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Post# 65679   5/7/2005 at 01:32 (6,921 days old) by PeteK (Ontari ari ari O )        

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I've seen no mention of RCA washer/dryers here and was wondering if they were only in Canada perhaps, rebadged something or others. I remember them being sold in the late 60's or was it early 70s.




Post# 65680 , Reply# 1   5/7/2005 at 01:33 (6,921 days old) by PeteK (Ontari ari ari O )        
Probably would have

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been Whirpools at that time I guess.

Post# 65683 , Reply# 2   5/7/2005 at 03:14 (6,921 days old) by SactoTeddyBear ()        
Re: RCA Washer:

 One of my Cousin's has/had an RCA Washer and their's was a Re-Badge GE Washer. I'm not sure as to what year it might have been Manufactured. It was a "MOL/BOL" Model that they owned. It has/had a Basic/Black "Flat-Top" Console, similar to the GE, without having the extra Top where there would be either the Hood effect or a Console Light area. I believe it has/had a 2-Speed Selection, Water Temp Control and Water Level Selection, but I don't think that it had any 2nd Rinse Option. It has/had a Spotted-Dark Basket and either a White or Light/Medium Blue Curve-Ramp Agitator and I believe it has/had the Self-Clean Filter Ring, because it didn't have the Lint Filter on top of the Agitator. I added both "has/had" because I haven't been to their house for quite some time now, since we don't live very close to each other and I couldn't just ask "BTW" Cousin, do you happen to still have your RCA Washer? I believe that they have around a 1970's Kenmore Dryer if they still have it, with the smaller Square Pull-Down Door, that has the Cables on it.

Peace and Happy Washing, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...

Post# 65694 , Reply# 3   5/7/2005 at 05:59 (6,921 days old) by Goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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GE now has the RCA appliance name.I don't know if they still make the newer plastic GE's using that name.
RCA Whirlpool was a 50's and early 60's product. I never saw the RCA name by itself on one,though.

kennyGF

Post# 65701 , Reply# 4   5/7/2005 at 06:29 (6,921 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        
RCA/GE

 Sort of ironic, since I think RCA sprang from GE back in the 20's

Post# 65724 , Reply# 5   5/7/2005 at 13:41 (6,921 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)        
Ok, what I know...(not much)

 For a while here in the States, it was RCA Whirlpool, and then the RCA name was just on so-so electronics for a long time. In the mid 90s, GE bought the trademark, and put it on a line of appliances that were positioned between Hotpoint and GE. However, the line didn't really take off, and was discontinued a few years later.

(Incidentally, Radio Corporation of America)

Lawrence/Maytagbear

Post# 65727 , Reply# 6   5/7/2005 at 15:05 (6,921 days old) by SactoTeddyBear ()        
Re: RCA, GE, Hotpoint:

 Don't forget that the Hotpoint part of this Family of Appliances was also the JC Penney Penncrest, although I think that the Stoves/Ranges, at least the Gas Model's were another Brand's "Re-Badge" for the Penncrest line.

Peace and Happy Everything, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...

Post# 65730 , Reply# 7   5/7/2005 at 16:51 (6,921 days old) by PeteK (Ontari ari ari O )        

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So any 60's early 70's would have been Whirpools (RCA Whirpools) . I didn't know that GE had bought their name later on but that makes sense because both names RCA & GE were sold to an outfit Thompson Consumer Electronics to pump out TV's and other radio gadgetry, neither being very stellar and still being mfg today.

Post# 65739 , Reply# 8   5/7/2005 at 19:06 (6,921 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        
RCA Whirlpool

 late 50's early 60's

Post# 65748 , Reply# 9   5/7/2005 at 19:35 (6,921 days old) by rickr (.)        
RCA VICTOR

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Don't forget about that. Even though it was way before our time. Victor Talking Machine Company was purchased by Radio Corporation of America.... To become RCA VICTOR

Post# 65749 , Reply# 10   5/7/2005 at 19:39 (6,921 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
RCA => GE

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These came and went here rather quickly. After all, GE has Hotpoint as its BOL line.


I have a hand-me down RCA A/C that is a GE. You can tell a mile off by the speed selector switch and the sound the thremostat makes when it opens/and closes.

Apart from the normally high fan noise level of a self-contained one-piece through-the-wall unit, this one appears to have a Non-GE compressor that is very noisy.


Whirlpool has Roper as one of its BOL lines, and that also came and went in a flash.

Post# 65754 , Reply# 11   5/7/2005 at 19:58 (6,920 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)        
Roper Gone??

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Post# 65789 , Reply# 12   5/7/2005 at 22:59 (6,920 days old) by david (CA)        

I still see ads for Roper appliances locally from the Rex chain of stores and Lowes carries some Roper lines as well

Post# 65801 , Reply# 13   5/8/2005 at 00:15 (6,920 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York)        
Roper may be cheep, but there's a big bang for the BUCK!

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Roper may be at the bottom of the totem pole, but it ranks high in being the lease repair washers according to Consumers Reports.

Post# 65809 , Reply# 14   5/8/2005 at 02:14 (6,920 days old) by PeteK (Ontari ari ari O )        

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Ropers get used a lot as builder specials in modest new homes as well as plenty of apartment buildings have them in the kitchenettes but i'd be hard pressed to think of any local store that carries them for retail anymore.

Post# 65822 , Reply# 15   5/8/2005 at 06:32 (6,920 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
Right on Pete!

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They certainly exist, but seem to be scarcer (than at first) on retailer's floors.

Had a W & D set and they were great! They were a huge bang for the buck.

So far I have not had to worry about the cost of a bang. Or I should rather say that it is usually features delivered that I worry about not $.

Post# 65823 , Reply# 16   5/8/2005 at 06:37 (6,920 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Lowe's still carries Roper.

Post# 65824 , Reply# 17   5/8/2005 at 06:45 (6,920 days old) by agiflow ()        
Roper

 As well as best buy

Post# 65828 , Reply# 18   5/8/2005 at 07:14 (6,920 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
knows a great deal

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Louis are you sure you are not a US resident part-time?

Post# 65837 , Reply# 19   5/8/2005 at 08:34 (6,920 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        
Roper

 When Roper was sold, GE and Whirlpool duked it out to buy it.

Post# 65843 , Reply# 20   5/8/2005 at 09:31 (6,920 days old) by MikeS ()        
Hurray For Roper!

 Roper appliances are, in my opinion, the best basic machines around. My Roper dishwasher, fridge, washer and dryer--all in place when I bought my condo in 1999--are still doing an excellent job with no repairs needed. (That confirms the repair ratings I see in "Consumer Reports".)
By the way, I've seen Roper at a number of local stores in the Las Vegas area, including Lowes, Best Buy and R.C. Wiley.
Dead? Not by a longshot!

Post# 65844 , Reply# 21   5/8/2005 at 09:42 (6,920 days old) by geodon2000 ()        
and now for my 2 cents...

 Hey kidz...
I haven't contributed in years, but now that I have some free time, thought I would shed some light...
I used to work for the original Roper Appliance Corp. back in the late 80's...Roper's focus was cooking appliances, and was the primary supplier for Kenmore...formerly headquartered in Kankakee, Illinois, they moved the manufacturing and operations to LaFayette, Georgia, primarily for cheaper labor...the plant in LaFayette was considered state-of-the-art, and thus made Roper very attractive to both GE and Whirlpool...
After all the dust settled, GE basically got the plant, which then was manufacturing Roper, Kenmore, and now GE, and Whirlpool got the name...I suspect, however, that today's Roper range is merely a re-badged Whirlpool, and not a true Roper, although I may be incorrect...
See y'all soon...
Geodon

Post# 65852 , Reply# 22   5/8/2005 at 11:34 (6,920 days old) by Goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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I think that's the same Roper that made lawn and garden tractors,some with the Sears name.

kennyGF

Post# 65859 , Reply# 23   5/8/2005 at 12:03 (6,920 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Hey George,

Welcome back! Great to see you here again! Do you have plans to come to Omaha for the convention?

Steve,

Hush!! You're not supposed to reveal all my secrets here! LOL

Louis

Post# 65867 , Reply# 24   5/8/2005 at 12:21 (6,920 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)        
Victor became JVC

 Then Victor split off and became JVC and RCA became... RCA with the new logo that we still see today. Even the RCA Victor record label changed from the drabby orange or puke green to the classic black Nipper label with RCA in the new logo next to it.

JVC gave us big heavy VCRs and cool audio equipment.

Post# 65876 , Reply# 25   5/8/2005 at 12:53 (6,920 days old) by agiflow ()        

Victor became Japan Victory Company?

Post# 65887 , Reply# 26   5/8/2005 at 14:46 (6,920 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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My parents have a 1972 Roper cooktop and double wall oven, avocado.

Post# 65901 , Reply# 27   5/8/2005 at 17:27 (6,920 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        
JVC

 Japan Victor Corp was the Japanese arm of RCA, and it simply became independent

Post# 65924 , Reply# 28   5/8/2005 at 20:25 (6,919 days old) by zzzzz ()        

Also, Victor Talking Machine/RCA Victor was in no way related to Victor Animatograph Corporation, later Kalart-Victor Corporation, now-defunct makers of well-built 16mm sound movie projectors and other audio-visual equipment.

Post# 65939 , Reply# 29   5/8/2005 at 21:37 (6,919 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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GEEEEOOOOOORRRRGGGGEEEE!!!! I'm so glad you surfaced. It had reached almost my limit of time that I was gonna email ya. Please tell me you're coming to Omaha!!

And Luigi, you can give Steve a big slap when ya see him in Omaha, although me may just like it LOL.

Post# 66008 , Reply# 30   5/9/2005 at 10:09 (6,919 days old) by designgeek ()        


ee-yow!, movie projectors! I remember units like that when I was in elementary school.

Are those things used for anything nowadays, or has it all gone over to video tape or computer disc storage?

Post# 66028 , Reply# 31   5/9/2005 at 13:47 (6,919 days old) by PeteK (Ontari ari ari O )        

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Speaking of projectors in school.. wasn't it great when you walked into a class and saw the projector there all set up. Our school always used the big boxy green Bell & Howell projectors.

Post# 66045 , Reply# 32   5/9/2005 at 14:55 (6,919 days old) by spiralactivator ()        

Schools still use movie projectors a bit. When I was in high school (late '90s-2001) the history teacher used one but somehow forgot to thread the take-up reel. The result was a few dozen feet of film in a big pile on the floor.

Post# 66125 , Reply# 33   5/9/2005 at 19:54 (6,918 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

Wow!!!16MM projectors--have a small collection of them.Yes remember those from schooldays-and when the projector was set up when you went to class-less lecture time.Love it when teachers try to be "projectionists"Some passed it on to the classroom "audio-visual" geek-I was one of those.Ran them on occasion.Most were B-H.Saw only one Kodak.they played some interesting films in those days.I can't remember offhand what it was-there is a website dedicated to 16MM film and projector collectors-also have many titles for sale-including those you watched in class!I have one film-came from my workplace-a real old WW2 vintage one on first aid.I have one BH projector,a Kodak,and a military Devry Model.The BH,and Devry still work.Got the Kodak from the trash dump area I go to.Its missing the Speaker and cables.

Post# 66128 , Reply# 34   5/9/2005 at 19:57 (6,918 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        
movie projectors

 In my last year of high school (1971) my last "class" of the day was audio-visual, and I was the person who maintained the projectors and wheeled them to classes to show films. The Los Angeles City Unified School District was partial to Victor projectors. Victor has an exclusive feature where if either the upper or lower film loop going into and out of the gate was lost, it would trip and stop the projector before the sprocket holes could get chewed up. The Bell & Howell projectors didn't have this feature. The Victors also had great sound since the LARGE speaker was in a separate case from the projector.

Post# 66132 , Reply# 35   5/9/2005 at 20:13 (6,918 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

Great feature on the Victor machine-it had a "failsafe"as you say if the loops were lost it would shut down protecting the film and the projector.Failsafes are used in cinema projectors.
also used "failsafes" in remote AM,FM and TV transmitter plants.They would shut down the transmitter if the remote control line was lost or if program was lost for more than several minutes.I forgot the value-haven't done that in many years.I am sure the FCC rules on those have long changed from when I worked in that feild.
also for the theater machines-the "failsafes" from the platter to the projector are appreciated by the projectionst(but maybe not by the audience)The projector would be stopped if either the supply platter or take up one stopped turning.would save the projectionist the pile of film on the floor-and the theater being billed by scrathes or dirt on the film.The film distributers will do that.-Bill your theater for the print if it is damaged at your plant.

Post# 66143 , Reply# 36   5/9/2005 at 20:42 (6,918 days old) by zzzzz ()        
I've created a monster...

 Wow...I never expected that much of a reaction to the Victor post. With PowerPoint and DVDs now the norm, today's students will never have the same fond (?) memories of audio-visual equipment in general as those raised in the 16mm era.

Kenmore1978: As an LAUSD student from circa 1968-1972 and 1975-1980, I've seen almost all makes of 16mm projectors...older and newer Bell and Howells (no autoshredders until the late 1970s), Kalart-Victors (my favorite), Graflexes, and RCA/Viewlex 1600s (yes, RCA made 16mm projectors). I guess they bought whatever the could get a good quantity deal on.

To steer this thread back in the direction of RCA washers, a longtime friend had a 1961 RCA Whirlpool washer in his house during our childhood, just like this one...

CLICK HERE TO GO TO zzzzz's LINK
Post# 66291 , Reply# 37   5/10/2005 at 18:26 (6,918 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

At one of the agencies I used to work for they had a Brenkart(they made some projectors for RCA-esp their cinema supply division)16MM projectors.they also had a pair of 35MM Brenkarts-and RCA sound equipment to go with them.The equipment was simply put into a storereoom-never to be used again .Somebody was even storing their lunch in the abandoned projector lamphouse-yes these had carbon arcs.The carbons were still in them.these came from the building auditorium-remember the US gov't made more movies than Hollywood!!!also Brenkart built projectors(16MM,35MM) for television broadcast use.I have an RCA 1948 broadcast supply catalog that shows them.
WOW!! the picture of the '61 RCA Whirlpool washer is SO COOL!!!

Post# 66292 , Reply# 38   5/10/2005 at 18:50 (6,918 days old) by westytoploader ()        

I think it's time for this thread to move to the "Super" forum...

Post# 66322 , Reply# 39   5/11/2005 at 01:34 (6,917 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.)        
RCA Whirlpool applainces

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Whirlpool appliances were only known as RCa Whirlpool from 1956 to 1967


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