Thread Number: 67497
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DEEG - Holy Grail of Frigidaire Dryers |
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Post# 902289   10/8/2016 at 15:07 (2,728 days old) by TrainGuy (Key West, FL)   |   | |
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1979 TOL Dryer
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Post# 902297 , Reply# 1   10/8/2016 at 16:32 (2,728 days old) by imperial70 (MA USA)   |   | |
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Is that a WCI or a GM Frigidaire. Kinda looks like it belongs to the Horizon 2000 series by WCI. But I'm taking an educated guess. |
Post# 902299 , Reply# 2   10/8/2016 at 17:09 (2,728 days old) by TrainGuy (Key West, FL)   |   | |
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Paul,
This was the last GM Frigidaire TOL set made. It was truly unique with a rapid advance timer and all push button console. The light was only around the round timer/indicator part. I'd really like to find one.
Here is the washer...
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Post# 902301 , Reply# 3   10/8/2016 at 17:22 (2,728 days old) by imperial70 (MA USA)   |   | |
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ohhhhh. I see now. Wow, that really fooled me. :-) |
Post# 902302 , Reply# 4   10/8/2016 at 17:25 (2,728 days old) by imperial70 (MA USA)   |   | |
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ohhhhh. I see now. Wow, that really fooled me. :-) But I look at that typeset and say to myself "is that the first of the WCIs?" I am a doubting Thomas that it really is completely GM. |
Post# 902365 , Reply# 5   10/9/2016 at 10:06 (2,727 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Hi Rich, did this CI dryer have an electronic sensor like the first 1-18 CI dryers had?
I have never seen this set in person, both the 1-18 washers and dryers had been improved quite a bit as the 70s went on, this dryer you are looking for would have the improved 4 roller drum support instead of the always noisy 5 roller system used on the earlier models. |
Post# 902386 , Reply# 7   10/9/2016 at 14:40 (2,727 days old) by retro-man (- boston,ma)   |   | |
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Was watching an old episode of Lets Make A Deal the other night and a set of these were given as the prize. Suggested retail price was $799.00 for the pair. Pretty high for back then I thought. Jon |
Post# 902421 , Reply# 8   10/9/2016 at 20:54 (2,726 days old) by TrainGuy (Key West, FL)   |   | |
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Post# 902454 , Reply# 10   10/10/2016 at 07:36 (2,726 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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The 1-18 FD dryer that I though was really cool was the first CI model that did not have a temperature control, it used an electronic sensor system along with a timer for automatic drying and also had a timed dry cycle.
But the other neat thing was the two-level heating element or gas burner assembly this model used. On the control FD used the Heat-Minder name to let you know that it was an automatic temperature controlled dryer. I have only ever seen one of these early CI FD dryers. |
Post# 902527 , Reply# 11   10/10/2016 at 16:11 (2,726 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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Post# 902534 , Reply# 12   10/10/2016 at 17:10 (2,726 days old) by TrainGuy (Key West, FL)   |   | |
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Post# 902630 , Reply# 14   10/11/2016 at 07:59 (2,725 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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This is a control panel from a 1971 "Electronic Dryer" that John has shown me when I had the chance to visit his museum.
That would be my Holy Grail 1-18 dryer! |
Post# 902700 , Reply# 16   10/11/2016 at 19:00 (2,725 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 902889 , Reply# 18   10/13/2016 at 10:41 (2,723 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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As you say, I guess they were quite late at fixing things and they certainly didn't fix the most important! I wish they had metal blowers or at least stronger plastic ones, and the rollers, 4 or 5 could have been made a lot more durable... The drums could also have been made to rotate more smoothly and the cabinets should have been made stronger! The good things about them is that they were easy to load, the light colored drums allowed to see what's inside, at least on the very few models that still had a drum light. They also dried adequately, at least the electric version I'm familiar with.
My 1977 DECI dryer still doesn't have the chrome strip on the lint filter housing (it's not warped badly enough to allow things to fall in the housing but it's not exactly like new either!). The door seal is still at the front of the dryer. It's still fine but often requires cleaning as lint deposits on the bottom part. I'm wondering if the relocation to the door was a big improvement or if just made it less likely to tear while loading or unloading items? It certainly allowed to unload items without touching the dirty area in the bottom part which I have to say is an improvement!. |