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| Post# 371189 8/11/2009 at 10:35 (5,368 days old) by autowasherfreak () | ||
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I just fell in love with the Whirlpools in today's POD, especially the blue ones. The Coppertone ones are nice too. What year did these come out? | ||
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Post# 371206 , Reply# 1 8/11/2009 at 11:29 (5,368 days old) by revvinkevin  (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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| Post# 371208 , Reply# 2 8/11/2009 at 11:37 (5,368 days old) by supremewhirlpol () | ||
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Yep, that's my dream machine!! But I never knew they came in blue also. | ||
| Post# 371216 , Reply# 3 8/11/2009 at 12:00 (5,368 days old) by amyswasher () | ||
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I would love to have the blue pair! | ||
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Post# 371218 , Reply# 4 8/11/2009 at 12:10 (5,368 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham)) |
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Post# 371220 , Reply# 5 8/11/2009 at 12:27 (5,368 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Whirlpool! | ||
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Post# 371231 , Reply# 6 8/11/2009 at 13:21 (5,368 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Post# 371236 , Reply# 7 8/11/2009 at 13:39 (5,368 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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I have a couple of small appliances from the late 60's in that colour, but I have never seen large appliances of that vintage in blue! Once upon a time, though, blue was available - GE had a colour called Cadet Blue on mid-to-late 'fifties appliances. John L from Beltsville has a GE Kitchen Centre in Cadet Blue, IIRC! | ||
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Post# 371238 , Reply# 8 8/11/2009 at 13:49 (5,368 days old) by nanook (Seattle) |
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"Trips to the Coin-op Getting You down?" | ||
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Post# 371240 , Reply# 9 8/11/2009 at 14:02 (5,368 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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And what's with two-speed drying?? Tell me more, please. Two speed drying. My dryer (pictured above) had this feature, but it's still a little puzzling to me. I HAVE seen another WP dryer that has "3 tumbling speeds", but mine is just a "2 speed". However on my dryer, the "speed" refers to the air-flow, not how fast the drum turns. For some reason the "speed" knob changes the amount of air flowing through the drum and personally I don't understand this concept. | ||
| Post# 371242 , Reply# 10 8/11/2009 at 14:06 (5,368 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
Blue
Briefly when I was young I remember a used furniture store having a washer with blue and the woodpanel stuff on it. I remember because that shade was one of my favorite colors. On another note, this store also had a "turquoise" Hoover twinnie. I've never seen the color again, but it was like a blue-green with white accents. I wanted it so bad, but they wanted $100 for it. At the time it was not so old so i guess that made sense, may have even been a good deal. Colors are so nice!
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Post# 371276 , Reply# 11 8/11/2009 at 16:04 (5,368 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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That blue is very nice - funny it never took off then. Two speed drying was accomplished in a few different ways, some used a pulley-shifting system for the blower and different heat output ratings (BTU's and Wattages) while some others used a speed shifting system for the drum speed. Others are more knowledgeable and will expand on it further but I always thought the two speed tumble option was nice so very small items or loads don't ride the drum. I found one of the "Sprinkler Sphere" balls a while back at an estate sale on top of the Imperial dryer in the POD. The dryer was trashed but the Sphere was mint! I love the shape. 
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Post# 371277 , Reply# 12 8/11/2009 at 16:05 (5,368 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 371280 , Reply# 13 8/11/2009 at 16:15 (5,368 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
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Call me stupid | ||
| Post# 371284 , Reply# 14 8/11/2009 at 16:17 (5,368 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
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Wood Panel Fronts | ||
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Post# 371286 , Reply# 15 8/11/2009 at 16:20 (5,368 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Tim---The Kenmore dryer I grew up with had a similar device. You put some water in it, close the lid and toss it in on the no heat cycle for a few minutes. It has little holes in it, which sprinkle and slightly dampen the load for ironing. Kevin---Is that a fluorescent light right below the console on those machines? | ||
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Post# 371305 , Reply# 16 8/11/2009 at 17:53 (5,368 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Belt-drive blowers used a dual-diameter pulley with a shifting mechanism for the belt. Direct-drive blowers used a damper door on the air intake or exhaust, whichever. If one notices on the specs at bottom of the POD, the heat source is listed at higher/lower BTUs for the two speeds. This provided "gentle" drying for dainties and such. Multiple drum speed was provided by a tapered pulley, also with a shifting mechanism for the belt, and did not affect heat input far as I'm aware. Both the TOL Mark model and the next-down Imperial had multiple tumble speeds at one point. Then the "D" 1975-76 Mark dropped to two speeds, then the feature was eliminated the next "F" model-year (first-issue electronic-pushbutton model). | ||
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Post# 371360 , Reply# 17 8/11/2009 at 20:45 (5,368 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 371361 , Reply# 18 8/11/2009 at 20:57 (5,368 days old) by supremewhirlpol () | ||
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Does anyone here besides RevvinKevin have LSA model Whirlpools? What year range were these made? | ||
| Post# 371440 , Reply# 20 8/12/2009 at 01:19 (5,368 days old) by autowasherfreak () | ||
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I have another Whirlpool question. Did Whirlpool have any models similar to the Kenmore push button models? | ||
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Post# 371442 , Reply# 21 8/12/2009 at 01:34 (5,368 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 371559 , Reply# 23 8/12/2009 at 15:09 (5,367 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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| Post# 371663 , Reply# 24 8/12/2009 at 23:24 (5,367 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.) | ||
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Scott55405: The partial console models were still in production as mid to lower end models, and I believe they continued until 1972 or so. It is kind of interesting that they are not featured in the ad. I wonder why. Have a good one, James | ||
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