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[lavamat_jon]

Yay for Jon!!!

I want that washer!!! It's not fair you have that many GE Combos.... surely your able to send one over here to sunny England to sit next to Mr Matt, Mr Therma and Herr Miele (who incidentally arrives next Thursday...) - I hear UPS does overnight shipping :-D.

Just kidding. Beautiful washer!!! I *LURVE* the square window, and the chrome trim, and the turquoise, and the control panel, and, and, and, well, everything!!!

Woohoo!!!

Jon

PS - Give that GE combo a hug from me :-D

 

[westytoploader]

Beautiful GE Combo Jon!! I am amazed at the condition of the machine for its age...looks like it wasn't used at all, especially after looking at the back! Early 60's-style control panel and clear-glass window are very cool as well; can't wait to see Greg's Coppertone Combo in action at the Convention!!

I wonder how many Combos are still getting good use at the Seattle "COMBOminium Complex"?

 

[JerseyMike]

It was worth the wait!

What a wondeful find. I'm so glad that the new owners of the condo thought enough to save this wonderful machine. I agree, combos are fascinating!

Mike

 

[jetcone]

Thank you Mark- I loved your Kenmore Revival Pixs! Have you got the cabinet painted yet? I am starting my 1957 Kenmore next week I have to strip it down to the center post!

LavamatJon- I will gladly trade a GE Combo for a Hoover Keymatic anyday!!!

I can't tell you why this machine is in such good shape, it is as if it got used for a week and then fell through a time hole. Even the rubber door gasket still has the factory Talcum powder on it so it was a low use machine for sure.

 

[foraloysius]

Oh my, I have a Keymatic...

 

[gansky1]

Jon, that is stunningly fabulous - so new and fresh! How do you get it to sit up on it's pedestal through the final (and only) spin?? Mine needs a leash for walking - more like hopping - all over the room!

The GE combination could only be used on a 30amp 240/208 volt line, no 110/120 connections were possible with the GE. I suppose you could disconnect the wires for the heater calrods, but then it wouldn't warm the clothes in the final spin...

 

[kenmore1978]

Pristine

Wow, it's so PERFECT! I'm trying to imagine where they would put all the extra stuff in there if it were a gas combo. Must have been REALLY crowded. I'm assuming they came in gas versions. What a hunk of machinery

 

[toggleswitch]

110/220 convertibility

Louis, Greg and DADoES:

I had a late 60's GE Electric dryer that was MADE to be used on either voltage. (The timer, of course stretched past 120 minutes) There was also a resistor involved. The heater would simply have one leg moved to the neutral connection (instead of each end on a hot/live)

I would not try it, but MAYBE the heaters can be reduced to 110/120. Chances are the amperages may get too high for a normal 120 volt 20 amp circuit, if multiple heaters are used simultaneously.

Theory follows:

OHMS LAW: (resistance)
E = I x R

1) Volts (Electro-motive force) = Current (Amps) x resistance
2) Volts X Amps = Watts, therfore Watts/Volts= Amps
2) 5,500 watts heater/240 volts = 22.9 amps
3) 240 = 22.9 x (?)
4) Restated, E/I =R
5) If we solve for R, Resistance = 10.48 Ohms.

Now to find amps (or watts) when used on 120 volts
1) E= I x R, therefore E/R =I
2) 120 volts / 10.48 ohms = 11.45 amps
3) Volts X Amps = Watts
4) 120v x 11.45a = 1,374 watts

the heat input would then drop drastically!

My electric range (one of three stoves actually!!)
has an extra-large element (9 inches or 22.5cm) [NO JOKES!!]that has a switch to convert it from 240v to 120v => "normal" high-powered element to "simmer-burner" (Slow heating)

I myself would love to see a gas-heated combo!!! or even a condenser dryer version!!

Man, I should get paid by the word.. LOL.. another novel!!

 

[veg-o-matic]

Wow! You could eat off that machine!

Congrats and enjoy it (I know you will!)

veg