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Thread Number: 37933
Pink Maytag dryer for sale in Yorktown NY |
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Post# 563993 12/18/2011 at 21:13 (4,510 days old) by d-jones  (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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It's an older gas model and the seller is asking $175.00 OBO.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO d-jones's LINK on New York Craigslist 
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Post# 563997 , Reply# 1 12/18/2011 at 21:31 (4,510 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 563998 , Reply# 2 12/18/2011 at 21:32 (4,510 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH) |
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640W | ||
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Post# 564068 , Reply# 4 12/19/2011 at 11:17 (4,510 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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PINK MAYTAG WATER CONDENSER DRYER | ||
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Post# 564069 , Reply# 5 12/19/2011 at 11:17 (4,510 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Jason,
Judging by the model number the seller has provided (640w), this is indeed a Maytag water condensing dryer, and not gas. The door at the bottom is to access the lint trap, not the gas valve. If this were a gas dryer (740C), the gas valve/ignitor would have been accessible through a door on the top right hand side of the dryer. Ben | ||
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Post# 564070 , Reply# 6 12/19/2011 at 11:25 (4,510 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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Read the actual ad. He says it's an electric dryer model 640w. That's an electric water condenser dryer. This dryer is relatively rare. I don't know how many were actually made. This is the second one to show up here in the last 6 months. And...both PINK!
One of the interesting things about the MT water condensers is that they were somewhat more efficient with water use than the Hotpoints as well as the GE and Bendix combos. The maytags only used about 1/3 gal. of water a minute while the others generally used closer to a 1/2 gal. per minute. Here is a link to an extensive thread about the one Ben (Swestoyz) aquired several months ago. It includes many pictures as well as technical diagrams of how these babies work. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Kenmore71's LINK | ||
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Post# 564096 , Reply# 7 12/19/2011 at 14:23 (4,510 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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In My Neck Of The Woods But Too Large | ||
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Post# 564100 , Reply# 8 12/19/2011 at 14:27 (4,510 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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No Such Thing As A USA Made Condenser Dryer?
As usual Combo is right on the money when he says "oh yes there was". Well that and besides the numerous postings above.
Mentioned this before but when at school our home eco suite had a washing machine and dryer and the latter was a condenser model. Am not sure of the make/model but do know teacher would complain about having to use the unit even when there was a water shortage. Remember thinking how odd it was when she opened a panel along the back wall that hid the various taps and such and turned on water. I thought it was for the washing machine! *LOL* Being as the school room had no exterior facing walls the only way a dryer was going to work in that space was the condenser model. As the building still exsists and being used as it's original purpose wonder if that dryer is still there. | ||
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Post# 564115 , Reply# 9 12/19/2011 at 16:19 (4,510 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 564128 , Reply# 10 12/19/2011 at 17:42 (4,510 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Ohh, No!
If one were just starting down the laundry appliance collecting path maybe, but again that is one large dryer and it would be a tall order to even smuggle it into the building much less find a place for it.
While the roughly 200watts more heating power than our Whirlpool portable dryer and large drum do make it tempting; I know when I'm best off. | ||
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Post# 564142 , Reply# 11 12/19/2011 at 19:53 (4,509 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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Sorry for the confusion I created by calling this a gas dryer. I simply saw the little door on the front that's common to all the gas models and made an assumption. Ironically, the box containing the vintage Maytag parts catalogs that would have correctly identified this model sat unopened on my table even as I posted my misleading line. Again, sorry about that. I'll try to be more careful in the future. I do hope someone from this blog picks this one up though. If it ends up in the hands of a disinterested appliance 'user' rather than an appreciative collector, its odds of ending up in the scrap heap in the future are greatly increased.
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Post# 564179 , Reply# 12 12/19/2011 at 22:18 (4,509 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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PINK MAYTAG WATER CONDENSER DRYER I think that this is the same one that was for sale about 6 mos ago. This MT water cooled condenser dryer is MTs 2nd generation machine and is very different than the one Ben has, almost nothing is interchangeable. I also have the first generation one like Ben's, but I have yet to even try it out. I hope someone here gets this as far as I know I have the only one in this club. | ||
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Post# 564191 , Reply# 13 12/19/2011 at 23:09 (4,509 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Good discussion here. I actually have both versions of Maytag's condensing dryers. An early March 1953 60W Water film dryer, then a 1963/1964 701W water condensing dryer.
The early water film dryers were only used up until 1955/1956 for the models 60W, 61W, 601W, when, starting with the 602W, the second generation was introduced. The second generation was found in the 602W, 640W/641W, 701W, and the 750W. Both dryers need to be restored. Sorry for the bad pic of the new pastel set :) Ben 
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Post# 564233 , Reply# 15 12/20/2011 at 07:51 (4,509 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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MAYTAG WATER COOLED CONDENSER DRYERS WOW Ben I forgot that you have the later dryer also, I am glad someone else has one of these. Have you ever tried using your later one? It is a pretty good dryer and many times when I run mine I let the drain hose fill another washer with nice warm water to wash a load of clothing.
Bud mine takes about an hour to dry an average load when I used it at home where I have 240 volt power. It is now at the Museum where we only have 208 volt power and it diffidently takes longer, eventually I will shorten the heating element so it provides the proper wattage for this installation and add a heat relay to protect the motor centrifugal switch, timer and temperature control switch. On my 640W it produces about 20 gallons of water per hour, so it would overflow the matching MT washer and the timer on mine goes to at least 90 minutes. | ||
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Post# 564268 , Reply# 16 12/20/2011 at 10:44 (4,509 days old) by kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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Ben's also has the early form of Maytag's Electronic Auto Dry control. I'm guessing that it was asssumed that most people would use the auto dry for most of their drying. The timed portion was likely put on as a concessionary "throw-back" to those who were accustomed to timed drying. Maytag abandoned the timed option completely on their electronic control dryers in 1966 and didn't bring it back until sometime in the 1980s.
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