Thread Number: 1175
Whirlpool dryer design |
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Post# 56002 , Reply# 7   2/4/2005 at 20:43 (7,012 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 56007 , Reply# 9   2/4/2005 at 21:44 (7,012 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Whirlpool had two different things going for dryer speed. The original design involved two blower speeds (and in some cases possibly higher/lower wattage heating element and/or gas burner). The blower belt was shifted on the pulley for higher or lower air flow (Delicate or Super drying speed). When they switched to a direct-drive blower design, obviously the speed couldn't change, but perhaps there was a damper door in the air duct to change airflow volume . . . if there was even still a drying speed control at that point in time. The TOL Imperial did have multi-speed tumbling via a lever on the edge of the control panel. Again, this was accomplished by shifting the drive belt along a graduated-diameter pulley. The original design had three tumble speeds, then it was reduced to two, then the feature was eliminated in the early 1970s. As far as I am aware, Kenmore never had multi-speed tumbling, this feature was unique to Whirlpool in the WP/KM family. |