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Thread Number: 27539
Is this Another Toast Color Kenmore Set? |
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| Post# 422573 3/14/2010 at 19:06 (5,153 days old) by bmgilk () | ||
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I was just browsin CL and spot this set. It looks like the toast color but then again I could be wrong.:)It's located in Parma ohio. Any thoughts? CLICK HERE TO GO TO bmgilk's LINK on Cleveland Craigslist | ||
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Post# 422575 , Reply# 1 3/14/2010 at 19:15 (5,153 days old) by KenmoreGuy64  (Charlotte, NC) |
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Yep!
Yeah, that sure does look like Toast to me. Too bad the washer control panel was allowed to get like that. I fixed one up with a black paint pen once, and though it looked MUCH better, it looks like it has acne scars, lol.
That's a 70-series washer and an 80-series dryer, early Toast too (1984) since the dryer doesn't have the white powder coated drum. Gordon | ||
| Post# 422577 , Reply# 2 3/14/2010 at 19:19 (5,153 days old) by lebron (Minnesota) | ||
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| Post# 422584 , Reply# 3 3/14/2010 at 20:05 (5,153 days old) by supersurgilator (Indiana) | ||
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That is a beautiful set. Waht does the automatic setting on the temperature selector do? | ||
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Post# 422587 , Reply# 4 3/14/2010 at 20:10 (5,153 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Waht does the automatic setting on the temperature selector 
It simply selects the wash wateer temperature for the various cyclesa. whites for both PP and Normal is hot. Colors for both is warm. All rinses are cold on the automatic setting. It's "razzle-dazzle" feature that's pretty much useless as far sa I am concerned. No where near as much pizzaz as either alphabet washing or LK where ya push a button, turn the timer dial until it stops, and push the timer dial in to start the machine.
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Post# 422588 , Reply# 5 3/14/2010 at 20:12 (5,153 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 422592 , Reply# 6 3/14/2010 at 20:27 (5,153 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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The automatic temperature selections are useless indeed, at least for me.
I have used a similar machine for years that I rescued in 1993, and never used the automatic feature, it may as well not be there. I do like that the switch includes manual selections with warm rinses. This was the most popular model in the 1983-1986 line-up, and was the first model with the Auto+5 temps. All machines in that line either had 3-temps all with cold rinses or the Auto+5, nothing in between. The last machine to have just plain 5 was a popular 1981 model. The one thing that I would change with these machines - the three water levels. Almost invariably, I want the level in between medium and ex. high. The next model up from this had 5-levels. Gordon | ||
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Post# 422698 , Reply# 7 3/15/2010 at 11:08 (5,152 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Post# 422788 , Reply# 8 3/15/2010 at 18:36 (5,152 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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AUTO TEMPERTURE SETTING
The auto temp setting came into popular use on mid and upper model KMs with the black face control panels. While this setting seems silly to most of us as we probably know what water temps we like it was probably good for many users.Sears had pushed the idea of one setting washing since the 1959 LKM were introduced all the way through the 1975 LKMs. The idea also helped people conserve hot water by preselecting a cold rinse as we were going through the mid 1970s energy crisis. I often saw customers that always leave the temp sw on the warm-warm setting out of habit which I always thought was the worst setting you could use. Doing so leaves the washer and clothes load at that perfect temperature for bacteria and molds to grow. I remember seeing GE FF washers where they always used the WW setting that looked like a science fair project they would be pink,green&black under and around the lid this is also part of the problem with mold in the new FL washers. Just rinsing one full load of clothes in warm water in an vintage washer wastes enough hot water to run a vintage DW through a full cycle or two loads in a new DW. No detergent manufacturer or washing machine maker recommends a warm rinse anymore. A warm rinse also may accelerate corrosion of metal parts in vintage washers as rusting and oxidation rates increase as temperature raises.
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