Thread Number: 43491
GE PRemier Gas Dryer |
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Post# 639441   11/16/2012 at 15:55 (4,150 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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It had the belt torn up and sitting in the drum when I got the dryer, $9.99 later it runs like a champ. It seems GE sold about a alf dozen differnet belts from 3 ribs to 4, 79 inches to 88 to 91. Someone wrote on the back of this OILED Aug 06 and Oiled Sept 03, so they got regular maintenance. It has sparking ignition and fires up immediately upon hitting the start button, no pause like my Kenmores or GM Frigidaire with the HSI/glowbars. The motor is pretty dusty, but almost no lint inside the cabinet. There's almost no surface rust on the exterior bottom though it was an ugly old basement, but there's a decent amount on the interior bottom. I'll run it a week or two to be sure there aren't any other issues, then I'll take it apart and de-rust and primer it up. And clean up the motor. It has the GE glides, not rollers, looking pretty new, so someone already did the upgrade since 1966.
The light goes on when you set the timer for Timed or the "dryness" for Automatic cycles. Then it goes off when the cycle is done. If you set the dial and never hit start, you've got a basement night light! No buzzer or bells, too bad. And it has the pedal to open the door, I will gladly get used to that. No moisture sensing, it's the heat-versus-timer style, so far so good after about 4 loads of clothes.
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Post# 639442 , Reply# 1   11/16/2012 at 16:00 (4,150 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Here's the little bottle,. when I shake it it sounds like a minor amount of fine salt inside. I won't clean it up or I'll lose the tiny aroma, pleasant enough. When did dryer sheets first come out? Does anyone have GE or PREMIER or maybe Hotpoint "V14" sales literature? This dryer is Model 5224BA, ser #GB208 660, and looks EXACLTY like someoone else's posting of GE V14 of 1964 to 66.
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Post# 639444 , Reply# 2   11/16/2012 at 16:04 (4,150 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 639446 , Reply# 3   11/16/2012 at 16:07 (4,150 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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With no literature around, it seems the AUTO settings have 2 temps and 2 amounts of dryness(just by running a half cycle, there's no moisture sensor.). But the TIMED buttons, is WASH-N-WEAR a third temp or what? It has 2 thermostats beyond the flame in the upright flue against the back of the cabinet, a 2 wire and a three wire, and then a 3rd thermostat right below the lint filter. I haven't yet checked what's near the sparker, don't want to screw with that. |
Post# 639522 , Reply# 4   11/16/2012 at 21:49 (4,150 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 639825 , Reply# 7   11/17/2012 at 21:17 (4,149 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Mark, just a conjecture and "hunch", but it wouldn't surprise me that if the W'n'W button on timed yields a slightly different temperature than High Temp and Low Temp, that the Damp Dry Button would yield the very same temperature as the W'n'W button yields, but for the auto dry timer segment. Thus just adjusting the degree of dryness by just "how dry" you set the timer on Auto Dry.
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Post# 639828 , Reply# 8   11/17/2012 at 21:35 (4,149 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Akronman(Mark): I just saw this and then saw yours -very very nice! Here's an electric one , not sure if the price is good:
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