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Maytag makes prime time |
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Post# 123797 4/22/2006 at 13:05 (6,575 days old) by sudsmaster  (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Here in Northern California the local utility company, PG&E, has been running conservation commercials. These are touting the fact (to an elderly man, in his basement) that customers can get a $75 rebate for replacing their old washer with a newer high efficiency model. In the background I could see a harvest gold washer, with the unmistakable button pattern and faceted lower panel of a Maytag center-dial washer. The color bottom trim is blue, so I know it's a 606 or close relative. But the elderly gentleman's body is blocking view of the center dial. Finally, for a split second, he moves and there it is, a glorious center dial without the pilot light. So it must be... a 406 or lower end model. Anyway, although it's a shame that people are being urged to replace older washers with likely imported HE FL's, this also means that there will be more vintage washers up for grabs for us collectors. | ||
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| Post# 124263 , Reply# 2 4/24/2006 at 21:42 (6,573 days old) by harvestgold (Deland, Florida ) | ||
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Electric company rebates They do the same thing here in san diego especially for old refrigrators they give you $75.00 to turn in your old one, Big deal that won`t buy you Nothing!!! a new frige looks cool but they are all plastic junk anyway | ||
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Post# 124296 , Reply# 3 4/25/2006 at 02:55 (6,573 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Well, it all makes sense for fridges that were made, say, between 1970 and about 1995. The thin-walled auto defrost models from that era are real energy guzzlers - usually consuming three times or more the energy of a modern fridge of the same capacity. Earlier thick walled manual defrost fridges probably have reasonable energy consumption, but then you get to enjoy tiny freezers and the defrost chore. | ||
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