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Thread Number: 1881
1950 Kenmore Dryer |
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Post# 63905 4/21/2005 at 14:17 (6,942 days old) by Unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 63917 , Reply# 1 4/21/2005 at 17:31 (6,942 days old) by retromom () | ||
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How can you resist? Ok Steve (SactoTeddyBear) This bud's for you! Venus | ||
| Post# 63934 , Reply# 3 4/21/2005 at 22:28 (6,942 days old) by retromom () | ||
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Yay Steve! I'm ecstatic that you're getting the dryer! You two seem to have a lot in common! Don't you just love serendipity! Post some pics when you get her home! Enjoy :-) Venus | ||
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Post# 63935 , Reply# 4 4/21/2005 at 22:33 (6,942 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 63939 , Reply# 5 4/21/2005 at 22:51 (6,942 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
Kenmore dryer | ||
| Post# 63992 , Reply# 9 4/22/2005 at 15:04 (6,941 days old) by SactoTeddyBear () | ||
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Re: Cord/Pig-Tail: "BTW" the Cord/Pig-Tail outer Black Casing, with the Wiring inside is round in shape, rather than being more Flat, like the newer Pig-Tail's are now. Peace and Fun Laundry Days, Steve SactoTeddyBear... | ||
| Post# 63998 , Reply# 12 4/22/2005 at 17:31 (6,941 days old) by Yaktx () | ||
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Looked at the nameplate, that's the way. I figured it was a 240v model anyway. No way to vent it? That's strange. | ||
| Post# 64004 , Reply# 14 4/22/2005 at 19:22 (6,941 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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Lint screen/venting outside
Hi Steve, What way are you planning to use the dryer? Venting outside,or inside with the filter? If it were me I would go with an outside vent and no filter. I have a friend who is too lazy to put a dryer vent in his basement. He has a mel of a hess down there now! Everything in his basement is covered with lint cobwebs,and it is just gross!
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| Post# 64028 , Reply# 16 4/22/2005 at 23:13 (6,941 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
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Post# 64052 , Reply# 17 4/23/2005 at 08:15 (6,940 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Humidity alert
Is this machine 110 /220 convertible as many early ones were? It may explain why your pig-tail and plug are off-beat. The cord may have been user-installed. Early 220v stuff was hard-wired (no plug-and-cord)in my neck of the woods. I think 110/220 convertibility helped get dryers popular here early on.. you could have one even without a dedicated 220V 30 amp line or even gas service... a two-hour-to-dry load on 110V was still better than line-drying in winter!!! Anyone out there know if today's 220v dryers can be used on 110v.? It is just a matter of switching one hot (to the heater) to the neutral terminal in the terminal block. Numbers wise I think the amps go down from 30 to less than 20a.... so in theory it should work. VENTING: To heck with lint.. IMHO the humidity is havoc-wreaking and unhealthy... leads to mold growth.And PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE vent a gas-fired unit everyone. Although some states allow unvented gas-appliances they are SO unhealthy even if you do open a window every time. (Damn I'm so preachy.. LOL) Studies in England have shown that families that cook with gas have children with around twice the respiratory ailments that electic-cooking families do...(including permanent asthma) Gas stoves are not directly vented. | ||
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