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Liquid Bottles on Kenmore Dryers |
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Post# 553315   11/1/2011 at 09:02 (4,530 days old) by kakidd (Texas)   |   | |
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Does anyone remember these. I think my Mom's '63 70 series dryer had one of these under the lint trap door. I remember it was a brown bottle with a rubber hose on it. What were these for?? |
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Post# 553321 , Reply# 1   11/1/2011 at 09:40 (4,530 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.)   |   | |
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Post# 553324 , Reply# 2   11/1/2011 at 09:49 (4,530 days old) by kakidd (Texas)   |   | |
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We had the matching washer, they were great machines even thought the out-of-balance buzzer scared me to death everytime it went off!! Loved the lighted dials!! |
Post# 553346 , Reply# 3   11/1/2011 at 11:41 (4,530 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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That was the foulest smelling liquid you could imagine for an air freshener. I dropped one in the back yard and, for years, I could smell that sickening odor. |
Post# 553372 , Reply# 5   11/1/2011 at 13:51 (4,530 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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Post# 553443 , Reply# 6   11/1/2011 at 18:25 (4,530 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Post# 553515 , Reply# 8   11/1/2011 at 23:03 (4,530 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)   |   | |
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Poor Taliban.... LOL |
Post# 553627 , Reply# 9   11/2/2011 at 13:52 (4,529 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)   |   | |
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Doesn't it smell so bad because it's super concentrated? When you dry a load of laundry in the dryer only a small amount it used. What do clothes smell like after being dried in one of these dryers? Or at least what were they supposed to smell like? |
Post# 553865 , Reply# 10   11/3/2011 at 14:28 (4,528 days old) by Jsneaker ()   |   | |
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Dont'ask, don't tell, we probably would'nt be able to bear the smell! I never had any opportunity to smell this stuff, and I am a BIG "smeller", I smell everything! |
Post# 553995 , Reply# 11   11/4/2011 at 03:20 (4,528 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 554007 , Reply# 12   11/4/2011 at 06:46 (4,527 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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Love that smell, its a little like the original Kirby Odorific. |
Post# 554010 , Reply# 13   11/4/2011 at 07:21 (4,527 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Good for you Hans, I too liked the smell of the KM dryer air-freshener, now maybe all the air-fresheners fans will come out of the closet LOL.
Dave yes this was a KM only feature, GE also had a few different air-freshener systems on its dryers starting around 1957 and ending around 1965 ?. Does anyone know of any other companies that had any air-freshener systems on thier dryers ?. I do have a JENN-AIR down-draft ductless electric range that uses the same air-freshener bottles that the KM dryers used. This is the range that we were cooking on during the open warehouse party last fall. |
Post# 554019 , Reply# 14   11/4/2011 at 07:53 (4,527 days old) by tlee618 ()   |   | |
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Have to confess here as well, I liked the smell and it was something that we did replace when needed. I always thought it had a clean smell. |
Post# 554020 , Reply# 15   11/4/2011 at 08:11 (4,527 days old) by stainfighter (Columbia, SC)   |   | |
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Post# 554023 , Reply# 16   11/4/2011 at 08:22 (4,527 days old) by BrianL (Saddle Brook, New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 554179 , Reply# 17   11/4/2011 at 23:40 (4,527 days old) by A440 ()   |   | |
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I thought it smelled like "Poppers". |
Post# 554295 , Reply# 18   11/5/2011 at 13:01 (4,526 days old) by joefuss1984 (Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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Post# 554304 , Reply# 19   11/5/2011 at 14:51 (4,526 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Post# 1002852 , Reply# 20   8/7/2018 at 16:46 (2,059 days old) by walczyk (CT)   |   | |
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Does anyone know where the hose connects to? I can't find it for the life of me, I'm almost done putting it together, and that, plus a brass metal strap are driving me to fits. |
Post# 1002864 , Reply# 21   8/7/2018 at 19:14 (2,059 days old) by Moparwash (Pittsburgh,PA )   |   | |
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Im afraid to open the bottle on my dryer just like yours!
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Post# 1002942 , Reply# 22   8/8/2018 at 08:47 (2,058 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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The bottle of air freshener on our 1960 Model 80 Kenmore dryer was in the console. You'd flip the top and there it was. It did smell pretty horrible in its super-concentrated form, but was very pleasant on the load of clothes. I want to say there was a level on the console that let you turn on/off/adjust the level of the air freshener, but that might have been on the '59 Lady Kenmore.
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Post# 1002960 , Reply# 24   8/8/2018 at 12:29 (2,058 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 1003030 , Reply# 25   8/8/2018 at 20:36 (2,058 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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I have a 65 or so Kenmore dryer with a bottle, and a 66 GE dryer with more of a capsule than a bottle----the hoses on both simply drop a few inches down the back of the drums rear exterior, sort of in the overall cabinet air that gets sucked into the heater and drum. It's very indirect scenting as opposed to directly into the drum. Gee, I wonder why everyone stopped that brilliant idea?
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Post# 1003040 , Reply# 27   8/8/2018 at 22:45 (2,058 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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All had a little nipple where the hose attached to the rear drum bulkhead which provided a direct connection into the air in the drum area, because of the design of all WP built dryers the air in the drum was at a lower pressure which would cause the fragrance to be drawn into the drums air-stream.
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Post# 1003102 , Reply# 29   8/9/2018 at 13:28 (2,057 days old) by seedub (South Texas Hill Country)   |   | |
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