Re-Posting: TOL GE gas dryer at Salvation Army store!

I had this same dryer, purchased April 1978 (electric) and my mom got hers fall of 1979 (gas). The extra care button simply extended the tumble of the cool down for an additional 10 or 15 minutes on the Poly Knits cycle and an added 20 to 25 minutes on the cotton/perm press cycle. It tumbled continuously, not intermittantly like Whirlpool products. With signal "on" the buzzer "buzzed" for 2 minutes nonstop. (In an apartment that would drive you nuts). My first house had the laundry in the garage so it was great there. If you added "extra care" on, then it buzzed for 4 minutes then either 30 seconds or 1 minute every 5 minutes after that. It was also a very loud and obnoxious buzzer with no adjusting of sound level. Another difference with the 19788, there was no "electronic control" plastic thing right behind the lint filter. The strips were just simply inside facing inside toward the drum. Mine wasn't very accurate. "Light" handled just about everything. "Normal" dealt with towel loads well. "Heavy" was overkill. Also, on my panel,l instead iof "special" on the heat column (right side of button), both my momj's and my dryer had Normal Heat. My sister had std. capacity version of this dryer from 1977 with the exact same arrangement. I also had a no-tumble rack ya hooked on the holes in the door--shaped like a tongue.


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Post# 322411 1/4/2009 at 11:39 (5,591 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)
Checkrate/Likes Per Roberts suggestion and due to the thread loss during the server migration, I am re-posting this. I stopped in the Salvation Army store in Long Beach (CA) and saw this GE dryer! $90. Please excuse the photo quality, I only had my cell phone camera.

Post# 322412 , Reply# 1 1/4/2009 at 11:40 (5,591 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)
Checkrate/Likes *The controls!* Lots-O-buttons!

Post# 322413 , Reply# 2 1/4/2009 at 11:41 (5,591 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)
Checkrate/Likes *Interior....* and the electronic sensor.

Post# 322438 , Reply# 3 1/4/2009 at 14:14 (5,590 days old) by qsd-dan (West)
Checkrate/Likes *I'll repost my question.....* What function does the "Extra Care" button do?

Post# 322446 , Reply# 4 1/4/2009 at 15:06 (5,590 days old) by joeinfl (Wesley Chapel FL)
Checkrate/Likes *What function does the "Extra Care" button do?* My guess would be that it continues to tumble every couple minutes after the end of the cycle to keep the wrinkles away. If my new glasses just had that option!

Post# 322447 , Reply# 5 1/4/2009 at 15:08 (5,590 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)
Checkrate/Likes I believe Joe is right. Nice dryer, don't see many coppertone GE's.

Post# 322451 , Reply# 6 1/4/2009 at 15:16 (5,590 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)
Checkrate/Likes *Color Name* Correction, gentlemen - the color for this post-1976 model would be "Coffee". Still - very rare! Did you/will you purchase it? Lawrence

Post# 322453 , Reply# 7 1/4/2009 at 15:19 (5,590 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)
Checkrate/Likes COOL dryer! I love those big mega-GEs, but haven't seen many. When did the stop making them? Coppertone/Coffee....either way, that's my favorite appliance color. G

Post# 322455 , Reply# 8 1/4/2009 at 15:55 (5,590 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California)
Checkrate/Likes Very similar to the '78 Harvest Gold GE electric dryer I had. And I will note that the mechanicals, outside of the control panel, were identical to the early 90's WCI gas dryer I still have. The lint filters are interchangeable.

Post# 322578 , Reply# 11 1/5/2009 at 10:06 (5,590 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)
Checkrate/Likes *Hey Kevin,* If you're not planning on getting this unit, could you email me the address of the Salvation Army there? I'd like to find out how much shipping would cost as I've always wanted this dryer, especially a gas version. kjayvazian@comcast.net.

Post# 322667 , Reply# 12 1/5/2009 at 19:52 (5,589 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)
Checkrate/Likes *Kewl somebody is going to save it!* I may even get to see it if it makes it to Conn!!! I have never seen a gygunda GE before! Never knew they existed!

Post# 322462 , Reply# 9 1/4/2009 at 16:30 (5,590 days old) by appnut (TX)
Checkrate/Likes *Answer a question and comment* I had this same dryer, purchased April 1978 (electric) and my mom got hers fall of 1979 (gas). The extra care button simply extended the tumble of the cool down for an additional 10 or 15 minutes on the Poly Knits cycle and an added 20 to 25 minutes on the cotton/perm press cycle. It tumbled continuously, not intermittantly like Whirlpool products. With signal "on" the buzzer "buzzed" for 2 minutes nonstop. (In an apartment that would drive you nuts). My first house had the laundry in the garage so it was great there. If you added "extra care" on, then it buzzed for 4 minutes then either 30 seconds or 1 minute every 5 minutes after that. It was also a very loud and obnoxious buzzer with no adjusting of sound level. Another difference with the 19788, there was no "electronic control" plastic thing right behind the lint filter. The strips were just simply inside facing inside toward the drum. Mine wasn't very accurate. "Light" handled just about everything. "Normal" dealt with towel loads well. "Heavy" was overkill. Also, on my panel,l instead iof "special" on the heat column (right side of button), both my momj's and my dryer had Normal Heat. My sister had std. capacity version of this dryer from 1977 with the exact same arrangement. I also had a no-tumble rack ya hooked on the holes in the door--shaped like a tongue.

Post# 322520 , Reply# 10 1/4/2009 at 23:26 (5,590 days old) by qsd-dan (West)
Checkrate/Likes *Thanks Bob!* Everything I wanted to know and more about the massive GE dryers.