Thread Number: 49800
Just under the wire... A Frigidaire Dryer! |
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Post# 719476   12/5/2013 at 17:06 (3,766 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 719478 , Reply# 1   12/5/2013 at 17:16 (3,766 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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But while the station wagon was still on the road, I made one last run to Ottawa...
Now Phil deserves all the credit for this one - he found the ad and determined that what the seller REALLY had was a 1962 Canadian Frigidaire Deluxe dryer (the seller had posted a photo of Norge in their ad... go figure!). His plan was to get this one and swap consoles so that he could have a matched dryer to his 64 Frigidaire washer... But after a '59 Imperial range found it's way to Joliette, he decided to pass on the dryer and graciously gave me the chance to grab it. I did, too... LOL |
Post# 719480 , Reply# 2   12/5/2013 at 17:19 (3,766 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 719482 , Reply# 3   12/5/2013 at 17:21 (3,766 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 719484 , Reply# 4   12/5/2013 at 17:24 (3,766 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 719485 , Reply# 5   12/5/2013 at 17:27 (3,766 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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The dryer was sold 'in working condition' but I won't be able to find out for sure until spring... I JUST managed to get this into the top-secret off-site storage depot (off Dufferin Road in Stanstead) before the snow really started falling. One more day and I wouldn't have been able to get back up the driveway in Ogden!
So, the Frigidaire washer will get its mate in 2014.. Hope they get along well... LOL |
Post# 719495 , Reply# 6   12/5/2013 at 19:27 (3,766 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Always love the nice basic models, such a great buy, very thrifty.
Paul don't worry about getting to confused when making heat choices with this dryer as you only have hi heat and one low setting and air. The regular, bulky and Sturdy W&W setting are all just Hi Heat, these extra settings were merrily designed to make the housewife fell like she was making important choices while in reality the man of the house really was making the REALLY IMPORTANT CHOICES that made the 60s household really function, LOL. John L. |
Post# 719498 , Reply# 7   12/5/2013 at 20:00 (3,766 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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John--I have a 62 Frig Flowing Heat electric dryer, the timer has both Timed and Auto sections, timer-versus-heat, and the Fabric Selector has the exact same as this, REg, Bulky, Sturdy W&W, Del W&W, and No Heat. Do I likely have only 2 real temps, like the one aboce of Phil's from 63? That would help explain some confusion I've had at times with it, though it works quite well. And at the start, I used the timer "Bulky" and Del and REg settings with very mixed results, then a while back I realized it's just exactly the same as any other dryer labeled "More Dry" and "Less Dry. So that already stopped some confusion. Knowing it's only 2 temps would solve my last questions. So is it just over-fancy knobs and print on a routine 2 temp timer-versus-heat dryer?
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Post# 719499 , Reply# 8   12/5/2013 at 20:01 (3,766 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 719501 , Reply# 9   12/5/2013 at 20:08 (3,766 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 719505 , Reply# 10   12/5/2013 at 20:18 (3,766 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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It ain't unfortunate, what the hell. Thanks for the info, it clears up lots!
And it runs well, especially since I know how to set it now: 2 temps only, and ignore the Cycle Selector crap and just think MORE and LESS dry based on what clothes are in it. Thanks----it helps--now I don't have to confuse my pretty little head like a 60's housewife! Someone will shoot me for that line! Mark |
Post# 719561 , Reply# 12   12/6/2013 at 09:18 (3,765 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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The ad for the dryer Paul got did show a Norge dryer with a push button door release. The owner had found a picture of what she thought was a similar dryer (because of the push-button door release). But since she advertised it as a Frigidaire, I asked her if the dryer was the one pictured or if it was really a Frigidaire. Then she sent me some pics of the actual dryer in a text message with her phone as she didn't know how to upload it on internet.
The strange thing I found about the Canadian dryer is the fact that it has a "No Heat" setting on both the timer and the selector switch. It doesn't make much sense!
I think that's because they just used the selector switch from the US-built, one-step-higher model in the lineup, the DD-62, which had an auto-dry cycle (so no "no heat" on the timer). Doing such things seemed like a common practice at the Canadian Frigidaire factory.
Note that the US-made BOL DDA-62 has no selector switch.
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Post# 719562 , Reply# 13   12/6/2013 at 09:27 (3,765 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 719572 , Reply# 14   12/6/2013 at 10:21 (3,765 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 719575 , Reply# 15   12/6/2013 at 10:33 (3,765 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Tom, The blower and wattage (4400W) of the heating element should be the same as other 1962 Frigidaire vented dryers. Frigidaire didn't use two blower sizes that year in it's vented models.
Later they did on some models, strangely, not always on BOL models. I had a 1968-70 DN66 Gold Crown vented electric dryer that was a single temp, timed-only, BOL model and it did have a regular large blower. I had parts from a higher-end Gold Crown DN5 (from 1968-70 too) that was also a vented electric model with an auto-dry cycle and a temp. selector and this one did have the small diameter blower (same size as those in Flitrator dryers). I thought that was weird!
The one at the left has the regular (larger) blower, the one on the right had the small blower. |
Post# 719577 , Reply# 16   12/6/2013 at 10:37 (3,765 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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If I remember well, in the archives, there was another 1963 Canadian washer/dryer set (bol models like Paul's) that was offered for sale, I think they were pink. I'd need to find that to see if the Canadian DDAC-63 also had the temperature selector.
BTW, the ad for the dryer that Paul got is still active, here's the picture that the seller used (I'm wondering if she got it on this site!?)
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Post# 719590 , Reply# 17   12/6/2013 at 12:06 (3,765 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Tom, the house is fully winterized - we go there every weekend and I'll spend a couple of weeks in the New Year torturing myself with the GE Combo...
The house was actually a full-time residence, so (and thank goodness) it's insulated and with a permanent heating system. The road is closed only after the third residence on our stretch of it - the city can't plow that hill that you can see off in the distance so that's really what's closed. |
Post# 719753 , Reply# 19   12/7/2013 at 10:44 (3,764 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Mark,
As John says, the fabric selector on your dryer has 3 different settings. Some newer Imperial and Custom imperial models achieved 4 different settings out of 6 pushbuttons so there were still 3 selections that did the same function! The 1962 Custom Imperial had 4 selections that were the same with it's 6 pushbuttons! |
Post# 719897 , Reply# 20   12/8/2013 at 08:25 (3,763 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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I think Ted posted that one a while back. |
Post# 719898 , Reply# 21   12/8/2013 at 08:32 (3,763 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 719900 , Reply# 22   12/8/2013 at 08:42 (3,763 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 719901 , Reply# 23   12/8/2013 at 09:05 (3,763 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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I think that 1957 was the only year for pedestal-mounted timer controls on Frigidaire laundry appliances. |
Post# 719904 , Reply# 24   12/8/2013 at 09:51 (3,763 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 719932 , Reply# 25   12/8/2013 at 12:47 (3,763 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Jon, are you talking about the small picture showing a white dryer? That's the one that was the ad for Paul's dryer, it's a Norge!
If you're talking about the "colonial copper" ones, they are "N" series Gold Crowns, the one on the left being a very basic model with no heat selections and timed drying only, the one on the right is the equivalent of the DCDAN (that would match your Rollermatic washer) with a different console.
About the '62 pushbuttons, That's right John! That's what I meant with my previous post (4 pushbuttons have the same function - or 3 are useless!).
On the '65 Custom Imperial I got from you, there are still 6 pushbuttons but just 3 do the same action (or just two are useless)!
At least in 1966 with the electronic sensor dryers like the one you have, they replaced the useless buttons with a start and a cancel button so all 6 pushbuttons have a different function!
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