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Thread Number: 61061
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Retro Whirlpool RCA Imperial white electric dryer, reconditioned! - $75 (ROCHESTER) |
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Post# 836853 8/15/2015 at 22:33 (3,169 days old) by ovrphil  (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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Love the old designs like this!
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| Post# 836865 , Reply# 1 8/15/2015 at 23:56 (3,169 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona ) | ||
GREAT POSTS PHIL!! | ||
| Post# 836866 , Reply# 2 8/15/2015 at 23:59 (3,169 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona ) | ||
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| Post# 836880 , Reply# 3 8/16/2015 at 03:28 (3,168 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
 Christina, it's the second from the TOL model the Imperial Mark XII, not many differences between both models, the Mark XII had a bigger lint filter door and probably a sprinkler.
Sorry you can't click on the links but you can copy and paste them...
http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?46543
I have a similar one that's probably a year older (these are from 1964). Same controls but single speed and no glass in it's door... Canadian models made by Inglis for RCA Victor.
http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?59822
And I parted out a 1966 Inglis Citation that also looks similar (the motif on the lighted panel looks closer on this one).
http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?48623
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Post# 836904 , Reply# 4 8/16/2015 at 08:41 (3,168 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 836945 , Reply# 6 8/16/2015 at 15:51 (3,168 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona ) | ||
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thanks for the replies...
PhilR:
I do remember seeing the pictures of your machines & digging on the lit-up panels. Thanks for sharing the pictures again. Beautiful whirlpools! ;o) DADoES: Thank you for explain what the 2-speed action is on this whirlpool design. Definitely not the kind of 2-speed I was imagining. Is there a 2-speed dryer that is a 2-speed for slower & normal tumbling action? Tomturbomatic: So I guess this dryer wasn't all that great at drying clothes, huh? Too bad. Well I still think the windowed door is very cool! ;o) Again, thanks for your replies & sharing your knowledge. It's always fun to learn these things with you guys!! I don't want to hi-jack this thread or count my eggs before they hatch, but... I dig on windowed doors so much that I may might have scored on a windowed maytag dryer door for my DE808... (Keeping my fingers crossed)... :o) | ||
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Post# 837040 , Reply# 7 8/17/2015 at 10:26 (3,167 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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You can use the windowed door on later models with the more efficient drum design as long as they have the same door size. WP made special models for the gas companies that continued to have windowed doors even as the rest of the dryer changed. The windowed door even fits the 24" porta dryer. | ||
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Post# 837045 , Reply# 8 8/17/2015 at 11:44 (3,167 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Christina, there were a few Whirlpool dryer models in the 1970s that had multiple tumble speeds, done by way of shifting the drum belt on a conical/tapered motor pulley. Three speeds were offered initally (low for lightweight delicates, regular for typical loads, high for large/bulky items). These were the LAA series in 1974-1975. As I recall, both the top-of-line and 2nd-down had tumble speed selection. Then it was changed to two speeds (Normal and Special/high) on the LDA series (1976-77), on only the top-of-line model, which is pictured below. The LAA 3-speed had three positions (normal was in the middle). 1976-77 was the last time Whirlpool offered multiple tumble speeds.
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Post# 837052 , Reply# 9 8/17/2015 at 13:23 (3,167 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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| Post# 837074 , Reply# 10 8/17/2015 at 15:18 (3,167 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona ) | ||
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Tomturbomatic:
That's cool that the windowed door can fit on the 24" Porta-dryer. I didn't even know that whirlpool made a compact/portable dryer. But I guess it would make sense, to have a dryer for their portable/compact washer. Right? Thanks for that insight :o) DADoES: Thank you for that detailed information on the different speeds whirlpool offered on their dryers. I do understand the idea of a slower speed for smaller items being dried in the dryer, so that they don't get sucked up against the drum instead of being tumbled. But I don't understand the idea of faster tumbling for the larger items like covers or sheets?? If the drum is tumbling faster with the larger items, wouldn't the faster speed suck the items up against the sides of the drum instead of tumbling them?? | ||
| Post# 837246 , Reply# 12 8/18/2015 at 15:33 (3,166 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona ) | ||
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thank you.....
Tomturbomatic,
For the explanation of the faster tumbling speed for larger bulky items. Now that I think about it, when I dry my sheets in my moms newer whirlpool dryer, they do end up "balling up". I have to open the dryer door, pull the sheets out and redistribute them back into the dryer 2 or 3 times during the drying cycle, to make sure the sheets don't stay balled up & damp in the center of this ball of sheets. One more question; Since you say you don't get the "balled-up" effect in your DE806, do you think my sheets wouldn't ball-up in my DE808 either?? | ||
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Post# 837254 , Reply# 13 8/18/2015 at 17:28 (3,166 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Ida Know. It depends on the size, fabric and many other factors, but I wish you the best. As soon as it gets cold, I am going to have to try drying the sheets in the 806 again. | ||
| Post# 837292 , Reply# 14 8/18/2015 at 23:07 (3,166 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona ) | ||
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alrighty... | ||
| Post# 837296 , Reply# 15 8/19/2015 at 00:13 (3,166 days old) by arris (Rochester New York) | ||
Whirlpool multi-speed dryer
The Wp dryer pictured in #8 is mine, I have the matching washer. They came from Kevin As soon as my new laundry room is done I will be posting pictures of both, I had planned on them being up and running before now, seems like there is always something else I Need to take care of, one was getting rid of my New Kenmore dishwasher ( I GAVE it to my neighbors ) and getting an older Kitchen Aid, 20 minutes washed, another 20 or 30 minutes to dry and done, Kenmore 1.5 hr wash 30 or so minutes attempting to dry, door left open over night to finish drying and dishes on top rack still not clean... My Kitchen Aid is GREAT, Like the sound of the 1/2 pump when it's filled and washing, reminds me of being in the back cabin of a jet. Pictures of the LDA/LDI-9800 in action will be coming soon I hope, been telling my self that for a year...
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| Post# 837367 , Reply# 16 8/19/2015 at 16:57 (3,165 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona ) | ||
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very cool! | ||
| Post# 840334 , Reply# 17 9/9/2015 at 00:08 (3,145 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Here's another similar one, a bit expensive but it shows the speed changer for the dryer blower.
modesto.craigslist.org/app/516058... | ||
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Post# 840440 , Reply# 18 9/9/2015 at 17:22 (3,144 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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