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Post# 710167   10/19/2013 at 07:47 (3,814 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 710168 , Reply# 1   10/19/2013 at 07:49 (3,814 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 710169 , Reply# 2   10/19/2013 at 07:49 (3,814 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 710170 , Reply# 3   10/19/2013 at 07:53 (3,814 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 710171 , Reply# 4   10/19/2013 at 07:55 (3,814 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 710172 , Reply# 5   10/19/2013 at 07:56 (3,814 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 710173 , Reply# 6   10/19/2013 at 08:00 (3,814 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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The rating plate, had the photographer's hand been steadier, would tell us that this is indeed a DA-820V, almost identical to a DA-920V, mate to the "Rotary Fabric Dial" model. This model lacks the fluorescent light in the panel and has gold, instead of blue, trim on the panel and a control dial with different colors.
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Post# 710174 , Reply# 7   10/19/2013 at 08:02 (3,814 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 710176 , Reply# 8   10/19/2013 at 08:04 (3,814 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 710177 , Reply# 9   10/19/2013 at 08:09 (3,814 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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I haven't plugged it in yet so we'll see if the rollers are worn or not and whether the nichrome coils are all operational. I'd like to use this machine as my daily driver; I'm getting tired of stooping low to fish laundry from the niggardly porthole of my Maytag HOH and then fumbling for the lint filter at the back of the drum. It has given me good service but it's time for a change. I suspect that if it's in good working order this dryer will be much faster.
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Post# 710180 , Reply# 10   10/19/2013 at 08:35 (3,814 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 710185 , Reply# 12   10/19/2013 at 09:18 (3,813 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Wow, Ken, that is a very cool dryer indeed (no pun intended!).
The 'all-in-one' dial reminds me of the later designs (used on Whirlpools and other brands) with a dial section for the automatic cycles and another with the timed drying. That pull to start dial is something else, too - I am sure this will be a fine daily driver! If you have any roller issues, I have some NOS ones but from a 1959 model. I had tried to adapt them to the 63 but wound up using a new set of glides instead. |
Post# 710190 , Reply# 13   10/19/2013 at 10:05 (3,813 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City)   |   | |
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Congrats on your new dryer! I love it's style & clean lines. I see that it has two thermostats, but do not see a temperature selector. What are the temps, and how is it selected? Have fun! |
Post# 710222 , Reply# 14   10/19/2013 at 13:55 (3,813 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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The temperatures are selected on the dial. As I understand it, in the "Automatic Cycle" section, the high-limit temperatures are on a sliding scale control from HEAVY down to DELICATE; the sturdier the fabric selected, the hotter the heaters are allowed to get before they are cycled off. If the load isn't yet dry, the moisture coming off of the laundry cools the interior drum temperature which is sensed by one of the thermostats. This on/off heating cycle continues until the pre-set temperature is reached and held for several minutes (meaning the load is dry) so drying time is dependent on those pre-set temperatures. I have a chart on one of the dryer manuals that I will indicate when it gets to the Ephemera library.
In the "TIMED" section of the dial, which was originally labeled "DAMP DRY" in earlier iterations, the temperature preset is always high until it reaches the 10-minute "FLUFF" section where they're turned off and left off until the end of the cycle. This dryer is very similar to our first GE dryer except that it was a 1962 MOL that had a separate Safety Start switch. I think the buttons were added as placebos to customers who (like yours truly) equate lots of buttons with more value for the money. As far as I can tell, the buttons do the same thing that the settings on the dial do; they're just more fun. Sort of what I've suspected my whole life about the PUSH TO CROSS buttons on the crosswalk signals for pedestrians. |