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Thread Number: 72728
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
70's GE washer information |
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Post# 960977 , Reply# 1 10/6/2017 at 17:42 (2,386 days old) by pulltostart  (Mobile, AL) |
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 Does the brochure not give enlarged views of the timer? If the only toggle switch determines water level, I would guess that temperature options are contained in the timer - the longer the wash time, the hotter the water basically. Probably all cold washes.
But - this is just a guess on my part.
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Post# 960980 , Reply# 2 10/6/2017 at 18:18 (2,386 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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My aunt gave me a basic filter-flo of that vintage with one knob, one cycle. Set at 12 mins. it was hot, set at 8, it was warm and all rinses were cold plus one water level, full. I added a jumper wire let you adjust the water temp at the faucet. Worked fine lasted for 28 years when the next owner sold it. I think I could wash more in the sink than the capacity of that thing.
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Post# 960981 , Reply# 3 10/6/2017 at 18:22 (2,386 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Post# 960991 , Reply# 4 10/6/2017 at 19:32 (2,386 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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| Post# 961010 , Reply# 5 10/6/2017 at 20:41 (2,386 days old) by potatochips ( ) | ||
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The Canadian one dial-wonder machines were like Tim said, hot water fill was on the longest time, warm water fill was on the medium/normal length, and cold on the shortest. All cold rinses with full water levels. | ||
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Post# 961051 , Reply# 7 10/7/2017 at 03:10 (2,386 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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My grandma had a Kelvinator dryer with the operating knob laying horizontally, too... And a toggle switch, screaming Ace Hardware, as well, w/ a '1' (Heat) and '2' (No Heat) being as fancy (the short, backguard across the width of the cabinet, designated what the "numbers" were for) besides the 120-minutes of basic Hi-Temperature Drying as this appliance could get...
Too bad I cannot remember the washer there as clearly--I know there was probably just the one knob just for the timer, and a rearward-opening lid as this brand would have had at the time, which a more-featured left-opening GE replaced... Cadillac built its last Calais in '76, concentrating on the more expensive DeVille, too--in understanding it got expensive to build something cheaper if it simply wasn't in demand, to name an example, there, John, of what you've said... (Building-DOWN to basics...) -- Dave | ||
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Post# 961152 , Reply# 9 10/7/2017 at 15:55 (2,385 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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It's all anybody really needs Tom is spot on about the GE catalogs and brochures; there were, it seems, infinite variations on basic models that were featured in the catalogs and had decimal model numbers like 5500, 7500 and 9600.
The almost rock-bottom BOL you're describing was set likely to provide a Hot wash with a Warm rinse on the basic cycle, and, if there was a Permanent Press cycle, a Hot wash with a Cold rinse. You never know, however. After 1975 people were beginning to worry about energy savings and the rinses could have all been cold. A lot of people who bought machines without temperature switches installed the machines with mixing valves so they could adjust temperatures manually.
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Post# 961234 , Reply# 10 10/7/2017 at 21:34 (2,385 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Basic GE FF Washers | ||
| Post# 961238 , Reply# 11 10/7/2017 at 21:59 (2,385 days old) by potatochips ( ) | ||
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Here is Canadian semi-one dial wonder. There is water level adjustment, in variable form!? But the temp is selected from the timer.
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Post# 961294 , Reply# 13 10/8/2017 at 06:38 (2,384 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Yes, thank you, John! --For citing more commentary on what I had just thought of--The Caddy Calais!
--And to think, I would only miss the rear arm rests (which is all you didn't mention) and to me, the door lights replaced by the reflectors wouldn't be as missed on the four-doors, as much as in my case, a GLARING deletion on the Coupe--and might I say, I LOVED the PLAID some of the DeVilles and nearly all of the Calais boasted, even more than the crushed velvet/leather, on the former, which the many buyers/owners greatly preferred... (Well, in short, try finding ANY of those today...) Back to topic, an era of what fanciness that the consumer demands, in abundance is what we live in today, and of course, standard, just because it is driven by it... Likewise, there's the fine line between that, and the still scarce, but out there, BOL, basic... -- Dave | ||
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Post# 961452 , Reply# 14 10/9/2017 at 06:47 (2,383 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Well, don't look now, but 'that' GE washer & dryer are P.O.D.
I see, right then & there, that demand for water levels, and all three basic wash temps 9w/ every rinse in cold) were in demand that what you see there was as base-model-washer as you could get... Ditto, for the dryer: Hi, Low & Air! (Plus, Start...) So, NO Delicates--Dryer Temps, Too High; Wash Speeds, Too Fast! -- Dave | ||
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Post# 961481 , Reply# 15 10/9/2017 at 09:29 (2,383 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 961518 , Reply# 16 10/9/2017 at 13:56 (2,383 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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