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Big Honkin' GE Dryer
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Post# 362144   7/6/2009 at 16:29 (5,379 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)        

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Here's one of those large-capacity GE dryers from the 70's that seems to get a lot of attention - Atlanta CL.

Lawrence


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Post# 362192 , Reply# 1   7/6/2009 at 20:59 (5,379 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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"Intersting". I dind't realize these super large dryers wre being made while the "old" style control panels were around--I don't think I"ve ever seen one like this with that style panel.

Post# 362193 , Reply# 2   7/6/2009 at 21:02 (5,379 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.)        

I saw that exact model at a resort in Pennsylvania during the summer of 1988. I could not believe there was a dryer this size, but there it was larger than life. I have not seen one since with the exception of the occasional one that pops up here. I wonder how GE described its capacity when marketing it. Monster capacity would probably have been accurate.

Have a good one,
James


Post# 362214 , Reply# 3   7/6/2009 at 22:15 (5,379 days old) by andrewinorlando ()        

These were about the very best dryers ever made!!!

Post# 362218 , Reply# 4   7/6/2009 at 22:26 (5,379 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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I really liked mine that came with my 1978 GE extra large or super capacity washer. I jsut wish it had a medium heat setting for Perm Press. the low heat was timed dry only too.

Post# 362291 , Reply# 5   7/7/2009 at 08:16 (5,379 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.)        
We had this exact dryer at our summer home until 2004

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My mom hated it because she said it took for ever to dry clothes compared to her gas Whirlpool Imperial Seventy here at home. I remember someone on this forum had said that these Jumbo (as GE called them) dryers had a big flaw in the fact that they used the blower from the standard capacity GE dryers so the air current inside was not very powerful. PAT COFFEY

Post# 362293 , Reply# 6   7/7/2009 at 08:18 (5,378 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.)        
Appnut they were making the Jumbo dryers as early as 1970

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I have a picture of a 1970 Versatronic Model in my copy of A Walk in the Park: The History of Ge's Appliance Park and I also have a 1971 Life Magazine where the first edition of this exact dryer is on sale....PAT COFFEY

Post# 362307 , Reply# 7   7/7/2009 at 08:50 (5,378 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan)        

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I just hooked mine up, they are fantastic. Since then, I have come across 2 more. When it rains it pours. lol


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