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1962 ? GE Dryer I bet someone wants... in Rhode Island |
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Post# 907257   11/16/2016 at 12:05 (2,716 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 907259 , Reply# 1   11/16/2016 at 12:16 (2,716 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 907260 , Reply# 2   11/16/2016 at 12:16 (2,716 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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It's from 1963; a DA-620X and a very clean sample. And yes, I would like to have it and it's not that far from me. And the washer is a rare A407; didn't see a lot of those back in the day and never saw one in a brochure that I can recall.
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Post# 907261 , Reply# 3   11/16/2016 at 12:24 (2,716 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 907298 , Reply# 4   11/16/2016 at 17:04 (2,716 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 907445 , Reply# 5   11/17/2016 at 20:59 (2,714 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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These were good dryers, GE like other manufactures really started to get the kinks and reliability issues worked out in the early 60s and most washers and dryers brands got better and better though out the 60s, 70s, 80s and on.
These were fast and fairly hot running dryers, but the great thing about this one was the Economy heat setting that turned the heat input down to 1/4 what it was on high. This not only saved 14% on power consumption but gave you a low enough heat setting to dry plastics and rubber backed rugs in the dryer. I wish more manufactures had done this, Westinghouse was the one that did this on most of their dryers into the late 80s.
The Maytag A407 was a very popular model, we sold more of these than any other MT washer in the 70s at the store I worked at. The A606 was next, then the A207.
I always pushed the 2 speed washers however because the one speed models were just too rough on light fabrics. |
Post# 907463 , Reply# 6   11/18/2016 at 05:32 (2,714 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 907474 , Reply# 7   11/18/2016 at 08:06 (2,714 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 907545 , Reply# 8   11/18/2016 at 16:36 (2,714 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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A Maytag on normal speed is more gentle than a Speed Queen on low!!LOL |
Post# 907619 , Reply# 10   11/19/2016 at 11:00 (2,713 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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