sometime around 1960, and had a light gray cabinet.

 

[2packs4sure]

This showed up on Shorpy today

 

[turbokinetic]

Thanks, very nice picture! That's it for sure.

 

I really enjoy the historical pictures like this.

 

[goatfarmer]

<blockquote>
Bill, thanks for thinking of me with the Westinghouse parts! E-mail sent.

That is a nice dehumidifier in the picture. I've not seen one like that before. Apparently it has a compressor similar to the fridge compressors, to run that fan motor.

I do have an appointment to see another old Westinghouse fridge today, as well. This could be "meant to be" as they say!

</blockquote>
I believe m<strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">y niece has that dehumidifier in her basement, and was looking to get rid of it.</strong>

 

 

[2packs4sure]

This showed up on Shorpy today

I just noticed that the feet are a different older looking style than our units.

 

[Ultramatic]

Hi David...

 

 

Thought you might like to see this...

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[turbokinetic]

Neat old ad!  Looks like they have all the bells and whistles on that one, including the door mounted tray, and evaporator door that mine is missing!

 

[henk]

Help me

Hello I am Henk from the Netherlands And I found in my basement a motor refrigerator AFA-16. From westinghouse I read about. It an d I think the motor is before 1945 I hope you can help me how I find the cover from the motor. I think I have to start a new topic for this message .I never work with sort of this platforms I’m sorry for that.

Greetings Henk the Dutch Windmill

 

[turbokinetic]

Very nice!

That Westinghouse condensing unit looks to be complete. I have seen them in soft drink coolers, where the compressor unit was in a compartment below the cold drink storage area. There wasn't any other cover over the compressor.

 

Do you have the rest of the refrigerator?

 

[henk]

Reply

No I don’t have any other parts from the refrigerator. @turbokinetic can you help about the year it is made?
Witch refrigerator belongs with this motor condensation?

 

[henk]

Reply

No I dont have the refrigerator .what year is this motor condensing .and Is there a page for find more information?

 

[turbokinetic]

Other fridge resources...

I would say that compressor is from the early 1940's.  Older ones were SO2 and painted grey from the factory.  This one is painted black and does not appear to have the high-side float valve as a SO2 unit would have.

 

Here is another forum dedicated to GE Monitor Top fridges,  but with an active "other antiques" area: https://monitortop.freeforums.net/board/13/

 

Also there is a group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1223144641055129/ 

 

I think that your machine was a a condensing unit for either an early 40's Westinghouse fridge, or possibly a cold drink vending machine. 

The earlier refrigerators had the evaporator mounted under and attached to the condensing unit base. Yours has lines to connect an external evaporator. 

 

Here is a video of a Coke cooler with similar compressor:  

 

Sincerely,

David

 

 

 

[henk]

Coke fridge

Hello David ,thank you very much for you help .
I go search on that .And I let you know something.
Greatings Henk van Bree

 

[2packs4sure]

Frigidaire parts

Hey David did you get the can of Frigidaire parts?