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Post# 77911   8/12/2005 at 17:12 (6,803 days old) by dalangdon (Seattle, WA)        

This dryer is in my neck of the woods, and is now listed on Craigslist. Is this the washer that played a tune or something when the load was done?

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Post# 77912 , Reply# 1   8/12/2005 at 17:22 (6,803 days old) by scott55405 ()        

Dan, were you at one time using a vintage Westinghouse set like this in your home, or did I dream that?

Post# 77914 , Reply# 2   8/12/2005 at 17:29 (6,803 days old) by dalangdon (Seattle, WA)        

I had a set similar in looks to this one in my "sphere of influence" at one time, but the dryer on that one was 110v.


Post# 78143 , Reply# 3   8/13/2005 at 20:30 (6,802 days old) by dalangdon (Seattle, WA)        
Oh my gosh!

I just realized that this dryer has a window! That makes it worth it right there. I think I am going to buy it. Who needs a TV when you can watch your dryer?

Post# 78149 , Reply# 4   8/13/2005 at 21:03 (6,802 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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That's exactyly right Dan. Washer & dryer watching is better than TV.

Post# 78283 , Reply# 5   8/14/2005 at 16:54 (6,801 days old) by dalangdon (Seattle, WA)        
well, I did it....

I went ahead and got it. It's a model D-6-M and while it doesn't play "how dry I am" - opting instead for a "singing signal" that seems to be just a bicycle bell - it's still pretty cool, and I decided to give it a whirl in the laundry room. It replaces my Frigidaire gas dryer.

It came with a manual for the LB-6M and LS-7 Laundromats in case anyone is interested in information from it, let me know.


Post# 78294 , Reply# 6   8/14/2005 at 18:20 (6,801 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Very cool - you'll enjoy the vintage sights, sounds and smells of your new dryer! How does it work?

Is that a Util-a-tub in your laundry room? Very cool also!


Post# 78302 , Reply# 7   8/14/2005 at 19:03 (6,801 days old) by dalangdon (Seattle, WA)        
Sears sink

I saw this in a house in West Seattle that was about to be McMansioned. They were going to throw it out, so I nabbed it. Judging from the logo on it, it dates to the 1960's - I've seen it in my 1964 catalog as well.

It originally had a mechanism to hook your washer's drain hose up to it, but I don't know much about that.


Post# 78318 , Reply# 8   8/14/2005 at 20:24 (6,801 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Good for you Dan, enjoy your new dryer!!! Careful with those Westinghouse dryers, they work great and are just adorable, but they operate at about 170F on high, so you can make a roast in them as well :)

I'm glad you saved it! Its goes perfectly with all your cool retro stuff.


Post# 78371 , Reply# 9   8/15/2005 at 01:34 (6,801 days old) by dalangdon (Seattle, WA)        
Speaking of heat....

The little blurb about this dryer in the Laundromat users manual says:

"It features the exclusive 3-Way Dry Dial which will dry clothes completely, damp-dry them, and safely dry the new synthetic fabrics. When Dryer turns off, it even lets you know it with it's Singing Signal!"

We already know that the "singing signal" is no "how dry I am", but it doesn't seem to me that there's much "3-way Dry Dial" action going on either. It just has the standard timer dial, unless I'm missing something (always a distinct possibility)


Post# 78373 , Reply# 10   8/15/2005 at 01:47 (6,801 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Signals

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Glad to see you saved another vintage dryer, looks a cutie.

Pity about the signal as opposed to the How Dry Am I chime, (which I still havnt heard yet)can anyone post one??

What make of front loader is next to the dryer??

Cheers, MIke


Post# 78374 , Reply# 11   8/15/2005 at 01:48 (6,801 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Dan isn't there a temp dial of high, low, and air? That's 3-way.

Post# 78413 , Reply# 12   8/15/2005 at 09:24 (6,801 days old) by dalangdon (Seattle, WA)        
missing 3-way mystery

The knob on the left is the timer dial (it goes up to four hours!) and the knob on the right is the "pull to start" knob.

I thought at first that maybe this was a gussied up version of the DS-7, but that only has one knob.

Of course, the book is talking about a "D-6", and this is a "D-6-M", whatever that disctinction means :-)


Post# 78421 , Reply# 13   8/15/2005 at 09:54 (6,801 days old) by dalangdon (Seattle, WA)        
Front loading washer

Mike, that's a Frigidaire "gallery" front loader. It's about four years old.

Post# 78448 , Reply# 14   8/15/2005 at 11:58 (6,800 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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That "pull to start" knob is for auto dry cycle. Geez, 4 hrs.

Post# 78450 , Reply# 15   8/15/2005 at 12:06 (6,800 days old) by dalangdon (Seattle, WA)        

Actually, the start knob seems to work with the timer - it won't start until you set the time and pull the knob. The little bicycle bell rings, and off you go!

And there's no lint trap on this that I can find, which is odd. The other slant front Westinghouse dryer I had had a lint trap on the back.


Post# 78531 , Reply# 16   8/15/2005 at 18:14 (6,800 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Dan, is there a diamond shaped indicator mark on the timer dial anywhere? If so, that is the auto-dry setting - temp controlled and very hot!

Post# 78540 , Reply# 17   8/15/2005 at 18:34 (6,800 days old) by dalangdon (Seattle, WA)        

There is a "Dry" indicator on the timer that I've been told is the auto-dry. It's at the very end of the 4 hour timer, and it moves as if the timer were running, but apparently shuts off when stuff is dry, and doesn't just run for four hours.

So that's two out of three.... but what of the promise to "safely dry the new synthetic fabrics" which seems to be the third leg of the three-legged stool that is the "3-Way dry cycle" Not that I have any synthetic fabrics, but you never know what the future holds.

Perhaps I'll get out the Ouiji Board and see if I can channel Betty Furness. She would know for SURE. ;-)


Post# 78596 , Reply# 18   8/15/2005 at 21:50 (6,800 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Actually Dan the way this dryer works is when a certain high temperature is reach it shuts the dryer off. You can set the dial anywhere and if that high temperature is reached the dryer goes into cool down no matter where the dial is. They put the "Dry" for Auto-Dry at the end of the dial to make sure it had plent of time to do its job. But very rarely would anything take more than 1.5 hours to dry.

Post# 78747 , Reply# 19   8/16/2005 at 18:42 (6,799 days old) by kevinpreston3 ()        
Speaking of chimes and sinks and....

What washer/dryer/dishwasher actually played a tune or tune with chimes, etc at the end of the cycle? I had heard this before, but wanted to know more.

Speaking of sinks, just how rare is that GE washer that has the shallow stainless steel sink built into the lid, and the faucet on the panel?



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