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Goodwill Kenmore dryer
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Post# 76781   8/5/2005 at 21:01 (6,831 days old) by drmitch ()        

I had my camera redy today. Took the photo not the dryer.




Post# 76782 , Reply# 1   8/5/2005 at 21:03 (6,831 days old) by drmitch ()        

It looked like it would clean up good, heres closeup of timer.

Post# 76791 , Reply# 2   8/5/2005 at 22:02 (6,831 days old) by Brent-Aucoin ()        
Where???

Hey there,
What part of Tenn?
That is a very good dryer.
Very fast, and very kind to all clothes.
Was it a gas version, or electric?
How much did they want for it.
I am in Atlanta Georgia, might be interested if it is close by.
How did the drum look? Did you get any pictures of the door? It is the wide fold down door, right?
Thanks for the pictures.
Brent


Post# 76795 , Reply# 3   8/5/2005 at 23:10 (6,831 days old) by drmitch ()        

Hi Brent, Its a modle 700 electric, and I think it had a tub light. Its in Jackson TN. and they had 39.00 on it. Jackson is on I40 between nashville and memphis. A friend I work with went to atlanta today to buy a corvete. Ha,I could have sent it with him!

Post# 76797 , Reply# 4   8/5/2005 at 23:46 (6,831 days old) by Brent-Aucoin ()        

Thanks so much for letting me know about it, and where it is at. I know right where it is at actually.
It is in great shape. I hope that someone get's it. Those are great dryers. And that price is a steal!
If it was gas, I would run and get it.
Thanks for posting the pictures, and letting us know about it.
Keep us informed! You are not all that far from us.
Have a great weekend.
Brent


Post# 76824 , Reply# 5   8/6/2005 at 05:44 (6,831 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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ah just like the neighbor's (to my parents' house) model.


45 minutes timed dry..that's awfully optimistic, no?
but the vintage fo the dryer may have been those amazing polyester years....

25 minutes air cycle.


Can we take 10 mins from one to give to the other? LOL


Post# 76828 , Reply# 6   8/6/2005 at 06:45 (6,831 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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45 mintutes timed dry is very good for discouraging people to use the timed cycle instead of the automatic! LOL

Post# 76843 , Reply# 7   8/6/2005 at 11:20 (6,831 days old) by Brent-Aucoin ()        

45 minutes was plenty for this dryer.
If it is like the vintage Kenmore dryers I have used from this vintage, it will dry just about anything in 45 minutes.
It get's really, really hot, then pulls back on the heat when it reaches it first high temp. (I guess that is what they called Soft Heat)
I actually have a Kenmore 70's series that does the same thing. It is from the early 80's, gas version. I was worried that something was wrong with it, because it would get so darn hot. I was always scared that it was going to ruin something. But, it dries everything super fast, and never has had an issue with any fabric damage.
What I really like about this dryer in Gas, is that the burner did not cycle on and off. It just cut back. Kind of like when you cook on a gas stove, and turn the burner down. The gas inlet had a pin that would move into the gas outlet to the burner as the temp got hotter, therefore cutting back on the gas flow, turning down the actual flame of the burner.
I think that then new GE Harmony Gas dryer cuts back like this. I am sure that they don't use the same type of system however. The actual gas silenoid system in the vintage Whirlpool and Kenmore's were made by White Rogers. This type of drying, makes the dryer very fast. No time wasted with cool down, and heat up period of the manifold. Just wish they would go back to this type of gas system, especially with the filter and suction in the front of the drum.
Brent


Post# 76957 , Reply# 8   8/7/2005 at 07:11 (6,830 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Fascinating, thank you, brent.
I believe you made reference to this once before, It is nice to re-visit so that it sinks in!

I actually thought the last 30 minutes of the cycle was at a lowered heat temp. (Where 20 mins is still heated and 10 is cool-down). Am I thinking of the electic model, maybe?

I will try to get a link to White-Rodgers gas contols of the modulationg type and post it here. If someone gets to it before me, may I request a link? TKS!

In a way I can relate to the high-temp-at-first approach...as long as the clothes are still damp, their temp does not get too high, hence won't shrink or fade.

BTW=> what is WP's SENSEON about, is it this old system revisited?


Post# 77175 , Reply# 9   8/8/2005 at 22:08 (6,828 days old) by Jmm63 (Denville, NJ)        

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FINALLY!!! Thats the model dryer (and washer) I grew up with, although ours was coppertone. The dryer does have a light in the drum, and one above the timer dial too. The washer had one over the timer and one over the "alphabet" guide. I always thought it looked odd when both were running to have 2 lights on the washer and only one on the dryer. They were a GREAT set, lasted well over 30 years with a family of 5!



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