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Thread Number: 33241
A Word to the Wives - 1955 |
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Post# 500389 3/1/2011 at 17:42 (4,798 days old) by philcobendixduo  (San Jose) |
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Here is another great film from archive.org
The "plot" is how to get your husband to buy you a NEW house so you can have your DREAM kitchen! You'll see appliances from Caloric and Whirlpool and a Ruud water heater with TWO tanks at TWO temperatures! Enjoy! CLICK HERE TO GO TO philcobendixduo's LINK | ||
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Post# 500390 , Reply# 1 3/1/2011 at 17:44 (4,798 days old) by hydralique (Los Angeles) |
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Sounds good to me . . . But first I gotta find that husband! | ||
| Post# 500397 , Reply# 2 3/1/2011 at 18:05 (4,798 days old) by 3beltwesty () | ||
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At 10:58 it has a two temperature gas hot water heater; one with two hot outputs of different temps. | ||
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Post# 500411 , Reply# 3 3/1/2011 at 19:11 (4,798 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 500440 , Reply# 4 3/1/2011 at 20:51 (4,798 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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| Post# 500447 , Reply# 6 3/1/2011 at 21:05 (4,798 days old) by autowasherfreak () | ||
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But first I gotta find that husband! Me, too, LOL. I would love to have that "dream" kitchen!
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| Post# 500454 , Reply# 7 3/1/2011 at 21:19 (4,798 days old) by A440 () | ||
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Found this on the internet about the Ruud-Monel Duo Temp! Interesting!
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| Post# 500459 , Reply# 8 3/1/2011 at 21:29 (4,798 days old) by A440 () | ||
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Curious... Did anyone have any experience with the home incinerators? I think they are so interesting. When did they stop making them for consumer use? Were they very popular? Brent | ||
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Post# 500471 , Reply# 9 3/1/2011 at 22:14 (4,798 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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I would love that water heater. I wonder if there were two outlet feeds - one for the water at 180F (150-160F demand output) and the lower temp was achieved by tempering it with cold water and a thermostatic valve.
Incinerators were pretty common in homes from this era. I've seen many at estate sales, still in the basement. They are prohibited by city ordinances now and most have been disconnected from the gas service and chimney now. I never knew anyone who had one in use, my grandparents and other relatives had a burn-barrel in their small-town back yards but those were never legal in the city when I was young. | ||
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Post# 500479 , Reply# 10 3/1/2011 at 22:38 (4,798 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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Incinerators
We had a gas incinerator installed in 72 in a home in cleveland. Since then, however, whenever I have seen one it is disconnected entirely, just not always removed from the basement since it weighs so damn much. Every realtor I know says get rid of them before a home inspection, illegal in most urban localities.
I'd love to know how that 2 temp tank works too. Maybe a hottest draw off at the top, then a medium tap from halfway down the side? Any other guesses? | ||
| Post# 500490 , Reply# 11 3/1/2011 at 23:32 (4,797 days old) by A440 () | ||
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Ruud was very good..... Here is their 1914 Tankless Heater. 200,000 btu's. Burners kicked in like the Tankless today. Check out that gas line! Wow!
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| Post# 500491 , Reply# 12 3/1/2011 at 23:33 (4,797 days old) by A440 () | ||
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Doors Open . 
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Post# 500513 , Reply# 15 3/2/2011 at 01:48 (4,797 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Clean Air Act
Helped kill off incinerators as did the Clean Water Act clamp down on dumping garbage into waterways.
Growing up remember many large buildings/complexes had incinerators, you can still find the chute with doors on each floor. However those things either terminate into a compactor or a bin that has to be emptied. Many urban, well at least those in NYC feel the rodent problem started growing once buildings stopped burning garbage. Now it sits for one or two days (hopefully), inside the building waiting for collection. Dual Setting Hot Water Heater: Always wondered how homes coped with 180F water coming out of the taps. I mean I like a good hot shower as much as the next person, but there are limits. Especially with children and or the elderly in the house. Would *LOVE* to know more about those Rudd water heaters. Monel water heaters are in high demand, by scrappers! *LOL* That is if the plumbers installing the new unit and charged with disconnecting the old don't make off with it. *LOL* Happy for some many young plumbers don't know what is before them. | ||
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Post# 500526 , Reply# 16 3/2/2011 at 05:35 (4,797 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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Post# 500566 , Reply# 18 3/2/2011 at 07:23 (4,797 days old) by COMBO52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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COST OF OPERATING A GAS WATER HEATER Hi Rex what are you paying for a therm of natural gas and a kilowatt of electricity in your area? If you supply this information it is easy to figure out the cost difference of operating a gas vs electric water heater in your town. I would be very surprised if the electric model is less expensive to run, the day that gas is that expensive you wouldn't use gas for anything as even electric resistance heat would be cheaper than gas heating. | ||
| Post# 500573 , Reply# 19 3/2/2011 at 08:23 (4,797 days old) by lesto (Atlanta) | ||
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Poor Marsha Hunt. After a promising beginning at MGM she was a victim of the HUAC blacklist and reduced to making industrial films like this. Interesting to see Darren McGavin so young and at least they shaved his chest instead of that repulsive shag carpet he usually had in t.v. roles. | ||
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Post# 500638 , Reply# 22 3/2/2011 at 13:36 (4,797 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 500685 , Reply# 23 3/2/2011 at 16:40 (4,797 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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I enjoyed seeing the features of the 1956-1957 Frigidaire! | ||
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Post# 500712 , Reply# 24 3/2/2011 at 18:36 (4,797 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Rudd "Duo-Temp" LaundryMaster | ||
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Post# 500713 , Reply# 25 3/2/2011 at 18:42 (4,797 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Still In Use
Snap showing a Rudd "LaundryMaster" connected and still doing it's job.
Check out the rest of this fabulous 1950's house. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Launderess's LINK | ||
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Post# 500849 , Reply# 27 3/3/2011 at 07:30 (4,796 days old) by COMBO52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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COST OF NATURAL GAS ETC | ||
| Post# 501022 , Reply# 29 3/3/2011 at 18:12 (4,796 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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The 1950's house is funky and right up my alley! Proof that the older appliances were built with integrity and durability! I do not live in the past, BUT I do appreciate quality and design!!!!!!!! | ||
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Post# 501097 , Reply# 31 3/3/2011 at 22:07 (4,796 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA) |
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 3 betl Westy, You have the right answer, but when I went the heating air conditioning school, Mr M insisted that in his class electric heating was 100% efficient because all of the electricity turned into heat. I kind of brought up what you said and he insisted that was the answer in his class. Now, if this were a general science or environmental science class me and you would be right. Mr. M. was quite arrogant (so many teachers are) and we had to give his answer on the test. | ||
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Post# 501108 , Reply# 32 3/3/2011 at 23:01 (4,796 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Watching this film has enlightened me as to the logic of some of the plumbing in my 1914 house.
At one time there was an oil burning gravity fed furnace in the house. I suspect at some point it also heated the water. I always thought it to be strange that there was an auxiliary hot water line running to a wash sink in the basement, then tempered at one time with cold water to run to the rest of the house. Of course sometime within the last 60 years or so it was modified to have separate cold and hot water circuits, but it is very clear that they were trying to emulate the affect of the super hot for wash vs. luke warm for the taps. Thanks for posting! Ben | ||
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Post# 501172 , Reply# 34 3/4/2011 at 07:17 (4,795 days old) by COMBO52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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COST OF NATURAL GAS ETC Hi Rex thanks for all the information on your gas service, but you didn't list the cost of electricity so it still is not possible to figure the cost comparison. I agree that a Heat-pump is usually the most economical heat in your area of the country as you are only moving heat and you could get a heat-pump water heater also which may be very close to the overall operating cost of a gas model. But if you are staying with a conventional electric water heater you would be better off with natural gas, you could also save real money with a gas dryer and use it for back up heat if your heat-pump needs backup heat. The gas vs electric range is a toss-up as the gas range wastes most of the heat produced so I leave this choice to the user. | ||
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