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Post# 337386   3/24/2009 at 22:41 (5,509 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        

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Someone PLEASE come take this 1963 Norge gas dryer!!!! It MUST GO!!! I would really hate for it to go to a scrap yard!!!!!!

Please e-mail me if you are interested or know anyone who is!!!

Thank you!
Kevin
revvinkevin@gmail.com
(Los Angeles)





Post# 337862 , Reply# 1   3/26/2009 at 12:00 (5,507 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)        
Lint Filter

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I have a Norge '64 dryer that needs a lint filter. I'm assuming this has the large filter "drawer" at the bottom? I'm waaay up north in Eureka and can't make the drive down, is there any possibility of at least saving the lint filter? I will happily pay for it and the shipping cost, etc.

Thanks,

Todd


Post# 337879 , Reply# 2   3/26/2009 at 13:16 (5,507 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)        

How much would cost a freight to Brazil? (Yes I really mean it)

Post# 337881 , Reply# 3   3/26/2009 at 13:22 (5,507 days old) by toggleswitch2 ()        

Thomas wouln't you need to be able to convert it to propane?

Post# 337888 , Reply# 4   3/26/2009 at 13:55 (5,507 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)        
I'm shocked!!!

What kind of gas do you use in the U.S.?

Post# 337889 , Reply# 5   3/26/2009 at 14:02 (5,507 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)        

Thanks to Yahoo Messenger, I just talked to Kevin...

Unfortunately It's Natural Gas.

Here in my regon we use propane (natural gas is used only for cars)


Post# 337890 , Reply# 6   3/26/2009 at 14:04 (5,507 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)        

By the way...

Isn't that dryer that has a hanger and option to switch off the tumble and also had a Hair dryer


Post# 337901 , Reply# 7   3/26/2009 at 15:14 (5,507 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        
Conversion

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I believe the conversion from natural gas to propane is both cheap and easy. Definitely worth looking into if you're serious, Thomas.

Post# 337902 , Reply# 8   3/26/2009 at 15:16 (5,507 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)        

Yes, It's cheaper, but not here in Brazil as we don't have any Natural Gas appliance to be converted.

Post# 337917 , Reply# 9   3/26/2009 at 16:18 (5,507 days old) by toggleswitch2 ()        
Hi Ron in RI! *WAVES* Go gas, Go modern. Go *BOOM*

How big is your orifice?

~Conversion. I believe the conversion from natural gas to propane is both cheap and easy.

On some units the orifice is screwed tight or loosened. On other units one must buy another with the proper size opening.

IIRC propane is delivered @ about 5 p.s.i. at the appliance and needs a smaller orifice. Natural gas on the other hand is delievered at approximately 3 p.s.i and needs (this unit then already has) a bigger orifice/opening.

My siter's newly-built house has propane for all services that use gas. Her dryer was bought from SEARS and they neglected to convert it onsite to the proper gas (conversion was requwsted and paid-for).

I noticed huge amounts of LIGHT coming from the bottom and rear of the dryer. The dryer flame was shutting off within second of ignition, which is not nomral with wet clothes. The nameplace was rated for natural gas and no converison sticker or other modifying nameplace was attached. The repaiman said it was not done and was dangerous as the unit was shooting huge flames. Of course the carbon given off was dirtying the clothes tremendously. (When flames give off light, [without a wick or a mantle] that's incomplete combusiton and carbon).

Thomas, sorry I don't remember, did we say your part of Brazil has 110v that this machine uses?

Will you be able to obtain 4 inch round (102mm) dryer exhaust vent hose?

I don't remember the standard gas-pipe connecton but it is less than 3/4 inch, and IIRC less than 1/2 inch. Is it 3/8"?

On the mainland here propane is not allowed indoors, AFAIK. But I have seen this done (bottles indoors)in Puerto RIco. But then again I have seen propane appliances connected with plastic/vinyl see-through hoses! instead of heavy-duty meaal or rubber. *YIKES* BLack iron pipe, galvanized blask iron pipe and flared-fitting copper tubing is allowed with propane in my area.



Post# 338090 , Reply# 10   3/27/2009 at 08:03 (5,506 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)        

Steve.

Here in Brazil most of the cities have 110 (127)V or everything but 220V for Heavy duty appliances like air conditioners (and some dryers like the affinity).
Some other cities are 220 (240)V for everything.

At my laudry room I have a total flexibility. I can easily convert any outlet to 220V or 110V by opening it and swaping the wires. (All my outlets have an extra 110V wire standing by)

About the vent hose/duct, If I want to use them, they are very easy to be found but I don't use them on my dryer (affinity) neither on my instantaneous gas water heater because my laundry room is a balcony on the 6th floor, with two sides completelly open and one side has huge windows. Also, it's always very windy. (So windy that the heater has to restart the ignition sometimes).

The gas connections are usually 3/8 and all kinds of piping is allowed (from the tap to the appliance). It can be a plastic hose (proper for gas) that has an yellow stripe that fades indicating it's time to replace the hose, or a flexible metal/rubber hose or a rigid copper tube.

The only thing forbidden is passing the hose behind the stove because the oven's heat could melt them. All stoves in Brazil have two gas connectors (right-left).

Our gas is a mix of propane, butane and a smell (to detect leaks) and it's sold in 13kg bottles (the most popular), 45kg bottles (popular in small restaurants) or 200 kg tanks (popular in buildings and big restaurants) which a permanently installed and a truck fuels them using a hose.



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