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Thread Number: 2717
1960's Norge Dryer |
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| Post# 74365 , Reply# 1 7/20/2005 at 23:34 (6,848 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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When Did Norge... When did Norge stop making laundry equipment? Were they part of the WCI catastophe? | ||
Post# 74372 , Reply# 2 7/21/2005 at 00:00 (6,848 days old) by gansky1  (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Be careful Norma Rae! | ||
| Post# 74389 , Reply# 3 7/21/2005 at 05:23 (6,847 days old) by kenmore1978 () | ||
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Norge escaped WCI, but got sucked into the Maytag sinkhole | ||
| Post# 74395 , Reply# 4 7/21/2005 at 07:01 (6,847 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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Maytag Atlantis washers are Norge and Maytag's plastic children. The good news is they're still belt driven and they have the long agitation strokes. The bad new is it ain't your mama's Norge. | ||
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Post# 74399 , Reply# 5 7/21/2005 at 07:54 (6,847 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74405 , Reply# 6 7/21/2005 at 08:31 (6,847 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Oh yes, it can be vented outside, but Norge was the only one to hold out this long with a pressurized cabinet for their dryers. They blew heated air through the drum, into the filter at the front or bottom of the machine and then out through a 4" vent at the back. It leaked air and lint through every hole, seal and joint in the air path - messy, messy! If you have a porch or protected outside area to use the dryer - it's perfect!
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Post# 74406 , Reply# 7 7/21/2005 at 08:32 (6,847 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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But if size matters... | ||
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Post# 74438 , Reply# 9 7/21/2005 at 14:06 (6,847 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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O I C Interesing I would love to know more about who made the very first tumble dryer and see the layout /mechanics. Austin- If I read Greg explanation right (thanks Greg!) Instead of today's system of Sucking air out after the filter, (making every crevice an INTAKE) these would Blow air in before the heat source. Then the 4" vent was ONE exit port, even though filtered but so was any other crevice, quite unintentionally!! So then, based on the above, there IS a difference between S and B. | ||
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Post# 74439 , Reply# 10 7/21/2005 at 14:06 (6,847 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Well, it wasn't intentionally "pressurized" like a Seal-A-Meal, but blowing air through the machine like that is a invitation to have lint everywhere air can possibly escape. Westinghouse dryers used heated air blowing into the drum as well, but I don't think they were as bad - lower pressure maybe.
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Post# 74440 , Reply# 11 7/21/2005 at 14:11 (6,847 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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When I was a (stupid) young kid i'd start mom's Maytag GAS dryer with the door switch bypassed and the door open. The heat and air was beign sucked through the door and out the filter to the outside. The airflow was not going over the flames was not pulling the heat and products of combustion out of the cabinet. WOOOOO boy did it smell as the dust burned and the temps reached the high-limit in seconds. The high-limit safety thermostat (near the burner I think) would turn off the gas real quick! Still this is tame compared to putting water in the dryer to see a F/L washer in action. I forgot who used to do that.. it was SO amusing to hear.. | ||
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Post# 74443 , Reply# 12 7/21/2005 at 14:15 (6,847 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 74446 , Reply# 13 7/21/2005 at 14:28 (6,847 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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I used to do this too - you're lucky there wasn't a lot of lint in the machine to catch on fire! With a Norge, you could run it all day with the door open and other than having to keep picking up the items that blew out of the dryer, it could run all day like that and actually dry clothes much faster since the airflow wasn't restricted through the filter and ductwork. | ||
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Post# 74455 , Reply# 16 7/21/2005 at 16:29 (6,847 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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